One man’s mission to share with the world the fine art of cufflinks.
Each blog a different pair and each blog a different story. Read on in this series….
There is an adage in the property development game that a hotel’s profitability is directly inverse to it’s star rating……and that’s why when you play against your scribe in Monopoly you will always find he has hotels on Old Kent Road or Whitechapel Road (Baltic Avenue and Mediterranean Avenue for those playing the American version). Whilst the rent isn’t up there with Boardwalk or Mayfair, if you’re scanning the financial horizons, the return on equity is compelling.
I have been accused of all manner of things including being a slum lord and crack den operator but your scribe loves nothing better that a hoard of green and red buildings to trap those other players as they round the GO bend in to less salubrious neighbourhoods of your scribes liking!
Created early last century the original American game took the street names from one of your scribes favourite cites, Atlantic City. It’s a great game for those young up and comers in the world of real estate and property development and by your scribe’s standards is best played with chilled champagne and the optional Cuban cigar!!!
Whilst a “topper” or top hat isn’t part of your scribe’s wardrobe outside of Royal Ascot, it is his favourite token when playing the great game of Monopoly and hence today’s links.
They are silver plate top hats and were bought at Trésor Antiques in the Strand Arcade in Sydney. They are worn with a cotton pink Savile Row shirt and a Salvatore Ferragammo silk neck tie with locomotive motifs.
Til Later
ONWARD
Each blog a different pair and each blog a different story. Read on in this series….
There is an adage in the property development game that a hotel’s profitability is directly inverse to it’s star rating……and that’s why when you play against your scribe in Monopoly you will always find he has hotels on Old Kent Road or Whitechapel Road (Baltic Avenue and Mediterranean Avenue for those playing the American version). Whilst the rent isn’t up there with Boardwalk or Mayfair, if you’re scanning the financial horizons, the return on equity is compelling.
I have been accused of all manner of things including being a slum lord and crack den operator but your scribe loves nothing better that a hoard of green and red buildings to trap those other players as they round the GO bend in to less salubrious neighbourhoods of your scribes liking!
Created early last century the original American game took the street names from one of your scribes favourite cites, Atlantic City. It’s a great game for those young up and comers in the world of real estate and property development and by your scribe’s standards is best played with chilled champagne and the optional Cuban cigar!!!
Whilst a “topper” or top hat isn’t part of your scribe’s wardrobe outside of Royal Ascot, it is his favourite token when playing the great game of Monopoly and hence today’s links.
They are silver plate top hats and were bought at Trésor Antiques in the Strand Arcade in Sydney. They are worn with a cotton pink Savile Row shirt and a Salvatore Ferragammo silk neck tie with locomotive motifs.
Til Later
ONWARD
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