In no particular order...

In no particular order here are some of the things I have been getting up to lately!

Good news! I finally got into the swimming pool!  

I am a cold person, simple as. I just can't do "cool" water, and finally the water hit a temperature that I can do...more than can just do...adore...it is absolutely perfect.  Not too hot, not too cold, refreshingly perfect.  And fun! It feels like I am on holidays every time I jump in!

I ate a corn dog for the first time in my life.  It's disgusting and amazing in equal measures. It's a hot dog (savoury) covered in what tastes like pancake or donut batter (sweet).  I will never eat one again as I am afraid I would then have to eat one every day of my life forever more. 

As you can see from the tv I am also watching a lot of ice hockey.  It's Stanley Cup playoff season.

I met up with friends in La Te Da

I ate out on my own.  I had dinner in Bagatelle which I loved.  It has a vintage old Bahamian feel to it and the food was second to none.  It was nice having time to myself and it reminded me of my time living in Dublin city.

Around my neck is a coin from the Atocha (Spanish treasure galleon) which was shipwrecked and went down in 1622 off the coast of the Florida Keys.  It was located, and salvaged by Mel Fisher in 1985.

I attended a beautiful food and wine pairing in The Roost, food by the incredibly talented Martha Hubbard of Isle Cook.

I attended the opening of a wonderful art exhibition at the Custom House Museum.  A show showcasing the wide range of Richard Peter Matson's exemplary talent - ranging from his oil paintings of houses, to his beautiful portraits, to his ads of the 1960s' during his career in New York city working for J Walter Thompson to his 1980's tongue in cheek greeting cards to his intricate decorative eggs.  It reminded me how much I miss all the art stuff that I had got used to being surrounded with while being part of that world with Irish artist Pigsy 

While at the Custom House museum I couldn't not stop by the Diana Nyad exhibit - a reminder to "Never Ever Give Up"

Ikea haul

My sister Katie was home for the weekend so we arranged to go to Ikea and hang out together.

 

First up was breakfast!  That slice of Daim cake is NOT mine!  I did have a bite of it though :-)

 

I only wanted a few things - mainly picture frames actually. And of course I ended up with a  few things more when I got to the cashier.  But overall I was happy - it was only €30 for all of this.  I am very happy with the table top ironing board as my current ironing board is in terrible shape, plus it is a complete pain trying to get it in and out of the storage cupboard.

I used two of the picture frames for some Key West related pics.

 

On the left is a shell found on the ocean floor near the Atocha on one of Mel Fisher's salvage expeditions.  It was given to me as a birthday gift and I love it so much.

 

And on the right is a print of Hemingway House. 

I am looking forward to visiting it (and everything else in Key West. Fishing!!) again this coming May!