Meal Plan and Shop with a List On Saturdays, I make a meal plan for the whole week and a shopping list based on this list. I always do my shop based on this list and I almost always...
A play at the new playground at Merrion Square and a bit of museum too
When we first arrived here in the summer of 2013, we frequently went to Merrion Square for the children to play. The playground was a bit old fashioned but the park was small and shady and had plenty to...
It’s hard to remember
When my mother-in-law came for a visit over the Easter break, she announced that she was interested in seeing Still Alice, a new movie playing in the cinema featuring the ever young Julianne Moore. So, on the second weekend she...
Coffee with Friends at the Tramyard – Dalkey
Spent a lovely morning a couple of weeks ago at the Tramyard in Dalkey. An expat group I belong to organizes a coffee meetup a couple of times a month, and a nearby friend and I decided to pop...
A Most Peculiar Afternoon Tea at the Westin Hotel
Drinking tea is an institution here in Ireland and even though I’m still trying to learn all the etiquette, I love the hospitality it represents. A cup of tea can vary between a casual cup shared with a friend...
Dingle: Connor’s Pass
Conor Pass After Fungie, it was only about 3pm. Too early for dinner, so we decided we would eat dinner back at the hostel and take a drive up Conor Pass, the highest mountain pass in Ireland. You take...
Dingle: The Slea Head Drive & Famine Cottages
For our last full day in Dingle, we decided to do the Slea Head Drive to the point of the peninsula. Our hostel manager had highly recommended it, and I was like, why not? Our kids are highly susceptible to...
Dingle: Hiking & Fungie The Dolphin
Hiking the Dingle Peninsula When I had booked our hostel, I had read on their website that there was a lot of hiking/walking trails nearby and I knew that was right up J’s alley. I had to concede some...
Dingle: Hike over the Dingle Peninsula
Before the end of our trip, J and the Monkey wanted to take on one more hike. This time they decided they wanted to hike across the Dingle Peninsula. I was a bit nervous after driving across Conor Pass,...
Celebrating 12 years together at Yamamori Izakaya
In celebration of surviving 12 years together, 4 kids, 1 mortgage, 1 transcontinent move, 1 transatlantic move, we decided to get a babysitter and go out for dinner and drinks. Exploring the nightlife of Ireland has been mostly left...