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

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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.

Free Friday in Dublin City

It was my off day from work today so I met up with my mother for a nice breakfast facing out on to Stephens Green and then I pottered around the place.

As I unlocked my bike, I noticed that my garden has come in to bloom.  I took a quick pic before I set off.

I had to drop my bike to the bike shop for a service so I sauntered down Grafton Street and then on to Greenaer on McGennis Place.

Afterwards, I picked up Bones from ODKM's office and walked back home along the Grand Canal.

Here's a few pics that I took on my stroll.

I heard that DHL have started delivery using electric vehicles but I saw this more environmentally friendly delivery system outside their office!

These artworks were on the wall outside the bike shop. I like them a lot and they brighten the city.

A moment of humour in a not so funny situation

So today was not fun. Actually neither was yesterday. I was booked in for a colonoscopy today so yesterday I had to prep for it which basically means drinking litres of unpleasant tasting moviprep along with litres more water to flush EVERYTHING out.  Ugh.

So today I took more of the moviprep and stayed close to the bathroom all morning before I checked in for the procedure in the afternoon.

So what gave me a laugh, given the circumstances that I was in, was that I was lying back on the table while the medical staff were all setting up around me.  I was chilling out trying to not let the nerves get to me and suddenly I heard the music that was playing in the background. Well I was floored by what I heard, it was Jimmy Buffet's "Changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes". I don't think this is a song that is regularly played in Ireland so I guess they were playing some easy listening playlist.  Then next up was the theme song for The OC - "California" (love it!).

So there I was in a Dublin hospital being brought right to my favourite places in the world Key West and California. It certainly gave me a laugh given the indignity of the situation I was in. But sure hey, you have to look for the good in whatever is going on!!

Here's the words to "Changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes" by Jimmy Buffet to bring you to an island space of mind:

I took off for a weekend last month
Just to try and recall the whole year.
All of the faces and all of the places,
Wonderin' where they all disappeared.
I didn't ponder the question too long;
I was hungry and went out for a bite.
Ran into a chum with a bottle of rum,
And we wound up drinkin' all night.

It's those changes in latitudes,
Changes in attitudes nothing remains quite the same.
With all of our running and all of our cunning,
If we couldn't laugh, we would all go insane.

Reading departure signs in some big airport
Reminds me of the places I've been.
Visions of good times that brought so much pleasure
Makes me want to go back again.
If it suddenly ended tomorrow,
I could somehow adjust to the fall.
Good times and riches and son of a bitches,
I've seen more than I can recall

These changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes,
Nothing remains quite the same.
Through all of the islands and all of the highlands,
If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane

I think about Paris when I'm high on red wine,
I wish I could jump on a plane.
And so many nights I just dream of the ocean.
God, I wish I was sailin' again.
Oh, yesterdays are over my shoulder,
So I can't look back for too long.
There's just too much to see waiting in front of me,
And I know that I just can't go wrong
With these

Changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes,
Nothing remains quite the same.
Through all of the islands and all of the highlands,
If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane