Cork-surfers.

30 Oct. 2010 Cork, Ireland I think we can all agree that, whenever it is humanly possible, you should use puns.  It is one of the clearest, simplest laws of nature.  Not worth debating, really.  I mean, on my first trip to Cork, I sent out couch requests with "Cork-surfing" as the subject line, because …

Magical Cork

Every once in a while, I give in and believe in Irish faeries.  Sometimes it is when the house keys go missing only to reappear in a spot that has been check at least 5 times! Other times it is when we manage to sneak out to the coast and breath in that fresh Irish …

EATcork

26 Sept. 2010 Cork, Ireland, along the Grand Parade.   Mmm…  delicious sausage rolls!   Mushy is good in this context. NetworkedBlogs setting had to be tweaked, so you get another EATcork picture!  We had partaken of the meat pies at The Grafton, a local pub, a few nights prior and found them quite tasty! …

Bishop Lucey Park

Bishop Lucey Park, Cork, Ireland. Dario and I finished off the ice cream we bought at the EATcork food festival while enjoying the spectacle of two tiny doggies (one was a puppy  :D) running around the small park as if they’d just found Disneyland.  You can just see the bigger one to the left of …

Signs of Laughter.

Something I never quite managed to do while I was living in Italy was to get pictures of all the hilarious signs and business names that struck laughter into the heart of the middle-school aged part of my American brain.  I can’t remember them all, but 2 company names stand out: Assitalia and Lamecop.  Not …

April in Ireland: Part 2

After a lovely and scenic photo tour of the Wicklow mountains, we set off in our rental car (“…drive on the left, drive on the left!”) and headed south.  We had skimmed the Rick Steves guide a bit, but weren’t really sure if we’d have time to stop and see anything along the way to …

April in Ireland: Part 1.

Earlier I posted a handful of pictures from our first trip to Ireland.  I have several more pictures scattered over various online locations, but never really pulled it together for a formal post.  I quite miss posting on Photoblog.  I am finally starting to get used to Tumblr’s little quirks and limitations, so I want …