This weekend while Bravo played reruns of the new show, Shahs of Sunset, I tuned in just to check it out and instantly got sucked in by the glitz, glamour, and vitrol.  It is such a horrifying trainwreck that you can’t look away. Equally horrifying to the drama in...

Last week, AMC celebrated the 40th anniversary of The Godfather movies by running all three over and over and over.  Of course, I had to watch them over and over and over as well.  Part II of The Godfather trilogy is by far my favorite, partially because I love a...

A rug recently came into our shop for repair, and it was something that even my dad had never seen before.  It was a rug that was started using one type of knot technique and then completed using another. On the surface of the rug you can’t tell a thing.  It looks...

Our newest, most exciting acquisition this month is not a new rug, but a staircase on wheels.  Not sure what it is officially called, but to me, it is heaven.  Now I can get rugs down off the racks myself without having to wait for help from someone with far more...

Recently, photos of the White House decorated for the holidays were released.  Normal people are probably oohing and ahhing over the trees, the ornaments, and the marzipan miniature of the White House, but not me.  I’m drooling over the rug in the White House...

There is a good chance that my next post will be from an insane asylum somewhere, as organizing our ginormous knots of yarn which we use for rug repairs is making me crazy. Recently, I decided that our organizational system (I use the term loosely) needed an overhaul,...

Last night, my husband and I were watching a show about a show about Zombies.  (Sad that I’m willing to admit that.)  “Walking Dead” is a show about Zombies that my husband somehow convinced me to watch, and now, I’m too scared to stop watching it.  “Talking Dead” is...

The paisley, floral, and geometric designs of Persian rugs have always served as inspiration in the textiles industry.  Elements of rug design can be seen everywhere. And now, not just elements, but entire rugs themselves can be seen in non-rug-textiles.  I was...

I have a very unscientific gauge for whether or not something has made it in the online and social media world: My Dad.  Because, if my Dad knows what it is (e.g. Facebook, Google, the Internet), then it is a pretty big deal. So, the other day when my father asked me,...