Rug gallery as a Polling Place
We will have election on November 2, 2010 in Clifornia. We will have our rug gallery as a polling place. We have to come to work at 6:00 am and stay up until 10:00 pm. we did the same thing…
Rug Appraisers Rug Appraisal
The day before yesterday I went to Venice Beach here in Los Angeles for an in house appraisal of four hand knotted Persian rugs. I got there more than half an hour early. I did not want to bother the…
Persian Rug Embargo Sanction
An anonymous reader has left this comment on my earlier post “Common Cents: Persian Rug Embargo Sanction“: No brains! just making fun of themselves. It is like the ban on Havana cigars, it is a joke. What will they get…
The Rug Industry Will Never Die
Because of the present word economic situation, some rug dealers or those who are somehow involved in one of the many aspects of rug industry might think that this is the end of the rug industry. Rugs of different types…
Rugs and Our Comfort Zone
Rug market is very slow but we do OK! James Opie a good friend of mine who lives in Portland, Oregon and is the author of two great books on tribal rugs of Iran said to me few months ago…
BNI Money Makers Chapter in Los Angeles and the New Leadership Team
In another post, I mentioned that we would have a new leadership team in our BNI Money Makers chapter here in Los Angeles. The previous team did an outstanding job. The new team, began it’s term last Monday, 10/04/2010. The…
Rug Water Damage Restoration in Los Angeles
Because of the sudden rain in Los Angeles, we got a lot of calls for rug water damage. Some people who have rugs in their balcony or outside, were not aware of the rain and therefore got all of their…
Last Dance! BNI Money Makers Chapter Los Angeles
Last Thursday, as usual we had our weekly BNI meeting. It was the last week of the leadership team. They managed the chapter for one year. They all did a great job in attracting new members and surpassing the monthly…
Rug Cleaning Marina Del Rey
This morning we picked up an 8 x 10 hand made Pakistani rug for cleaning from Marina Del Rey. The house was in an alley and we had to walk some distance to the house. When I took a look…
Art Silk: Don’t Ask Don’t Tell
As the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy is used in the Army, some rug dealers use the same strategy when selling Artificial Silk rugs. The rug dealers who sell these types of rugs, tag the rugs by Art Silk to…