Category Archives: food

Adventures in Dying Brown Eggs for Easter

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Our youngest will be five this fall and I’m pretty sure that I have never dyed Easter eggs with her. I have photographic evidence that I’ve done this with the older three, but Little Lulubelle has gotten the short...

Brunch with my brother at Bow Lane

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When my brother was visiting a few weeks ago in February, we decided we wanted to try brunch in Dublin on the day before his girlfriend was due to arrive on the ferry. I’ve been to a few of brunch...

Lunch with my brother at Ukiyo Bar

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During the second week of my brother’s first visit to Dublin, he stayed in the city centre with his girlfriend and we would meet up during the day or evening depending on their plans. On the Thursday of the...

Afternoon Art Tea at the Merrion Hotel

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For the past year, I have been hoping to get a chance to go to the Shelbourne Hotel for Afternoon Tea after my first experience with afternoon tea last year at the Westin Hotel. When my mother-in-law visited over...

Weekend lunch at Banyi

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On a rare afternoon outing, I met one of my good friends in the city centre for some lunch at one of our favourite sushi restaurants in the the heart of Temple Bar. Banyi is an old favourite in...