Wow Burger, Ranelagh

We heard rumour that a burger joint was opening in Ranelagh. When we saw the old Itsa unit being renovated we began to get excited!

And it's open now and it is a "Wow Burger"

We visited today to see how the burgers stacked up....

We were wowed! The burgers were great with good bunability (bun didn't fall apart in your hand) and the fries were delicious - but next time we will go plain rather than garlic butter covered. The portion size of the fries is generous - we shared a portion.

The decor is very bright, kitschy and a tad on the tacky side - I loved it!

Like in 5 Guys, all toppings are free.  You also get a cup to fill your own soda which includes free refills.

We enjoyed our Wow Burger and I think it is a nice restaurant addition to the Ranelagh triangle. Perhaps too good of an addition - it may ruin our diets!!

Happy New Year - it's 2017!

We arrived back in to Dublin late last night and got the Aircoach from the airport through the city to our house.  The bus dropped us off at the top of our road at about 11.55pm and as we got to our front door fireworks started going off.  It was the New Year!

Today we got up early and picked up the dog from the minder - he looked like he enjoyed his little break from us.

We then headed to Ikea where we bought storage boxes for the Christmas decorations.

When we got home we started on the big job of taking down the Christmas Tree.

I'm feeling very organised - all we have to do is get them up to the attic now.

However, for the amount of time we got to enjoy the tree before we went away, it was a serious amount of effort.  I am really considering taking a break for a year and not putting up a tree in 2017.  I'll see how I feel next Christmas!

And finally I leave you with a #lifehack

Pack your Christmas Jumpers away with your decorations - they will be safely stored for next year!

About Time - How Long Will I Love You

I watched this film tonight - it's incredible!

My twin sister had told me that it was great but I never got around to watching it.

Wow, I'm glad I watched it now.  Brilliant story and an amazing soundtrack!

Well worth watching.....

Christmas and New Year Message from President Michael D. Higgins 2016

A Christmas message from the President of Ireland - my favourite president ever!

Dog pick up!

As I mentioned, after Basket Brigade, we browsed in town and did a little shopping.

After this Ciaran picked me up from the city.

He waited on Molesworth Street and when I got close to the car I saw this little friendly face in the car!

Basket Brigade 2016

It was an early start for a Sunday morning when I got up before 8am to pick up Amy and head to Croke Park for this year's Basket Brigade.

I had about 8 bags of food that all of my work colleagues had very kindly donated.

When we arrived everyone was hard at work wrapping boxes so we decided to unpack and sort all of the donated food.

Here we are with our best pal Alice who has been doing Basket Brigade with us for the past few years.  

The food is organised in to donated food and bought food.  

Each hamper gets a chicken, ham, fresh veg, tea, coffee, sugar, paper towels and a box of biscuits.

Then additional donated food is added - like pasta, sauce, breakfast cereal, canned food, etc.

Here are a batch of hampers all ready for delivery. Over 170 hampers were made in total!!

Amy's day was made when we got a pic with "Deco" (real name Dave!) from Fair City. She is a big fan!

Dave was a very nice guy and his support is very much appreciated along with the support that came from all other avenues too......Keith Duffy donated €1,000!

Afterwards we went to our usual spot after this event - Pitt Bros.

After great BBQ food we did a little Christmas shopping. 

What a great day and hopefully the hampers will help some families have a good Christmas 2016.

The tree is up - Christmas is here!!

I normally put my tree up at the beginning of December but this year I only got it up on the 10th.  So late for me but I had a few things on that I was occupied with so didn't have the opportunity until now to put it up.

It takes a fair length of time to put my tree up by the time I get it and all the trimmings down from the attic and then get all the decorations on to the tree. But worth the time it takes, I think!

 At the top of my tree I put a Barbie Doll that was given to me by my twin sister.

How amazing is this Barbie?!

After putting up the tree we ate a turkey dinner and watched "Nativity!" on Netflix.  

Christmas is really here in our house!