Tag: Dublin
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A Split Second In Dublin
{Trinity Campus} My trip to Dublin was a last minute surprise. One second I was unpacking and trying to recover from our weekend in Avignon, and the next, I was packing again and off to Nice Airport. And since it was such a surprise, and I was only there for a few days, I didn’t…
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my favorite Christmas ornament…
… (besides my ceramic, miniature red Starbucks cup) is this Guinness t-shirt beermat and I’m going to tell you why… it commemorates one of my favorite weekends of all time. It started on a Friday. I had taken a half day at work and as I left, I picked up some lunch and headed over to…
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tidbits
{hibernation is imminent} Please enjoy these recent tidbits from my life…………………………………………………………………………………………………………You know how they tell you how dangerous texting can be? Like don’t text while driving and, don’t text while walking. Well it’s true. Do. Not. Text. While. Walking. Last week in Dublin, I bit it. I bit it hard. I was texting my uncle…
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pints, pints, and more pints
{the perfect pint} Behold.. the most perfect pint in the history of pints.. poured at Mulligans (where my grandparents used to drink). This is where you get the best pint in Dublin. And if it’s the best pint in Dublin then it has to be the best pint in the world. So there you go.…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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Versatile: Dublin
Tomebug at The Tao of Me has passed on the Versatile Blogger award to me. Thanks Tomebug! And since I’m off to Dublin tomorrow with The Husband and Gatz (Gatz… that will be fun, I’m going to need one of those electric shock collars you put on the dog to keep them in the yard), and because the award…
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raindrops on roses
And whiskers on kittens… you can’t really think of that without it putting you in a good mood, can you? It’s impossible to fight the cheeriness. Julie Andrews. Bless. Super glam, Mama, at Fabulous! (pasta not included) has asked me about some of my favorite things. And since I’ve been awake since 5am on this Sunday…
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things I learned on holiday
AYE A FUCKENMUCKENNUCKEN! This is the new word I learned while I was in Dublin. It’s the noise/ sound/ word that popped out of my mother as she plunged her hand into a sink of boiling water (It should be noted that she hadn’t intended on plunging her hand into a sink full of boiling…
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A Christmas Eve Miracle
The holiday adrenaline has left me and even though I feel like a little fat slug, I’m still going to tell you all about my week. Let’s see… where to start… how about with Dublin’s insane snowfall? The most snow they’ve had for many, many years (too lazy to look it up, but trust me, it…
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Christmas Eve Eve
Do you hear what I hear? It’s the magical sound of espresso beans whirling around machines in Dublin Starbucks as they await my arrival. And if you listen really closely, you’ll also here the cocktail shakers being chilled in preparation for my martinis at the Octagon Bar (Bonjour Bono… make ready my bar stool). Tomorrow we…
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itchy feet
“And just out of curiosity, are you Irish or American who just lived in Ireland for a while?” Good question Shorty. It’s probably confusing sometimes times with all my New York, Boston, Texas, Dublin talk. And to be honest, sometimes The Husband gets confused too and he tells people that I’m Irish and this gets on…
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