• Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Instagram
  • Holiday Photos
  • For Sale

dapprman

~ A Dapper Blog

dapprman

Monthly Archives: April 2014

Visit to the Tailor and Lunch at the Regular Tea House

18 Friday Apr 2014

Posted by dapprman in Travel

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

2014, hong kong

Well the start of today saw in in work shirt and shoes.  I’m not sure if friends and colleagues realised I was serious about going to my tailor while over here.  Sandy goes across to the UK twice a year for regular and new clients, plus for Harrow Boys School where he does the tailored school uniforms.  I was told about him by two different, unconnected people and so got my first suit from him in November 2010.  At the time he made the trousers too wide and the jacket sleeves were not long enough for my taste (I prefer half cuff visible, not full).  Anyhow my first stop was three minutes walk from the hotel as he’s based in the office area of Star House, by the White Star ferry terminal.  I was remeasured for a new 3-piece suit (plus spare trousers) to find that I’m actually slightly slimmer than last time (not that I had noticed).  I’ll be going back this evening for a first fitting.  If I’m lucky the suit will be ready before I head back to Blighty, else he’l send it on.  My old suit is presently with him so that the trousers can be taken in and the jacket sleeves lengthened.  I’m not sure how prices may have changed in the last four years, but Sandy has charged me the same as last time. Continue reading →

First Evening

18 Friday Apr 2014

Posted by dapprman in Travel

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

2014, agave, hong kong

Did not konw just how good company I’d be this night as I was starting to feel tired before heading out to meet Ida and Timo (who are heading to Taiwan for a holiday tomorrow).  We met for a drink at Al’s Diner in Lan Kwai Fong.  We were joined by one of Ida’s friends, Chloe, a local who’re presently studying in Brighton.  We had a quick drink then headed inside a residential looking block to Mama Chow – a ‘back street’ Szechuan place, the sort of place I love.  Cheap, tatty, good food, small, and not on the tourist trail,  The food was good, though I’d have to say that My Old Place in Bishopsgate is still superior.  Chat was varied and flitted around, however eventually our stomachs were full and it was time to move on.  I was then in for a treat. Continue reading →

Now in HK

17 Thursday Apr 2014

Posted by dapprman in Travel

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

2014, hong kong

An interesting flight.  On one of the new airbuses.  BA allow small electrical items to be on now during take offs and landings, just with phones/tablets in airplane mode.  There’s also (in World Traveller+ class) two charging USB sockets in the back of the chair below the entertainment screen, Continue reading →

And so it begins

16 Wednesday Apr 2014

Posted by dapprman in Travel

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

2014, hong kong

Every journey starts wi a beginning, so while do they call the start point a Terminal, it’s some what final. Perhaps it’s the fact that unless you’re in a lounge with free drinks and snacks, you just can’t wait to get out of there. Heathrow Terminal 5 is shiny, but the shops are the usual assortment designed to pass time browsing while suckers pay over the odds. At least I can get 45 free minutes of wifi – better than many airports I’ve been to (though I believe HK has free for as long as you’re there). Continue reading →

Newer posts →

Categories

  • Gastronomy
  • Pens
  • Travel
  • Uncategorized

Recent Posts

  • TWSBI Vac 700R Iris
  • John Twiss Thuya Burl Revisited
  • Perfect Pancakes
  • Schon DSGN Pocket6
  • [PfMP] Parker IM
Follow dapprman on WordPress.com

Instagram

New Pen Review:
New Pen Review:
New Pen Review:
New Pen Review:
New Pen Review:
#fpn #fpg #fountainpennetwork #penaddict #fountainpen #fountainpenreview #fountainpenreviews #fountainpens #fountainpengeeks #fpaddict #penporn #nibbage #seriousnibbage #stationery #stationeryaddict #nib #currentlyinked #penandink #pens #fountainpenaddict #nibspotter #fountainpenlove #constellations88 #constellations88fountainpens

Flickr Photos

IMG_1059IMG_1075Pen Shoot.67Pen Shoot.80
More Photos

Archives

  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • October 2018
  • April 2014
  • December 2012
  • July 2012
  • January 2011
  • August 2010
  • May 2008
  • August 2005
  • July 2005
  • April 2005
  • December 2004

RSS

Blog Stats

  • 71,868 hits

Blog at WordPress.com.