Mena’s birthday present from me this year was a bookstore crawl. We are both serious readers, and the luxury of wandering from bookstore to bookstore with a companion equally interested in reading appealed to us both. Coincidentally, the date we chose for our day out was the twenty-sixth anniversary of Mena leaving Ireland to come … Continue reading mena’s bookstore crawl
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food & wine show 2007
You would be so proud of us, Mena and me. This year we had a plan. We took heed of the advice we gave ourselves last year. - We bought a trolley. - We started the day with a substantial breakfast. - And we didn't make any plans for the evening. Amy (second-eldest niece) … Continue reading food & wine show 2007
sublime to ridiculous
Friday after work (well, after interviews in my case) I sit in the quiet coolness of my CBD sanctuary, the City Wine Shop. A couple of blokes sit along the bar near me, one drinking a short black and one a glass of sauvignon blanc. I sip a glass of Pol Roger 1998 vintage champagne, savouring each … Continue reading sublime to ridiculous
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We have the annual Taste of Slow festival on in Australia at the moment, organised by the Slow Food movement. It all culminates in Melbourne this weekend with a Slow Food event over two days. There will be a market place, a honey room and a tea room. There will be an Ark of Taste … Continue reading Food & Wine
Máiréad Doyle 