Category Archives: Holidays.

STAYCATION OVER, BUNDORAN NEXT…

BACK FROM STAYCATION (AND SAVING FOR A REAL HOLIDAY!). We survived it! By hook and by crook, by pure good fortune, quick thinking, the gift of the gab, and by being quick on our feet, we survived it. But we … Continue reading

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STAYING AWAY FROM HOME ‘HOLIDAYS’ !

BACK FROM ‘STAYCATION’, NEED A REST FROM IT, BUT NOT GONNA GET ONE! CRAZY USEFUL TIP NUMBER ONE – DON’T DO IT.. “Don’t put pressure on yourself to create the perfect family staycation..we expect those we know best – our … Continue reading

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MUST BE AN EASIER WAY TO TAKE A BREAK!

‘HOLIDAY’ BOOKED, PROPER ONE NEEDED… We must be suckers for punishment, ’cause we’re doing it again : a few months ago, about 15 of us ‘holidayed’ in Dublin, Wicklow and Meath – myself and four other young wans were the … Continue reading

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NEW YORK HOLIDAY 2018 : FEW WORDS AND PICS!

…and we feel as if we have ‘lived there’, it feel’s like ‘our home’, and, yes, we have ‘learned to eat and walk at the same time’! The five of us holiday there, each year, if we can all manage … Continue reading

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FIVE HOURS AND A NEW YORK MINUTE.

TWO OF THE WORST THINGS ABOUT ANY HOLIDAY… ..are the preparations that have to be made before you go, in relation to the ‘life’ you’re temporarily leaving and the ‘life’ you’re temporarily entering, and the fact that you have to … Continue reading

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FIVE WEEKS IN A NEW YORK MINUTE!

OH NEW YORK CITY, SO RUINED BY ITSELF… ..a wonderful piece of shit : rats carved out of bone, dodging the rattling subways and shaking themselves awake to scurry ’round confused people, who measure their tragedies against those of their … Continue reading

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FIVE WEEKS IN A TWICE-NAMED CITY!

PREMISES TEMPORARILY VACATED. HOLIDAYS. NEW YORK. BACK A.S.A.C.R.O!* We touch down in JFK on Saturday, 16th July 2016, at about 2pm local time – myself and the four girlfriends and as much baggage as we’re allowed : this is a … Continue reading

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ROOFTOPS AND BARS IN HELL’S KITCHEN , THE BRONX AND EAST HARLEM…..

NEW YORK : POVERTY IN THE SHADOW OF A ONE-AND-A-HALF-BILLION-DOLLAR BUILDING. This building – ‘Yankee Stadium’ , in the Bronx, an area with which we are familiar from previous visits to that borough in the magnificent city that is New … Continue reading

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A MELTING POT OF CONCRETE AND ROCK…..

DESERVES TO BE NAMED MORE THAN TWICE ! New York City , from the top , down – and still as fantastic as ever (as expected) , at all points in between ! We’re back – physically , anyway, but … Continue reading

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