top:2px;padding-right:5px;font-family:times;”>I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again… you meet the nicest people on the internet. Last year when I began tweeting, one of my first twitter connections was @TopBrokerOC, a charming man named Robert Watson who lives in California and shares my passion for antiques and European Travel. Needless to say, we were fast friends! When I found out that Robert’s company Transantlantique would have a booth at the Marburger Farms Antique Fair in Round Top, Texas I knew I had to tell you about him and Kathy Klingaman, his wife and life partner!
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S top by The Transatlantique Antiques booth at Marburger Farms! Tent C, Row A, Booth 4-5Happy Shopping,
(seen right with my cowboy boots in honor of Round Top, Texas!)
I always love visiting your blog, great way for me to escape my little chaos. 🙂
The photo of you on the beach is great. 🙂
Thanks for taking us there! I've always wanted to go!
ooooh — those wicker trunks! smashing!
-SF
Great post! Love all of the images!
E+J
What a great post and you look gorgeous in your picture in the beach! Have a wonderful day!
Excellent article – i simply must figure out a way to get to Round Top in a few days!!
First of all I was impressed way before the Ralph Lauren part of your post, and that was far over the top exciting. Love this information! Hope you are well, Toma, think about you all the time!!!!