I’ve decided, due to a variety of reasons, both professional and personal (aren’t the best reasons a combination of both?) to stop blogging here. Oh, you’ll still find me over on Fa...
It’s no secret – to those of you who know me in what they term “real life”, although honestly I’m not quite sure where “real life” ends and “online lif...
This is something that has cropped up in conversation quite frequently lately: what’s a good meal really worth? Ciara touched on it the other day, after her visit to Source in Sligo – is ...
This is one of my favourite photos of my Dad, taken when we were all on holidays in Amsterdam for my cousin’s wedding. I love that he looks slightly grumpy but entirely adorable; I love the lig...
This morning in the gym, I watched a guy do approximately 100 sit-ups before doing approximately 100 press-ups and approximately 100 other, complicated-looking exercises. And I thought of the editor ...
What kind of person wants their sex partner to gag while they’re being intimate? The proper human response to hearing one’s partner gag during sex — at least if one empathizes with their partner and ...
In case one of your friends hasn’t already posted it to Facebook with the caption “OMG Shakira’s such a RIIIIIDE SOOOOOO SEXXXXXY”, allow me to be the one to tell you that you...
So I call my Mum this evening and ask her to get something from my knicker drawer. (We have a really open relationship.) “So, in my bottom drawer, there are a pair of leopard print knickers. Wi...
Cleverest ad I’ve seen in a long time. From a series by Konad cosmetics, detailed here. No related posts.
In my last house, I met my neighbour almost instantly. I was hanging clothes out in the back yard and she was in her – adjoining – yard, having a cigarette. She introduced herself, told m...
The news that Tesco is going to be moving into the Complex in Smithfield Square has been upsetting hipsters far and wide for days now, but one has to wonder: is this really a drastic happening? The C...
There are certain conversations you have under the influence of alcohol. Some are good, some are bad. In the latter category, we might have the “songs you must hear” conversation. “...
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I hate April. Even the appearance of summer sun, ice-cream cones and happy little children making their communions doesn’t make it better. But I have a legitimate reason. In any case, life goes...
The light’s coming in the window in a particular, peculiar dappled way, as if through the filter of a Sofia Coppola movie when he turns to me and asks: “What’s your favourite Gaslig...
“I’m going to see a lady about my shin splints,” I tell Ciara, as she navigates her way through Dublin’s streets in her little black car. “Apparently she’s really ...
Today I was in Boots making some entirely necessary haircare purchases when I overhead a girl at the pharmacy counter ask: “Can I take these with . . . eh . . . other medication?” She was...
Alex is a little boy who lives on our road. He’s 11. I know this because I asked him during one of our long Q’nA sessions about my cats. “What are their names?” is his usual r...
Some of you may already know I’m in New York this week, visiting my sister who, four weeks ago this Wednesday, gave birth to a boy – Nash Caleb Kirkland. My trip had been planned for a fe...
And I have no idea why. I felt a little like doing some shoulder-poppin’ on Henry St to the sounds of Cee-Lo Green today. So uncool. Related posts:This song just keeps a-growing on me Why walk,...
In case you ever wonder what other people run to, today I did a few intervals (about 40 minutes total) to the following: Related posts:Why is Claire Bennett’s college life lived out to a soundt...
This morning I witnessed Calvin, my obstinately affectionate white-and-ginger kitten, attempt to catch a pigeon. It went a little somethin’ like this. Calvin in my bag - you know, as you do Cal...
Well a few weeks back I was really surprised, chuffed, honoured, humbled (carry on at will) to be asked to partake in a shoot for Image magazine of a list of “Ireland’s new fashion pack&#...
A tweeter I follow linked to this earlier on today, and for some reason I clicked on it – despite the fact that I ignore 99 per cent of links as I’m too busy reading celebrity gossip or, ...
Around the time of the PricewaterhouseCooper scandal, I had various discussions with my friends (mostly female) about sexism. Some said they had encountered sexism at work, in the gym, on nights out ...
Just going through my Twitter favourites, and found this gem: Chasing men is the highest purpose in life. As my old boyfriend, the great Arthur Schopenhauer, says, “The final aim of all love intrigue...
I wonder if, one of these days, I’ll just give up the ghost and get a Tumblr so I can post random pictures without feeling like I have to comment on them. Anyway, this is via The Cherry Blossom...
Yesterday at around 10pm maybe, I let Calvin out for a little stroll (it’s not unusual). He hasn’t come back yet. If you see him around Dublin 7 / North Circular Rd area, please get in to...
I went to see 127 Hours tonight. It’s amazingly shot; the soundtrack is brilliant; Franco is amazing. Did I enjoy it? Probably not. I don’t think anybody needs to see a really accurate po...
Last night I went to a house party / housewarming / New Year’s drinks at a friend’s house, recently bought with his girlfriend. We oohed and aahed over mirrors and built-in wardrobes and ...
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