Please enjoy the daily humiliations of an American writer trying to shake off 2 years of living in Japan as she begins her new life in Dublin, Ireland.
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A man laid out flat on his back on Grafton Street; a crowd gathered round as an ambulance screamed towards the scene. Elsewhere, in between Ranelagh Road and Rathmines, a truck zoomed through a fat puddle and aggressively splashed a girl on the sidewalk, completely soaking her left side...
… the stinging wind and rain blow so hard that sticking out of a trash bin on Adelaide Road are the remains of a blackumbrella – twisted and bent like a mangled bat wing.
Acclimating to a new country is so different this time around, thanks in enormous part to the fact that I speak the official language. As such, I’m able to pick up things about Irish culture simply by listening and looking. It’s learning at its lazy finest. He...
So there we were at Malahide Castle; ancestral home of the Talbot family. Photography of the fantastical centuries-old furnishings and portraits are strictly forbidden so when we left the castle interior, I sprang like a cat to snap anything I could...
In these days of economic crisis, I see signs like this in all the shops. Buy Me, I’m Irish. Irish grown. Support Irish industries. P.S. – We’re Irish. Hey, Mr. Cowen!, emblazoned on a Burger King Recession Special bus stop ad. Some...
Sean’s mother: Bring some of the chocolate cake on the train with you. It’s a long ride back up to Dublin. Liv: Oh, I’m fine. Thank you! Sean’s mother: Ah, go on, sure. Sean: Yeah, go on. Bring some cake witcha. Sean’s brother: Do you want somecardsto bring with you on the trip? Liv: Oh,...
I Eat My Pigeon Dublin Craft Fair posters at last week's Dublin Craft Fair and Farmers' Market on Newmarket Square
It’s November 1st and my friends back home have commenced the usual Nov. 1 activity: posting Halloween pictures from the night before on Facebook. I’m seeing the traditional slutty nuns, 80s cartoon characters, and props-as-concepts. My friends ask me: “What did you do for Halloween? Do t...
