Wednesday, March 16, 2011

They'll Never Take Our Freedom!

It's kind of hard to make out but the bartender used the tap to make a shamrock in the foam. 
This tomb in the Boyne Valley is older than the Pyramids! 
Faux Fur Jacket- Filene's, Dress- Catch (in Dublin), Headband- Icing, Necklace- H&M, Booties- Steve Madden, Leopard Blouse- Thrifted

Our last two days in Ireland were my favorites! Our company rented out the Guinness factory for the night and threw a huge banquet complete with music and of course, more free pints (I know your probably tired of hearing about beer at this point!).  We also had access to their gravity bar with a beautiful view overlooking all of Dublin.

For the final day, we went on a tour of the Boyne Valley and visited Trim Castle--- that's where Braveheart was filmed! Instead of doing a formal walking tour, we decided to do our own thing and climb on all the walls (didn't see the no climbing sign until we were leaving. Oops!) This led to the idea of taking videos of the rest of the group charging and yelling like they were in battle-- the other tour groups weren't amused!


Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Happy Pills

Trench- Zara, Scarf- Vintage, Sweater- Forever21, Dress- Rave, Booties- UrbanOG.com, Cuff- Velvet Lounge

Spent one of the days walking around St. Stephen's Green admiring all the ducks (I felt like a little kid seeing them for the first time-- wish I had some crumbs!) and street performers (bf became particularly enamored with one marionette that kept dancing and kicking passerby). When we first walked into Happy Pills we weren't sure what to expect--it turned out to be an incredible little candy store! The only "fiends" to be found in there were the little boys running around and frantically filling up their plastic baggies with gummy worms :)

Monday, March 14, 2011

On the Fringe


What languages are these? I recognize four of them but I'm clueless as to the rest.

Fringe Jacket- BB Dakota (via Sky's the Limit), Tank- Thrifted, Legging Pants- Forever21, Boots- Steve Madden

Got a chance to spend a full day exploring in Dublin-- our company did a massive scavenger hunt/pub crawl that involved snapping photos in front of landmarks all over the city with a GPS tracked camera phone (they wanted to make sure people weren't cheating so they had us send them the photos as we took them. We happened to get the phone with the faulty camera!), answering 80 rapid fire text message questions about Irish culture (that not even random people on the street could answer correctly), and figuring out random riddles (Like, "what do you fill with empty hands?" I still don't know the answer).  We got so competitive that the free pints along the way became an afterthought.

That night we went out in the Temple Bar area (the locals stay away and say it's uber-tourist-y, but it's still so much fun!) to drink away our defeat (apparently one of the other teams had a riddle-cracking genius).  Moment of the night: Hearing a techno remix of the Charlie Sheen interview at one of the clubs! (You know you're big when...)  It basically consisted of bass bumping the phrases "Winning" and "Pounding 7-gram rocks" and a deep male voice saying "CHARLIE SHEEEN" in a German accent every 10 seconds.  New #1 hit?
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