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More Wine Tasting – Hurrah

Bubble Brothers are hosting a wine tasting evening in the AGA shop in Cork city centre on Thursday 16th of July.  Its a great chance to sample a selection of their wines and discover which you prefer for the bargain price of €10. Details here.

Spit or Swallow?

Curious Wines New Zealand Wine tasting Last night we headed along to the Curious Wines New Zealand Wine Tasting night which was held in the Ambassador Hotel in Cork. I didn’t really know what to expect, but lets face it  an evening of wine and good company, how tough was that going to be to [...]

1,2, 3,4,5 Once I caught a fish alive….

Deasy’s Harbour Bar and Seafood Restaurant, Ring, Clonakilty, Co. Cork, Ireland We headed to Deasy’s in Ring last night for an early celebration of Conor’s birthday which is mid week next week. It had been a while since our last visit which we had enjoyed so we were both looking forward to it. We arrived [...]

Yummy Pizza

Hands on Cookery Session for kids with Dianne Curtain, Fionnuisce, Heron Court, Market Quay, Bandon, Co. Cork, Ireland Oscar, our 9 year old completed this course last Saturday. He is interested in food and cooking and is able to make himself basics like poached eggs on toast, omelettes, smoothies etc. He loves pizza so the [...]

Cooking lesson for kids

Heard about this cookery course recently and thought it was a great idea. To be held in Fionnuisce in Bandon, Dianne hopes to teach kids the basics in making healthy burgers, pizzas and more. Real Fast Food for Children Hands on Kids Cookery Session with Dianne Curtin Saturday, March 21st 2pm – 4.30pm 25euro including [...]

Curiouser and Curiouser

Long Neck Sauvignon Blanc 2008 Curious Wines launched recently in Bandon with the opening of their wine warehouse and online store. Hurrah and congrats to all involved. We were pleasantly surprised when we recieved some of their wines to sample and review. The first one that caught my eye was this Long Neck Sauvignon Blanc. [...]

Wexbird here we come

photo credit: jwalsh So the bags are nearly all packed, car’s getting loaded up and we’re off on our annual trip to Wexbird as the kids call it. The extended August bank holiday weekend is meetup time for Conor’s clann: his sisters, their kids and his parents. Its good fun and the kids in particular [...]

Its raining, its pouring

Chuckies Playzone, Doughcloyne Industrial Estate, Sarsfield Road, Wilton, Cork, Ireland Last Friday, it rained all day here. I was on my own with the children and by around 4pm we were all going ever so slightly stir crazy, cabin fever had struck. With the weather showing no signs of abating, we set out for Chuckies [...]

Rawk on in Bandon

This weekend’ll be hopping in Bandon as the annual music festival takes place. We’ll be away tomorrow night but are hoping to get to either Saturday or Sunday nights’ free gigs at The Shambles to see The Blizzards, Republic of Loose and the Delorentos. Plenty happening the pubs too as can be seen in the [...]

Fishy fishy

The Potty Fish Shop, The ByPass, Bandon, Co. Cork, Ireland For Oscar’s first birthday my dad bought him an aquarium and some fish. He loved it. But since moving to Bandon 5 years ago, its just been stored as we never got around to setting it up here and restocking it with fish. All changed [...]

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