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Meredith Ajello

Meredith Ajello

Co-founder of Bam Bird Boutique, a Dallas-based American mahjong tile and accessories shop, and guest on mahjong podcasts like The Mahjcast and Mahjong & Mics.

Aug 14, 2026

JasonHOST
49:52
It, what in your POV has made Texas mahjong sort of, uh, the thing right now?
49:58
I really believe that after COVID, one, that everyone realized that they wanted to hang out together.
50:04
They were sick of scrolling and wanted something that was still competitive, but fun, and you can make it as social as you want.
50:10
And I think that ha- you can make your mahjong game however, you know, strict or as fun and different as you want to, whether if you're playing exactly by the books or if you're throwing in other random things.
50:23
I mean, you get to pick and build your own personality around it.

9 MINS LATER

JasonHOST
59:11
I love that.
59:12
Um, yeah, because it's not cheap, you know? Like, uh, we understand that it's an investment for people, and Mahjong is an investment if you want it, if you choose for it to be.
59:20
You don't have to by any means, but it's a way to spice up your life and personalize your collections and, like I said, build your personality.
JasonHOST
49:52
It, what in your POV has made Texas mahjong sort of, uh, the thing right now?
49:58
I really believe that after COVID, one, that everyone realized that they wanted to hang out together.
50:04
They were sick of scrolling and wanted something that was still competitive but fun, and you can make it as social as you want.
50:10
And I think that ha- you can make your mahjong game however, you know, strict or as fun and different as you want to, whether if you're playing exactly by the books or if you're throwing in other random things.
50:23
I mean, you get to pick and build your own personality around it.

9 MINS LATER

JasonHOST
59:11
I love that.
59:12
Um, yeah, because it's not cheap, you know? Like, uh, we understand that it's an investment for people, and Mahjong is an investment if you want it, if you choose for it to be.
59:20
You don't have to by any means, but it's a way to spice up your life and personalize your collections and, like I said, build your personality.
16:23
We knew nothing, so we wish we'd known something, I guess.
16:29
I think one of the biggest things is to, like, find confidence in your product.
16:35
And not that we didn't have that confidence, but inventory has always been something that we've worked through.
16:43
And obviously we're not constantly going and we have wonderful vendors and all of that, but you don't know what's going to take off.
16:54
And so if I could take a crystal ball, I would say I would love to do some kind of a Focus group, we had one.
17:04
We invited all of our neighbors.
17:06
We invited all of our neighbors over when we first started this business.

8 MINS LATER

TinaHOST
24:51
you had some, the inflatable mat.

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