Here's a story... ....of two Canadians........who flew to Ireland........and filmed its radiance...Click here to view! And ENJ...
Sunday, 28 July 2013
I've been hearing alot about Quinoa lately so I decided to try some.I cooked it and ate it with smoked salmon, pepper and lemon. The colours in this photograph do not make it the most attractive looking meal but I found it very tasty. If I was to describe quinoa I'd say a "nutty" flavour - I like ...
Myself, Katie (little sister) and Enid went to a musical in the Tivoli Theatre last night. It was Katie's treat! She'd just received her first pay cheque in her first real job and she said she'd like to spend money on something we'd all enjoy. "I'm a working woman now" :-) Thank you Katie!The storyline of Shout is a little "light" in one sense and convoluted in another. It tells the story of 5 women in swinging...
Monday, 22 July 2013
Enid & I were both off work today so we were pottering around town. For "tea" we decided to pop into The Westin and check out the cocktail list.The Mint Bar in the basement was looking a little dead (Monday evening afterall) so we decided to check out the Atrium.We ended up sharing a cheese plate with a glass of Malbec.'Twas very good inde...
It was once tradition for the residents of the Strawberry Beds in Dublin to hold a Strawberry Fair every summer to celebrate both the fabulous strawberry fruit and the long history of strawberry farming in the beds. This festival unfortunately has not been held for some years, but this year as part of the The Gathering celebration, Blanchardstown Area Partnershop decided they would revive the fair.I happened across the fair on the facebook...
Tuesday, 16 July 2013
I recently attended a course in the An Oige youth hostel in Dublin. It's a funny location for a work course in my opinion. While the room was perfectly adequate (good size conference room) that it was in a hostel was just not to my liking.Youth hostels tend to be classed as budget accommodation for a reason - they are rough and ready - perfect for youths, independent travellers and budget conscious travellers. This particular hostel...
Smart Car Gathering 2013 was held on Saturday 13th of July in the Phoenix Park.It was originally scheduled to be held in the Ashtown Castle/Visitors Centre carpark but because of the park concerts (Justin Timberlake, The Killers, Mumford & Sons) venue was changed to Farmleigh carpark.It was a fantastic day. We all parked up and checked out each others cars and enjoyed chatting about Smarts. We then did a parade of Smarts around the...
Sunday, 14 July 2013
Last Friday evening a neighbour of ours called over to say that Harry was outside her house, injured with a badly bleeding paw.When we brought him back to our house and examined his paw I thought initially it might be a pulled out claw, but on close inspection it turned out to be skin torn off his paw.So we called the local vet who put us in contact with the out of hours vet in an animal hospital about 20 minutes away and we arranged with her that...
Sunday, 7 July 2013
Murphy's Law! After buying my garden chairs yesterday, obviously there is no sun today.I had planned on sitting outside and reading a book but because of no sun instead I got up this morning and went for a walk.Very close to me is a new (Fingal County Council) park. It's got a nice little playground, a small soccer pitch, a small GAA pitch and a small trail with outdoor exercise equipment.I think the outdoor maintenance exercise machines are...
Saturday, 6 July 2013
Some lovely sunny weather has been forecast in Ireland for next week or so - what a treat!On the basis of this I decided to treat myself to some new (inexpensive) garden furniture. These chairs are all over Key West - mainly nice wooden versions but the supermarkets also stock the plastic kind. I had seen them in a shop in the Blanchardstown Centre for €29.95 and today I said heck, it's sunny I need them!They only had two left in the whole...
Did you know that what we call abseiling, Americans call "rapelling"??I learn something new every day!Yesterday my work company hosted a large charity fundraiser which involved approx 60 staff members abseiling down our building.As you can see our building is quite tall - by Irish standards anyway.Here I am before the abseil.It was a terrifying but enjoyable experience doing the abseil. The initial "leaning out" over the building is very scary...
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