2008 travel round up
on Jan 6, 2009 in travel Life is fairly busy at the moment, so posts are sparse.But some late seasonal rounds up should appear over coming days, starting with the annual travel round-up.Back in October 2007, I saw a marked change in my normal frantic travel pattern. Stopping...

(not so quick) Review of 2008
on Jan 1, 2009 in blog The most common question in our house on 31 December was“What were your highlights of the year?”Cue lots of head scratching, memories of holidays, trips away, and minor reminisces. But the question stuck with me today and I remembered more and mo...

Top ten pick of the names in 2008
on Dec 31, 2008 in rant Blog posts at the end of the year focus on two things ... the upcoming Irish Blog Awards and reviews of the year gone by. And so it’s back to looking at the names babies have been registered with across the UK. You can still check out the full 2007...

Watch out for the extra second tonight!
on Dec 31, 2008 in London Watch out for the extra second that’ll sneak in just before midnight tonight! At 23:59:59, there will be an extra wait before 2009 begins.It’s all down to the rotation of the Earth which slows down over a long period due to the effect of the Sun-...

Out to Lunch Arts Festival - get your tickets for 2-25 January
on Dec 30, 2008 in humour Belfast music theatre January is a cold, dark month. And if you’re in Ireland, it’s usually fairly damp too. So to warm your heart and cheer your soul, the Cathedral Quarter will be buzzing with the annual Out to Lunch Arts Festival running from 2-25 January.Most lunc...

Irish Blog Awards - open for nominations
on Dec 30, 2008 in blog It's between Christmas and the New Year. And it's the season when nominations open for the 2009 Irish Blog Awards.So if there's a blog or two from anywhere in Ireland that you read regularly, really enjoy, and think stand out beyond others,

Holywood Sunset
on Dec 28, 2008 in photo Belfast After a big lunch - clearing out some more leftovers from the fridge! - we went for a walk along the front at Holywood.Returning towards the play park as the sun was setting behind one of the Harland and Wolff cranes.