The Best Man by Gore Vidal - Gerald Schroeder theatre NY August 2012

I was in NYC with Mam in August.  We had planned on seeing a show in (on?) Broadway but as we were queueing for tickets we were handed a leaflet for a play.The play was The Best Man and we decided to go on the basis of a few things that "must be a sign".1. Gore Vidal had died just a couple of weeks before.2. Cybil Shephard was part of the cast.  Only a week previous mam and David's uncle Peter and been talking about Cybil Shephard and Moonlighting...

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Mobile Phone Art - related to wedding anniversary

Did you know that the 5th wedding anniversary is represented by wood?In a very funny co-incidence, when David and I first met we had exactly the same mobile phones - his in silver, mine in pink!We have been through many phones since then.  David is currently on an iphone 4, I am on a Samsung Galaxy.Recently I came across the phones (which I had saved purposely) and decided it was perfect timing to do something fun with them - particularly...

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Key West - accommodation recommendation

I go to Key West alot!  In my opinion there is no place in the world like it.  For me (who loves vacationing in the United States) it feels like America but with a unique (hard to describe) atmosphere and feel.It is a very quirky place.  I will blog all about KW, my experiences, and what I like to do there some day soon, but for the moment I would like to recommend a place to stay in Key West!I used to stay in hotels in KW but...

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Wedding Anniversary - Lord of the Rings with the RTE Orchestra

I am five years married on 30th of October.  A wise person (who I cannot remember now!!) suggested to me that we should get married on a Bank Holiday so that every year we would have a day off work around our annivesary.   Great advice!  Today is a Monday and I am sitting in bed blogging, how good is that!In celebration of five years married we booked tickets a while back to go see the Lord of the Rings (The Two Towers) in...

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Lydia B Cupcakes

My little sister (Lydia) has a cupcake company.  Click here for more info: Lydia B CupcakesThey are divine!Having a sister in the cupcake biz is fantastic!  The only bad thing is that we have cupcakes "on tap" and they are just too nice to say no to :-)Here is a photo from some Halloween cupcakes she sent up to our house today.  "Witch" one is your favourite?! ...

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Dublin Theatre Festival - Talk of the Town

Yesterday I went to see a play with Enid and our cousin Kasey.Talk of the Town is a play written by Emma O'Donohoe (of "Room" fame) about the life of the Irish writer Maeve Brennan.It was a bit of a strange experience to be honest!!!  When we arrived we were told that the lead actress (playing Maeve), Catherine Walker, had an accident and was being kept in hospital for observation.  So at very late notice they had got another actress (Fiona...

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Fashionable Nana

Most Sunday's we go for dinner in mam's.  The regulars are: Nana, Micheal, David, Amy, Mam, Dad, Katie.  Sometimes Enid & Ciaran are there.  Fair play to mam she does an incredible spread - will blog again about another time!Last week it was very funny. When Nana took off her jacket I realised we were wearing very similar clothes!!!!  So either Nana dresses like a 34 year old, or I dress like an 80 year old!!!Here is a photo. I...

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Health & Wellbeing week in work

Great week in work this week.  Throughout the week there was lots of activities and freebies which you could partake in as you wished (or not).Here are the things I did:1. Arrived in on Monday to be greeted by my gift of a coffee mug - nice!  The thinking behind the mugs are that they are better for the environment than the disposables we normally use.  Plus will also save money for the company rather than buying all those disposable...

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Nail varnish

I've got really into nail varnishes!Normally I only ever wear nail varnish for weddings.  But I have been thinking about sharpening my image up in work - and I have been wearing skirts and dresses alot lately - so I figured the next good step should  be nail varnish.I am really enjoying it.  A good week is just one application, but generally I have to do two applications per week (i.e. change the colour mid week) - that's okay in my...

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I'm back!!!

Oh my gosh, I just cannot believe that I have not blogged since July!!!!! Absolutely disgraceful!  I promise I am going to get back into the blogging and blog early and often :-)So what things have I been up to since I last blogged??I went to New York (with Mam)David went to Nepal (with Katie)Did a Smart Car Rally (with Enid)Can't think of anything else off hand but as I think of stuff I might mention it.Okay!  So be seeing you all more often in the future!...

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