sook shopping

Another old post that I “found” today. This is from summer when we went to the sook and bought our chess table from the Syrian wood guy. You can see Carter was eyeing the knives months ago in anticipation of his birthday . . . the kids that don’t belong to us are our next door neighbors. 

Recently we went to the sook because we wanted to get something interesting for our house. We keep going to this shop that carries items imported from Syria because it’s fun to browse and look at all the beautiful boxes, trays, and chess sets while Josh speaks Arabic to the shop owner.

This most recent time the boys had friends come along to keep them occupied while mom and dad shopped. These two were fascinated by these curved knives.

The boys have been wanting a chess board and I thought that instead of buying a chess board that I would have to find a place to store, that we should get a small chess table that would be useful/decorative when not being used to play chess. This is the one we decided on.

Thank God for the knives. They kept the boys completely occupied while we came up with a price for the table that was agreeable to both of us. It took a little while, but in the end, we were all happy. The best part about this table is that it folds in half and swivels on the base to become a narrow side table that we can eventually put in a hallway or entryway. 

backgammon, chess, checkers, and cards — both beautiful and functional

close up of the inlay detail. Amazing, isn’t it?

A few seconds of Josh chatting in Arabic