As I write this, I am sitting at a desk in a hotel room in Dublin, OH.
We decided to break our road trip back East into two parts, because my mother insisted that a 12-hour drive was too much for me.
While I protested, wanting to get back to my homeland and the sparkling blue of [...]
As an Irish national holiday for many years, St. Patrick’s Day is now celebrated throughout the world. Celebrations usually include obligatory green garb, free-flowing Guinness and – outside of Ireland - plenty of corned beef and cabbage, which holds the dubious distinction of being the main course of choice on this day of revelry. It occupies this place of honour due to its obvious Irish roots, but exactly how far back do these roots go? Not as far as your average Bennigan’s guest would suspect! No one disputes the popularity of cabbage. Cabbage is a cheap vegetable that was widely used when Ireland was not as economically prosperous as it is today. Yet, it is an extremely versatile vegetable, and remains popular and relevant even in the rapidly evolving cuisine of today’s “
By Sarah JioNWsource shopping columnist GAELSONG St. Patrick's Day is right around the corner – an occasion for soda bread, ale and green clothing, of course. But what about a lucky piece of Celtic jewelry? GaelSong, a local seller of all things Cel..
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A couple of weeks ago, holiday lights and decorations disappeared from the trees in Boulder. They’re still up in the apartment. Some of them aren’t seasonal — I have to use two strings of lights as extension cords for speakers in order to ensure that funk reaches all corners of my home.
The two seasonal strings, though, are still up in the windows. The Lady and I still turn them on with some frequency, too. It’s adorable denial, but as much as I like the lights, I don’t want to feel like I’m letting things get stale. That’s how out-of-season decorations always feel. Just looking at them, you can almost taste the gone-crunchy Christmas-tree-shaped Peeps.
