While traveling to the US for work, I decided to spend a couple of days exploring San Francisco as I had never been before. After 2 days of seeing the city, I got the train down to Menlo Park to check out Silicon Valley. Axiom Trying to find a hotel in SF was a bit … Continue reading San Francisco
Category: Cocktails
New Orleans
About an hour outside of New Orleans the stunning scenery started to appear - as we drove along the extremely long bridge, we got to look out at the surrounding swap that goes on as far as the eye can see. Hotel St. James New Orleans We arrived at our hotel, St James just outside … Continue reading New Orleans
Charleston
The last stop on our road trip was Charleston, South Carolina just a short drive north of Savannah Hotel Barksdale House We stayed in this beautiful old house in central Charleston just off King Street. The rooms were pretty large and one of the most comfortable sleeps I had all holiday (especially after the haunted … Continue reading Charleston
Savannah
We checked out of our hotel in New Orleans at 6am, and away we set on our 10 hour drive across the state of Florida. The only time we stopped was for a cheeky Five Guys in Tallahassee and took in 5 states before we hit Savannah. Planters Inn As we checked into our hotel … Continue reading Savannah
Cocktails, Cocktails and More Cocktails!
I've been thinking lately about all the places I tend to go when I'm going out for cocktails in town. Generally on a random Friday after work we would head somewhere for a few drinks (and a cheeky cheese board). Will keep updating as I go 🙂 The Lucky Duck - One of Dublin's newest … Continue reading Cocktails, Cocktails and More Cocktails!
Mount Juliet Estate
We booked a last minute night away over the Easter weekend to Mount Juliet Estate in Kilkenny, which I had always heard great things about but had never visited. As the Leinster game was due to start at 3:30, we decided to get down a little bit earlier for a bit of lunch before the … Continue reading Mount Juliet Estate
Dublin Whiskey
Over the last few months, I have some how gone off gin and taken up whiskey. I even bought my own bottle (Sean was complaining I was stealing his), so I picked up a bottle of Arran 14 in the Celtic Whiskey shop one Friday and haven't looked back since! I've noted a couple of … Continue reading Dublin Whiskey
2017 in Cocktails
2017 is about to (finally!) be over - it was a very long and super busy year, and one I will be happy to see the back of. It was also a year spent drinking cocktails, which is always a plus! Looking back at my photos from the last year - I have added some … Continue reading 2017 in Cocktails
Leeds
One of my Christmas presents for Sean last year was a trip to Leeds to see Alice Cooper. Neither of us had ever been to Leeds (or new of anything at all to do there) - so we looked up a couple of restaurants and places to visit and set off for our random weekend … Continue reading Leeds
Espresso Martini – My new favourite cocktail
Probably the best present I ever received was a Nespresso machine for Christmas 2016! I started early on Christmas morning with a 9am Espresso Martini and spent a while figuring out how to make the best one! One of my favourite bars in Dublin to get an espresso martini and which started my obsession is … Continue reading Espresso Martini – My new favourite cocktail
