Persian Rugs for Fall Brides

jahannandsons In Washington, DC where June is not quite the end of allergy season, but is definitely the beginning of humidity season, Fall is the most popular time to get married. So being a rug store, as fall approaches us, what else would we do than provide you...

What’s in a Persian Rug Name?

Uncategorized If you’ve ever been in the market for a Persian rug or an Oriental rug, then you probably have perused lots and lots of beautiful pieces that have very hard to pronounce names. Have you ever wondered how Persian rugs get their names? No? I’m going to...

Top 3 Iranian Foods You Should Try Now

Uncategorized At the beginning of this year, we were all jumping for joy because importation restrictions on Persian rugs were lifted, and we were able to begin importing again for the first time in almost seven years. Yes, seven! Being able to call up the Iranian rug...

Book Review: It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel

Uncategorized One of my favorite comical Iranian-American writers (or perhaps I should say one of the only, but I’m not sure) is out with another book this month. Firoozeh Dumas, the best-selling author of Funny in Farsi, is at it again, but this time with a...

Happy New Year!

Uncategorized Whoa. I blogged two entire times in 2015. That is two more times than I blogged in 2014, so I’m not going to beat myself up about it.Here at the shop things are rolling along as we enter our 38th year of business here in the US of A. My little toddler...

Yummy Persian Restaurants

Uncategorized Aside from your standard Persian rug questions, it is very often that we get Persian food questions. Persian food is as yummy as Persian rugs are pretty…and…almost as complicated to make. So, I get a lot of take-out Persian food. I’ve compiled a list of...