Shrift! The Teeling Distillery tour was pretty awesome, if you're into whiskey. The Chester Beatty Library is amazing if you're into book art. The Kilmainham Gaol tour is well worth the trip. You need to book that in advance. We had an incredible dinner at Delahunt.
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
F2F5: I forget that everyone isn't us
Plan what to do, what to wear (you can never go wrong with a corset), and get ready for the next BuffistaCon.
lisah - Oct 02, 2018 9:09:48 am PDT #12441 of 12685
Punishingly Intricate
lisah - Oct 02, 2018 9:12:42 am PDT #12442 of 12685
Punishingly Intricate
Uh if you visit the Oscar Wilde statue in St. Stephen's Green (which you should) I need you to look for a little leprachaun statue that was left for us there. We found the postcard that went with it but not the statue.
Zenkitty - Oct 02, 2018 9:33:20 am PDT #12443 of 12685
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Definitely go round Temple Bar. Starting near there (I think) we took a boat tour of the River Liffey that was fun and informative and a nice way to rest our feet. Also, just East (I think) of Temple Bar, there's Ha'penny Bridge with all the love locks all over it, that's pretty cool.
I was told by an Irishwoman that I "have a lip on me" which apparently means I can hold me liquor. A higher compliment never received.
And the Angelus bells
O'er the Liffey swells,
Rang out in the foggy dew
Vortex - Oct 02, 2018 4:26:39 pm PDT #12444 of 12685
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I'm flying to Dublin on Friday for work. I'm probably only going to have some of Saturday and all day Sunday to do tourist stuff. Any recommendations? I've been to Trinity College to see the Long Room and the Book of Kells.
I recommend the Dublin Literary Bar Crawl
If you're a whisky drinker, I enjoyed the Jameson Whisky Blending Class The tour is supposed to be fun as well.
DavidS - Oct 02, 2018 7:11:02 pm PDT #12445 of 12685
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The tour is supposed to be fun as well.
Emmett did the Jameson tour this summer and loved it.
lisah - Oct 03, 2018 1:58:49 am PDT #12446 of 12685
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The Jameson tour is fun but we thought Teeling was more interesting. And they are making the whiskey right there in Dublin (the only distillery that is).
shrift - Oct 03, 2018 4:34:24 pm PDT #12447 of 12685
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Thanks for the suggestions! I'm not sure how much I'll actually accomplish with jet lag, but now I have options.
Jessica - Oct 05, 2018 6:08:31 am PDT #12448 of 12685
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I should have asked earlier, but because I'm there for work this year it slipped my mind as an actual fun event - anyone flying in for NYCC this weekend?
flea - Oct 05, 2018 6:27:43 am PDT #12449 of 12685
information libertarian
I am actually flying to NYC tonight but for the BTS concert at CitiField, not NYCC. I am pretty much totally booked as I am staying with family and then going to the concert and then sleeping and then leaving, but I will be thinking of my NYCistas!
NoiseDesign - Oct 05, 2018 8:46:46 am PDT #12450 of 12685
Our wings are not tired
I have some friends at NYCC and one of my part time staff is there, but not for my company. Alas, I am not. I'll be in NYC very briefly next weekend. I arrive late on Friday and have an 8 PM flight home on Sunday. Unfortunately I don't think I'll have much in the way of free time while I am there. I'm coming in to do a quick site visit on the Trolls Experience near Times Square.