every other day actually, must be just the one plane
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Friday, 7 December 2018 18:58 (five years ago) link
Consider pints in The Swan. All other decent pubs in D2 are overfull in December.
― 29 facepalms, Friday, 7 December 2018 19:00 (five years ago) link
i think as you say silby it’s practically uneconomical for you not to go next time. as your accountant etc. and yes, thanks facepalms - i’m resolved to it being a week before christmas in dublin and am girded to experience revelry at close quarters but it’s good to have an alternative bolthole if it becomes too much.
― Fizzles, Friday, 7 December 2018 19:30 (five years ago) link
i was in fact thinking of drinking in a pub mainly.
Good man there.
― Monica Kindle (Tom D.), Friday, 7 December 2018 19:33 (five years ago) link
The Swan is a good shout tbf
― Number None, Friday, 7 December 2018 20:13 (five years ago) link
last chance
no agenda as yet, abu hamza may come up idk
― Moussa- ppl gon die (darraghmac), Friday, 14 December 2018 16:18 (five years ago) link
in the swan. good shout everyone. was standing room only with some intercultural barstool #bantz. shrill english woman accused a toothless miserable toper at the bar of stealing her barstool and said she’d complain the barman. he suggested she could complain to whoever she wanted and that the barman was right there and suggested her sort were fucking bastards to no one in particular after she’d gone back to complain to her friends. now have barstool.
― Fizzles, Friday, 14 December 2018 16:53 (five years ago) link
by god its already a hit
― Moussa- ppl gon die (darraghmac), Friday, 14 December 2018 17:03 (five years ago) link
Fizzles, get a spice bag!
― gyac, Friday, 14 December 2018 17:14 (five years ago) link
juan de lads
― FernandoHierro, Friday, 14 December 2018 17:59 (five years ago) link
batter sausage or gtf
― gabbnebulous (darraghmac), Friday, 14 December 2018 18:22 (five years ago) link
and some curry chips
― . (Michael B), Friday, 14 December 2018 18:25 (five years ago) link
hot whiskies all round. this is the stuff.
― Fizzles, Friday, 14 December 2018 18:49 (five years ago) link
Innumerable persons with whom I had conversed had represented to me that spiritous liquors and intoxicants generally had an adverse effect on the senses and body and that those who became addicted to stimulants in youth were unhappy throughout their lives and met with death at the end by a drunkard's fall, expiring ingloriously at the stair-bottom in a welter of blood and puke.
― imago, Friday, 14 December 2018 19:15 (five years ago) link
Such reasoning only appears to hold water on occasion because there is strength in numbers. Don't believe their lies. The crowd is untruth.
― pomenitul, Friday, 14 December 2018 19:19 (five years ago) link
you've had the pints etc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Darragh_MacAuley
― FernandoHierro, Friday, 14 December 2018 19:35 (five years ago) link
fizzles is a pintman now
fizzles losty
― ||||||||, Friday, 14 December 2018 19:47 (five years ago) link
cracking night.
― Fizzles, Friday, 14 December 2018 19:50 (five years ago) link
turns out mixtures of spirits and beer is good for you. who knew.
― Fizzles, Friday, 14 December 2018 19:52 (five years ago) link
me
― gabbnebulous (darraghmac), Friday, 14 December 2018 19:52 (five years ago) link
insider knowledge.
― Fizzles, Friday, 14 December 2018 20:40 (five years ago) link
https://giphy.com/gifs/orson-welles-gif-xhlH4jx4li8Ra
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 December 2018 21:42 (five years ago) link
cobblestone fyi
― gabbnebulous (darraghmac), Friday, 14 December 2018 22:25 (five years ago) link
this is actually bollocks now tbh
― gabbnebulous (darraghmac), Saturday, 15 December 2018 00:11 (five years ago) link
stoneybatter is the new d4
― gabbnebulous (darraghmac), Saturday, 15 December 2018 01:48 (five years ago) link
thank god that's over.
― Fizzles, Saturday, 15 December 2018 08:32 (five years ago) link
What happened to mixtures of spirits and beer being good for you?
― It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christ (Tom D.), Saturday, 15 December 2018 09:58 (five years ago) link
turns out not
― gabbnebulous (darraghmac), Saturday, 15 December 2018 10:07 (five years ago) link
should’ve got a spice bag
― gyac, Saturday, 15 December 2018 10:25 (five years ago) link
this didnt feel heavy heavy at the time but i am fierce glad i had set up a self-kindness day today
the verdict is that dublin is a good pub town iirc nb for obv reasons my ability to rc is vmiq
― gabbnebulous (darraghmac), Saturday, 15 December 2018 18:26 (five years ago) link
i felt extraordinarily tired all day. second visit to the really excellent chester beatty library and then watched leinster bamboozle a leaden-footed bath in the rugby, a game in which the weather turned from mild and wet into fucking freezing and wet. now down in donabate with a dog, a cat and a fire, so pretty happy.
― Fizzles, Sunday, 16 December 2018 00:38 (five years ago) link
aviva is one of those structures that seema to amplify bad weather, the cold in particular imo
i thought you were kipping on the south coast!
― gabbnebulous (darraghmac), Sunday, 16 December 2018 00:50 (five years ago) link
on the coast south of dublin. http://a65.tinypic.com/34zk47q.jpg
― Fizzles, Sunday, 16 December 2018 13:45 (five years ago) link
dunno if this will work but while watching a good programme on rte on the abovementioned chester beatty library they made mention of this scandal: search for "the caretaker"
http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/
― gabbnebulous (darraghmac), Friday, 28 December 2018 19:39 (five years ago) link
it’s an interesting documentary. several good anecdotal scenes - the quite congenial sounding interrogation at Dublin airport for instance. that interview with the academic who sent the reference to the judge is bizarre. You know the people of Dublin might not be in a position to properly appreciate documents of that sort, right? best sell them on the private market where they can be better appreciated. I would like to have known what the change in the culture of trust involves. As someone says, the position of cataloguing represents an enormous amount of trust. You get to say what does and doesn’t exist. I will ask a librarian friend how they manage it. it would have been interesting to know more about the timeline of events and decisions James made but i guess without his participation that’s difficult.
― Fizzles, Sunday, 30 December 2018 08:14 (five years ago) link
good documentary strand generally that as well.
Me and my wife are planning of possibly visiting Dublin in the first week of July... Neither of us have ever been Dublin, so any tips on what's happening there in July, and what sites/places to visit in general, are welcome.
We haven't a book a hotel yet or anything, so I'd also appreciate recommendations on where to stay. We can afford a hotel but nothing too pricey or fancy.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 11 April 2019 08:03 (five years ago) link
will be back later with recs. might have to tease out yr idea of what pricey and fancy are!
― fremme nette his simplicitte (darraghmac), Thursday, 11 April 2019 08:31 (five years ago) link
Suggested itinerary:
Arrive in DublinLeave Dublin immediately
― Number None, Thursday, 11 April 2019 08:53 (five years ago) link
ah jaysus
― fremme nette his simplicitte (darraghmac), Thursday, 11 April 2019 08:55 (five years ago) link
ah no, it depends what you're into of course
― Number None, Thursday, 11 April 2019 08:57 (five years ago) link
All the obvious ones:
- Chester Beatty Library- national art gallery- the national museums- get on the dart and go up the coast to somewhere like howth- go to the gpo and other obvious places
― gyac, Thursday, 11 April 2019 09:01 (five years ago) link
I was going to recommend the Jackson court hotel where we stayed over ten years ago but fuck’s sake, it’s like €734 for four nights in a double room that week!
― gyac, Thursday, 11 April 2019 09:04 (five years ago) link
I've been there only once, but apart from all the things to do in the city, we had a really great day buying a cheap day pass on the DART train (like €10 for unlimited rides) that runs up and down the coast outside Dublin. We climbed the hill at Bray, visited the Martello Tower at Sandycove that's in the opening of Ulysses, and had great seafood at Howth (a village with an insane amount of seafood places).
― Eyeball Kicks, Thursday, 11 April 2019 09:08 (five years ago) link
I'd say Airbnb would be your best bet accommodation-wise tbh
hotels in Dublin are absurdly expensive
― Number None, Thursday, 11 April 2019 09:08 (five years ago) link
Isn’t air bnb in Dublin fucking tons of local people over though?
― gyac, Thursday, 11 April 2019 09:14 (five years ago) link
yeah, me included
but I use it in other cities so can't really complain...
― Number None, Thursday, 11 April 2019 09:27 (five years ago) link
On the food front, if you want to sample some Irish produce I'd recommend:
Klaw (oysters)
Fish Shop (fish!)
Forest & Marcy (modern takes on classic Irish dishes)
Delahunt (Beautiful old building with a nice cocktail bar upstairs)
Hatch & Sons (good spot for a simple lunch if you're around the city centre)
If you're splashing out:
The Greenhouse (Probably the best lunch in town. And it's got a Finnish chef)
― Number None, Thursday, 11 April 2019 09:28 (five years ago) link
Thanks for the recommendations. I'd definitely be up for taking the train and seeing the coast. I guess this Howth is worth a visit, since two people mentioned it already?As for restaurants, I don't eat meat or fish, but my wife does, and she loves seafood. So we'll have to settle for places with at least one vegetarian option on the menu. How easy/difficult is Dublin in general for vegetarian? (I'm lacto-ovo, not vegan.)
― Tuomas, Thursday, 11 April 2019 09:47 (five years ago) link
hmmm, most of the fine dining-ish places are not very vegetarian-friendly....
let me have another think
― Number None, Thursday, 11 April 2019 09:49 (five years ago) link