ONWARD AND UPWARD!!

At Paramount, from left: Atlanta showroom manager Maria King Hefner; Paramount principal Roshan Bhattari; director of sales and marketing Celeste Casale, and retailer Cyrus Mafi of Medallion Imports, Seattle. We extend our heartiest best wishes to Maria on her recent marriage!

The Agarwal family of Rug & Home of Gaffney, SC and Asheville, NC pay a visit to the Laddha family of LR Resources. From left: Rakesh Agarwal, S.K. Laddha, Aanchal Agarwal, Vaibhav Laddha, and Dolly Agarwal.

Frank Asef, center, of Windsor Rug Gallery, Atlanta, with  afi Amirian and Nader Shalom of Shalom Brothers.

Bernard  Drzasga of Gallerie One Distinctive Rugs in Chicago, with David Samad, left, and Malcolm Samad, right, principals of Samad Brothers. Samad's temporary floor booth was devoted to the new Colors of India film which demonstrates the beauty and value of Indian hand knotted carpet.

The adorable Marilyn and Gil Tenenbaum, center, of Volume Carpet, Brentwood, MO, visit with Tim Schantz, left, and Jon Morrison of Dynamic Rug.

Jaipur Asha Chaudhary, left, chief executive officer of Jaipur Rugs, with Tim Stroud, president of Stroud's, Raleigh, NC. "A lot of vendors have beautiful rugs, but service is what keeps customers coming back," says Stroud.

At Chandra, from left: Ravi Tiwari of Chandra; Ann Cash and Janice Sullivan of Sullivan Interiors, Benton, KY; and  Michael Heath and Chandra Tiwari of Chandra.

Always smiling and always most hospitable: Maurice Harounian, left; Michael Harounian, and Ebi Harounian, principals of Ebisons Harounian Imports.

Any guy with a bow tie can't be all bad: Joe Barkley, left, executive vice president of Kaleen, with Jim Bennight of Flooring America, Tallahasee, FL.

Kathy Cox, who recently joined Orian as vice president of sales, with regional manager Jim Howell.


Paul Vesely, right, president of Ves-Levi, with Toni Forrest
 of Interior Visions, Columbia, SC. It says on her business
card that Toni is an expert in feng shui.
And she looks so normal.

At Obeetee, from left: Brent Martin and Phil Menendian of K.A. Menendian, Columbus, OH; sales agent Dave Calderwood, and Vimal Kumar, vice president of sales for Obeetee.

See ya next time! Lissa Wyman, editor and publisher of Rugnews.com, center, joins Jim Thompson and Mary Jane O'Connell of Central Oriental to say farewell to Atlanta...and we'll catch you in Las Vegas at both the Surfaces Show, Feb. 3 to 5 at the Sands Convention Center, and the World Market Center, Feb. 9  to 12.

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