May the road rise up to meet you and the wind always be at your back. – Irish blessing Despite Americans’ appropriation of Cinco de Mayo, few nations adopt another’s holidays. Outside the home country, national holidays tend to be small affairs. Americans on Corfu may burst into an off-key rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner … More When the big blue marble turns green
What is better than to sit at the end of the day and drink wine with friends, or substitutes for friends. – James Joyce Dublin is a literary town. Bookstores, libraries, literary museums and tour, pubs where famous authors hung out, Dublin has them in spades. The city has contributed four Nobel laureates in literature … More An unlikely story (or what to read, see, eat and drink in Dublin)
Above us, only sky. – Motto of Liverpool John Lennon Airport My Ryanair nightmare wasn’t over. Every day for two weeks leading up to our anniversary trip to Dublin, I opened harassing emails from Ryanair asking, “Don’t you want to get through security faster?” or reminding me how I could save ten percent on an … More I never said it was a brilliant idea
I’ve got a surprise especially for you, something that both of us have always wanted to do. – Two Tickets to Paradise by Eddie Money With our anniversary looming on the horizon, Robie started hinting around about how 29 years of wedded bliss should count for something. By this, he meant he should be in … More The one going down the low-cost carrier rabbit hole
