The other day as I listened to Pat Kenny as he presented his show on Newstalk 106, I heard that the Friday show would be broadcast from the Shelbourne Hotel. As I was off work on Friday I texted in to see if I would be lucky enough to get a ticket. A few days later the show made contact with me and offered me a ticket which I was pretty excited about!!
The show started out with Irish Music Legends "Bagatelle" singing their well known (and 34 yr old) song "Summer in Dublin" I love this song and it fitted so perfectly to hear it on a gloriously sunny day in a Dublin City Hotel.
The first of Pat's guests was Karl Deeter who spoke about the rapidly rising property prices in Dublin. From what Deeter said, it made the ever witty Kenny quip "You'll start a property boom in Longford"!!!
Next up was Dr Tierney Thys who told of her research involving the Mola Mola fish. This lady is passionate about her work and very funny too. You need to look up images of the Mola Mola it is one crazy looking fish - basically it is just a big giant fish head!!
Further guests included Daire O'Briain, singer Jack Lukeman (previously known as Jack L) and Denis O'Brien Head Concierge from the Shelbourne Hotel - and they even had a report on the Poolbeg Chimney stacks with audience interaction and discussion. Boy do they fit a lot in to this two hour slot. It all made for a very interesting morning and was great to see the behind the scenes of a radio show. Pat Kenny is the ultimate professional and makes the job of presenting look like child's play but I can only imagine the preparation and work that goes in to his show every day.
I was interested to see what refreshments would be offered by The Shelbourne Hotel. I have been avidly watching the RTE TV show that features the hotel and is currently being aired.
I was impressed by all their offerings!
Here are cute little chocolate cones and there was also macaroons filled with chocolate ganache which were quite delicious.
At the back of the photo are triangle wedges of moist brownie which were served with chocolate milk in little bottles. How cute!
The view was fantastic out on to Stephens Green - it was incredibly sunny in Dublin so the city looked amazing.
When I arrived about 9.30am I got coffee and a scone with clotted cream (yum!) and also sipped a home made lemonade - the perfect start to a sunny Dublin Day.
After the show I had hoped to stay in town and wander around a few shops but my plans were thwarted by a call from the dishwasher repair man to say he would be at my house shortly. So it was on to a Dublin Bike and home to let him in.
Back to the mundane!
