Lock and Key.

I have an obsession with Irish doors. Its a little odd, but I'm ok with that. The thing about these doors is that they are all like people. They are temperamental. They come in a variety of colors, shapes and sizes. And you have to really get to know a door before you can unlock it. Doors wont just unlock on the first date. No you have to be nice, introduce yourself, and fool around a bit before this unlocking business happens. But because they play so hard to get, when you finally can unlock a door it is an immeasurably satisfying experience. All in all, you have to love a door for it to let you in. There is no faking allowed.

Nightmare Before Christmas

I spent Halloween Sunday with my sister, her husband and my niece in Malahide with their friends who have two adorable little girls. Now, Malahide is like the desperate housewives county of Dublin. It was a really cute and tiny suburb, in which all the houses looked the same and everyone literally knew each other. I'm not exaggerating; we went trick-or-treeting with everyone and it was obvious we were the randos. I had so much fun playing with the kids and meeting Sarah's friends.

We set off a chinese lantern, which was one of the most awesome things I've ever seen. Its basically a huge paper bag that you turn upside down, light a fire in and it floats away. There was something so satisfying about sending something out floating away into the night sky; watching the light shrink smaller and smaller until it disappears.

OH! The other thing about Malahide is that it's where U2 (well its respective members) grew up. On the taxi ride back a U2 song came on the radio and it wasn't until we were at the train station that Damien told me how excited he was that I had just had such an "authentic moment."

We may have come very very very close to burning down the neighbor's house.

Yep, my 12 year old niece is totally as tall as me... AND she's dressed like a bat! We had a running joke that since bats are blind and use echolocation, she had to cover her eyes, run around and yell "AHH WHERE AM I WHERE ARE YOU AHHH" in order to get anywhere. Sarah hated me a little for that, but it was great!  

Hahaha I love them dearly. 

Post knocking on neighbor's doors, heading into the candy coma ... and so cute!  

BOO!

London: chim chiminey chim chiminey chim chim cher-oo!

Did I wander around singing Mary Poppins songs? Yes I did.
A few weeks ago I had two days in London. Remy and I left Ireland at 3 am on Friday and left London at 3 am on Sunday. It was quite the whirlwind trip. We stayed at the Walrus Waterloo which is right by the London Eye and the Waterloo station. (And yes, the bar attached to the hostile was totally Beatles themed...a little bit.)

London is HUGE. I had no idea it would be that large. And it was surprisingly pretty. I did not expect my buddy Ben to be so shiny and golden in person.

Enjoy our adventures:

Day 1.

Westminster Bridge, Westminster Abbey, Big Ben

Cute market off of Victoria Street

Buckingham Palace

St. James Park

National Portrait Gallery

Market by the London Eye

"feed the birds, tuppence a bag..."

I speak fluent squirrel. 

Remy took this one... of cray cray bird lady

The geese in St. James park were really intimidating...

In honor of Harry Potter, all of the employees at this theater dressed up like Hogwarts students.

Finding wine and free Jazz is a talent of mine

Day 2.

British Museum

New Oxford Street

St. Paul's Cathedral

Tower Bridge

Steak and Jazz at The Duke in Waterloo

Harry Potter 7.1 at the BFI IMAX

This is what I aspire to be like...

Lady Ireland.

The New World!

... I have no idea....

Please note the building that kind of looks like a nipple.

Please note the Tower Bridge.

Look! The nipple building AND the Tower Bridge...oh my gosh I wonder which two girls were just there? 
I'm obviously totally cool and blase about the whole thing.

Yeah right, I was just being ironic. Of course I had to make an ass of myself because I was all excited about the coincidence. 

 french mustached roommates ... or were they italian? 
I don't know...good night Remy!!