A wonderful weekend of musicals and meetups!

Saturday night brought us to The Helix in DCU for "All or Nothing" the story of The Small Faces. 

I love a musical so I was delighted when Amy invited me along to this show.

I had never been to The Helix before and I was very pleasantly surprised. Even better was the trip over on the bus - we took the number 11 which went from the top of my road all the way over to Dublin City University.  Amy got on the same bus at Dawson Street.

Amy dressed for the occasion in a blue 1960's mod looking dress. While I went straight to the theatre from work so was not in a mod outfit.

The show was amazing with brilliant singing performances from all of the actors but in particular the actors who played Steve Marriot's mother and also the two actors who played young and old Steve.

I woke up humming "All of Nothing" which is always a good sign that I enjoyed a show!

Hopefully the show will return to Dublin because my mother was raging that she hadn't been invited as she was a big fan of The Small Faces in their day.

On Sunday it was breakfast with Amy & Alice in Doheny &Nesbitts to make plans for our upcoming trip to Key West Florida. Amy arrived at the pub to find it closed so she rang them and asked them  to open up for her as she was outside! The friendly barman asked if she was looking for breakfast and said he would open up and sort her out for a bite to eat. 

We have been having breakfast in Doheny's fairly regularly - it is a convenient spot and the breakfast hits the spot.  I enjoy their tasty omelettes which I got again today. 

Excitement sure is building for our upcoming holiday.  This time next week we will be on the way to Miami where we will pick up a car and then drive to Key West. Fun times ahead!

"Nostalgia's Not What it Was" by Pigsy

Ciaran's exhibition "Nostalgia's Not What it Was" ran from the 5th - 8th of Oct in Fumbally Exchange.  It was a big success with over 400 people visiting over the weekend.

The first piece was "No space for nostalgia" and it was based on this picture of Ciaran as a child with his two best childhood friends.

The photo seemed to spark something in many who visited and lots of his pieces evoked memories of childhood that were familiar to all.

It was great to have both the guys in the picture drop in for a look!

I'm feeling nostalgia just looking at them!!

If you want to see all of the paintings in this exhibition - click here.

Thursday Twin Dash

Bikes are an awesome accessory in Dublin City.

On Thursday night Amy and I were double booked with two events to go to. The only way we could make both without having to take taxis was to go by bike.

We met after work and had a quick burger before dropping in to Gallery X on South William Street to see Kemp's new exhibition Constant Change.

This is an incredible show of portraits. It is a must see.  It runs for a few weeks so do go see or check out The Kemp Gallery website.

LOVE this piece!

There's Amy and I with the main man, artist Steve Kemp.

This blue piece in the corner was so striking and eye catching.  I will go back in and visit when it is quieter to take a really good look. It was a busy opening with lots of people so it was hard to take in all the art.....as I said, I will be back.

Then it was on to the Grand Canal Theatre for the amazing film La La Land with a live orchestra. What an experience!  You know how much we love La La Land having seen it numerous times but with the live music it was taken to a new level.

It was a lovely night in Dublin for a cycle and both of these events were super shows. All in all another great night with my twin sister!