Monday 11 March 2024

The Salty Grunt 2.0


Summer is coming as you can see from this pic! And indeed, while out fishing yesterday I got a little bit burnt, so it's time to start being strict about applying suncream.

This morning it got up and did a nice 30 minute session on the peloton. By nice, I mean killer. As always, I felt great after it. 

Afterwards I nipped across to the boat to give it a little clean. We had problem with the water lines over the weekend so the hose didn't work when we came in from crabs on Saturday and fishing on Sunday. Luckily, it didn't get too dirty at these times but it still needed an aul' scrub. I took my time and she is now sparkling! 

 

Sunday 10 March 2024

Tuna - Little Tunny

Caught this fine fellow out last week,  A little disappointed it was not a blackfin tuna but our day will come, I know it!

Made a simple marinade of garlic, ginger, soya, siracha and lemon juice

Marinaded for an hour or two

Very quickly seared and served over a bed of seaweed salad, with a sprinkling of sesame seeds.  Delicious and healthy!



 

Mother's Day in Ireland


Did you know that Mother's day is held on a different date in Ireland and USA.  Father's day is the same.  Funny that, eh.

I used a gift website based in Ireland and sent my man these lovely Orla Kiely cake tins.  I adore her retro designs.  And then a nice bottle of bubbly - veuve cliquot is my favourite champagne.

As the presents and cards rolled in from all my sisters mam posted photos of them on our whats app, that was cute!

 

Mac's Place

 Mac's Place is now open! Really, really nice to have a new good option within in walking distance of the house - plus also on the water, always nice :)

Yesterday we went out to check our crab traps late in the afternoon.  Very happy with 4 decent sized ones.  Also tried a new method of removing their claws which worked really well and is supposed to be much more humane so that got a bit thumbs up from the two of us,

We floated around a bit just enjoying the sun starting to go down and then we hopped on the bikes and headed down to Mac's - yes with the cooler of crab claws lol.

Just had one beverage and split a burger - the Cowboy.  Good work by their kitchen and all front of house.  Excited to become locals of this cool new bar!



Tuesday 27 February 2024

U2 at the Sphere, Las Vegas

When I am at a concert, even one as visually amazing as the Sphere, I tend not to take photos and videos.  I prefer to just live in the moment and try keep the memories in my mind rather than my phone.  I do tend to go online though and watch other people's videos after the event however.

This is my one photo and it is an interesting one, to my mind anyway.  While Bono does a huge shout out to Bram the stand in drummer for Larry, and it is indeed clear the band very much respects him, this photo also defines their relationship.  The band is up front and Bram further back doing the job, and doing it very well, that he was hired to do.  The band are saying U2 is still Larry and Bono, Edge and Adam.

Anyway, I digress. There is nothing I can say that will surprise anyone.  I have literally zero criticisms or critiques.  The whole performance from U2 was brilliant - and testament to them that the amazing venue, visuals and effects do not over take the music.  But equally, testament to the venue that it stuns and impresses while enhancing the band.  It is a crazy, beautiful, symbiotic relationship...

10 million zillion out of 10

Big Elvis Las Vegas

About a million years ago I was in Las Vegas with Ciaran and Enid and Ciaran, a big Elvis fan, introduced us to Big Elvis - one of the top 10 Elvis impersonators in the world.

While Patrick played a little poker I took myself and my Elvis purse (bought in San Franciso around 2007) off to Harrah's to see Big Elvis before the U2 concert.  The cocktail was called a Double Treble, thanks for asking, it involved tequila, elderflower and lime juice.



He was as fantastic as ever.  If you are in Las Vegas be sure to check him out in Harrahs - Mon, Tues, Friday 2pm/3.30/5pm.  Cannot recommend this little show from the big man enough,



 

Toronto Maple Leafs v Las Vegas Golden Knights


By pure chance / happy coincidence it turned out that the Leafs would be playing in Las Vegas same time we were there.  Patrick decided we were going and worked out his strategy about getting tickets on the secondary market on the day of the game.  The picture above does not know show the agonies we went through to get the tickets sent/downloaded but anyway, enough about that, we made it!

It was a WONDERFUL match with 10 goals in total.  Ten! Can you believe it.  And 7 of them, most importantly, were for Toronto.

Btw. I had forgotten how cold it is at hockey games... I had 4 layers on and I still freezing!