Everybody has been pleasantly surprised. Typically it takes two years to sell a building. In two years we've sold almost three buildings.

The things that attract people to condominium-hotels is they are connected to hotels. Residential ownership with hotel services and amenities, which varies from one hotel to the next, that's very appealing.

I don't see any negative fallout (from Hard Rock) for us, one way or the other. If anything, it's going to be a plus. There's fewer and fewer projects actually out there that are getting built and there's still the same number of buyers out there that want to own. I think it helps us and any other projects going forward that are high quality.

Not only can they use one system to meet their needs, but it's really becoming the desirable thing to do.

We had enough quite enough snobbery in this world without exporting it to the hereafter.

A faint smile played on his lips. "Obedience does not come naturally to you, does it"
"No...sir"
"I must take some blame for that, I suppose. The sea does not like to be restrained.