What I got up to over the weekend....

The Dublin Community Clean Up was on Saturday. We hooked up with the Friends of the Grand Canal to clean up the canal area.  As we walked to the meet up point we picked rubbish. The walk was about 5 mins and within that time we had a full bag collected - and that was before we had even officially started!

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On Sunday I got up early and went out for a coffee on Stephens Green and had a nice relaxed read of the papers (I had gone in early to return something to TK Maxx but it wasn't open until 10am).

Check out how deserted Grafton Street was at 9am on Sunday

And later in the evening we went to the stunning mini Stella movie theatre in The Devlin Hotel in Ranelagh

Prosecco and popcorn - what could be better?!

New handrail has arrived!

Awhile ago I blogged about Ciaran designing a handrail for the glass cantilevered stairs leading up to his studio.

Well, exciting news!  It's been installed.

Click here for information about the fabricators and also for more pics.

Easter break

I had a lovely Easter break and got up to loads.

It all started when I broke from work on Thursday and went on to Atelier Maser for an art & design pop up with drinks by Ketel One who were showcasing their new Botanicals range

We followed the showing by dinner in Dillingers which was lovely as usual.

On Friday, I met my mother for brunch in Pot Bellied Pig and then we went for a browse around the shops - I got this cute little wreath to dress my front door.

For an Easter treat we had dinner in The Butcher Block in Ranelagh on Saturday night. We shared the Cote du Boeuf which was excellent and we followed it with some delicious cocktails to end the night.

And then for Easter Sunday I went to my parents for dinner while Ciaran went to the Aviva to watch Leinster play.

We were lucky with the weather - it was so warm for this time of year. I even cracked open the sunblock and sat out in the garden and read loads. A great weekend all in all!

One City One Book - Women's Magazines and "Problem Pages" of the 1950's and 60's

The Dublin One City One Book 2019 is Edna O'Brien's The Country Girls Trilogy. There are lots of events all over Dublin City in libraries for One City One Book.

On Monday night I went to an excellent talk by Dr Caitriona Clear in the fantastic Lexicon Venue in Dun Laoghaire. The talk was about women's magazines in Ireland in the 1950's & 60's and more specifically relating to the problem pages section.

Dr. Clear was very entertaining along with the subject matter being fascinating and it was a great end to a Monday evening - starting at 7pm and finishing up about 8.15pm.

I hope to go to another event on the 29th of April.  For further info about 1 City 1 Book - click here.

Pigsy in the DesignYard

One of Pigsy's pieces has gone on up online on the DesignYard website. 

You can check it out here

Or you can visit in person - see details below

www.designyard.com 

District: Guide April 2019

We had brunch in Pot Bellied Pig today.  

The food was great and it was very exciting to see an article about Pigsy when I flicked through the District Guide.

Malaga Market

One of the spots we visited on our guided tour was the Malaga Market. It has a Moorish entrance way along with Victorian elements to it.

There was a fruit and veg section, along with fish and also meat.  It is spotlessly clean and there is loads to see.  It is definitely worth a visit if you are in Malaga.

 

 

Antigua Casa de Guardia

On our second day in Malaga, we didn't have great weather so we got a guide to take us on a tour of the city.  

Here's one of the places that we were brought to by our guide.

Antigua Casa de Guardia - the oldest bar in Malaga

Dublin to Malaga

Spent a couple of days in Malaga last week, flying out from Dublin on Saturday.  I flew with Aer Lingus and not the other Irish airline (happy days!) and they were great. They now stock Grey Goose vodka as an alternative to Smirnoff.  However, it was disappointing to see how much plastic that goes to waste on the plane.  Along with my sandwich I was given a napkin in a plastic wrapper along with cutlery.  I only used the knife to cut my sandwich and all of the other cutlery was completely unnecessary. 

Here's a few pics from my min break away.

Grey Goose - a great start to my holiday!

What a waste.......

 We ate excellent food every night - the tapas were all so good

 There's a cereal cafe in Malaga!

 Beautiful churches are aplenty in Malaga

 And scenic buildings are everywhere

 The first night we found a super Gin Bar and returned the night after

 Hans Christian Anderson spend time in Malaga.....who knew!

My first morning were spent in a cafe while I waited for a heavy shower to finish

I am going to write further blogs about some of the other things that I got up to in Malaga......watch out for more.