Category: travel

We wanted football jerseys. In the tourist shops and sporting goods stores, they’re crazy expensive, so we’d given up hope. Then, we found O’Neills Factory Store, and we were saved!!! It’s a factory outlet on Long Mile Road in Dublin, and we got crazy deals on jerseys, hats and even a soccer ball that has […]

I’ve uploaded a bunch of photosets to Flickr on this trip, and I figured I’d do one post with links to all of them, just so you don’t miss anything. Irish National Print Museum Newgrange Monasterboice Mellifont Abby Glendalough Wicklow\ There ya go. All of them, in one handy-dandy list. There may not be any […]

Ireland: Glendalough I swear that’s really its name. I could not make this up. iPhoto is taking is sweet time uploading the other pictures to Flickr, but they’ll get there eventually.\ Porter and I went to Glendalough, in County Wicklow today. It was absolutely gorgeous. The falls are just one part. Wait till you see […]

Here are the pictures I took at Newgrange today. Newgrange is amazing. It’s a neolithic passage tomb built over five thousand years ago. It sits on top of a large hill and is surrounded by thirty-seven smaller passage tombs. The structure is a amazing. It’s made with huge flat stones laid with each layer slightly […]

I’ve caught something. I think it’s a mix of my asthma coupled with cold and very wet air (93% humidity, 33-40 degrees). My chest is full of… stuff, and I can’t breathe, which makes me tired, irritable and vulgar. I went to the “chemist” today after work, and picked up some mucolytic agent, vaporub (for […]

We got in yesterday and I spent the afternoon trying to stay awake. We went to a wonderful little restaurant for dinner called Ouzo’s, then wandered over to Spar to pick up snacks. I managed to stay awake until 8pm, took two Tylenol PM’s and then slept like a log until 5:30 this morning.\ I […]

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Why not vacation in France? I couldn’t agree more! I suggest the south of France, especially Mandelieu-La Napoule. It’s small, not as touristy as Cannes (although it’s a five minute train ride away), and the restaurants are to die for. You won’t see a McDonalds or Burger King around, and you’ll be surrounded by the […]

Seriously, I think it was the smoke, and Chuck took forever to take the picture, but it looks like I’m gonna cry. And really, I didn’t cry once, not the whole night. I coughed quite a bit, and laughed a lot (them Canadians, James, Brent, and Brent, are fun to hang out with).

And apparently, I’m one of two monsters of blog …. The picture was taken by George, and the guy standing next to me is Chuck Olsen, who’s making a blogumentary. Oh, and we were all at Break Bread With Brad, which was great. I met a bunch of bloggers I’ve been reading for years, some […]