It was pretty good. Fine food, chatting, and networking. Before starting the program (I explained about this in my previous post), there is usually one hour time for people to mingle and get to know new members and exchange business…
I have a lecture tonight in gathering in a restaurant in Beverly Hills. I post the handout that I am going to pass later this evening. It is a weekly gathering by the Iranian business people, men and women. We…
Today was a busy day. I went to a colleague’s rug shop with our repairman to see an old big Persian Bidjar which needed some professional work. In the middle of our conversation with this rug dealer, I received a…
Yesterday, I went to this customer’s house which was in Hollywood. She had many carpets for cleaning and repair. She only gave us two pieces for cleaning, a Persian old Heriz and a very dirty kilim. The Heriz was in…
It was a quiet Sunday today. We took more photos of our Qashqai rugs in our showroom. These green rugs are made with hand spun wool and natural dye in Fars Province in Iran. The reason why we call them…
Today, we had a board meeting for the Textile Museum Associates of Southern California. The vice president hosted the meeting in her house. I carpooled two of the board members who drove to my work and parked their car in…
Today, Mr. Mousa Karimzadeh, a friend of the 80’s from Hamburg came to visit me in our rug gallery in Los Angeles. Mr. Karimzadeh lives in New York now. Many of our friends from Hamburg have moved to the United…
Today, a gentleman came into our rug gallery with his wife looking for an area rug. The husband and the wife had different ideas about the rug they were going to buy . They argued several times before they could…
A customer came into our rug gallery today with his wife. First they looked for a round rug, but then they changed their mind. They saw a runner that they liked but it was a bit long. They asked if…
This morning at 10:00 we delivered 3 rugs which were picked up while ago for cleaning and repair. The customer wanted to check one of them which was an Indian silk rug measuring 10×7 feet, roughly 6m2. She liked the…