living local – Page 9

31/10/2013

Happy Hallowe’en!

Hope you have a lovely Hallowe’en and that a generous kids shares some of their loot with you! I took these pumpkin shots on Monday at the National Botanic Gardens, who had an incredible display. Continue reading

Dublin, living local, Nature

halloween, national botanic gardens, pumpkins, pumpkins dublin

16/07/2013

Temple Bar Night Market

While strolling though town last Thursday evening, Ben and I came across the Temple Bar Night Market. This being Ireland in the summer, there wasn’t a whole lot of night happening! There were some great live art demos going on though. And while the stalls were a bit hit and miss, I did pick up this Continue reading

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salty philip, temple bar night market

10/07/2013

Dublin in bloom

Scorchio! The weather. It’s all we can talk about this week. Dublin looks great in this weather – everyone is in better form, the canal is jammed with happy punters outside The Barge having aprés work drinks and everything has sprung to life. I had the most incredible strawberries at the weekend, courtesy of Ben’s Continue reading

Dublin, living local, Nature

dublin, iveagh gardens, rose gardens, roses, the barge

29/05/2013

Afternoon Tea for Two

Last Saturday, one of my oldest friends and I met up to celebrate her birthday with some afternoon tea at The Westbury Hotel. Perfect little sambos, warm scones, delicious macaroons (the salted caramel one was my fave, by a long shot) and lots and lots of lovely cups of peppermint tea. I loved the view Continue reading

Dublin, living local, Tasty

afternoon tea, westbury

23/05/2013

A little trip to Barna, Galway

A recent work trip saw me in the pretty little seaside town of Bearna in Galway. We stayed at the fab Twelve Hotel (more on that soon) and headed down to the pier on a sunny Saturday for a stroll and a glass of wine in O’Grady’s. Continue reading

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bearna, galway, o’grady’s, the twelve