Little Box sets, Little Box sets

My lovely cousin Bea gave us the box set of Seasons One and Two of Weeds as a Christmas present. I LOVE box sets of good television series. Himself and I thoroughly enjoyed watching the whole six series of Sopranos from spring to autumn of 2007. Last winter Lilbro gave us the boxset of the [...]

Grá mo shaol

(This would work a lot better if I were a man but such is life, eh? My entry for the Flowers Made Easy Blog Competition) Ní chuimhin liom cathain ar bhuaileamar le chéile don chéad uair ach bhí baint laethúil againn le chéile cinnte ó bhí mé ceathair bliain d’aois. Ní fhéadfainn a rá gur [...]

In your best Oz accent now say Anzac.

No Ainzaaac. I love Anzac biscuits. I made them first just over a year ago when I received a copy of Edmonds Cookery Book, a staple of every New Zealand household, from a good Kiwi friend who knows I love to cook and bake. It’s a no-nonsense publication with some rocking recipes. It also has [...]

Use of Weapons

My eldest brother, Blaise Smith’s exhibition of paintings of Weapons has come to Dublin town. It’s running in the Molesworth Gallery until February 27th. The paintings are mesmerising and if you can afford EUR25.00 I would recommend you pick up one of the limited edition catalogues in the gallery. Mind you, if you’re quick about, [...]

Huckle the curious & Nippers go nuts

The whole family bar Himself gets a mention on this month’s Curious Wines Wine Blog. I first became aware of Curious Wines on Twitter and partly because of my work I am very interested to watch how Irish companies are using new web technologies to promote their businesses. I also like wine. Then I got [...]