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Have you ever walked the Bull Wall? After living in Ringsend for two years, I only started going a little while ago. I couldn't believe it dates back to 1820! It's a brilliant place to go to when you need to clear some cobwebs and feel
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Ben and I popped along to Xico on Tuesday for a tequila tasting, which was running as part of the Taste of Mexico festival, and picked up lots of lessons on how it's really meant to be drunk (hint: not with salt and lime). I don't
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It stands still in time. It had been a couple of years since I had last visited Ballymaloe (see here and here), and its charm was completely unchanged. Click through for a few pics from last week's trip. Although there had been updates and clever improvements, there was
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Some pics from an impromptu call in to Lotts & Co, a new grocer on the South Lotts Road. There are lots of brilliant things about living in Ringsend – a lovely park, having the Sandymount strand right there, and being super close to town. But one of the things I
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Isn't it beautiful? I love how its bright yellow flowers light up the landscape, particularly at sunset, I love its coconut-y smell, and I love how some kind of gorse is always in flower – inspiring the old country phrase: "When gorse is out of blossom, kissing'
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Let me keep my distance, always, from those who think they have the answers. Let me keep company always with those who say "Look!" and laugh in astonishment, and bow their heads. From Mysteries, Yes by Mary Oliver
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Obsessed with mid-century credenzas and vintage sideboards? Join the club. Our hunger for 20th century design shows no sign of abating, and, with so many people stuck renting, there are a lot of us out there looking for beautiful, affordable pieces that – much as I love Ikea – don't
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Some shots of The Fumbally cafe, taken last year for a feature on Dublin 8 for Dylan magazine. The vibe is lovely and chilled, the food delicious and there are so many quirky touches that you could probably spend a whole day here and still find new things to shoot.
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Have you come across Bean and Goose? Created by Karen and Natalie Keane, sisters and chocolate makers, it has become a new obsession. Their artisan single origin chocolate is handmade in small batches each week in their kitchen in the Wexford countryside and can now be found in the Temple
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We weren't meant to be going out. We were both completely exhausted, and had a clean, quiet Friday evening planned – cooking up some veggies from our first Absolutely Organic order (more on that soon), catching up on some reading, getting an early night. But after a cocktail with
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For no other reason than the sky looked pretty, the sun was setting in 18 minutes and Ben and I had never explored this road in our 'hood before. It also gave me an opportunity to take some new portraits of B, which I hadn't done in
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Above: Some of Maser's fine work at North Wall Quay. Below: I spotted this around Grand Canal Dock and gave a squee of delight. Both taken with my new toy, the Fuji X100s.