St Patricks Day
And we thought it was just an American drunk fest... NO! It's an Irish one too... The Irish actually get the whole day off today to drink... em.. I mean celebrate St Patrick and his ridding of the snakes in Ireland (or something like that).
Last night we went to a play with some friend's of M's. It was called 'The Home Place' and was set in the late 1800's. Here's the story.. It was really good. M hadn't ever been to a play before (heathen!) and he loved it. I think we'll do it again, occasionally. Afterwards we went out for drinks and ended up at The Clarence Hotel which is part-owned by Bono. It was a nice bar and atmosphere where they had froo-froo drinks and good alcohol. Expensive but we were able to sit down... a big bonus from the looks of things last night.
When we left the bar, we walked through Temple Bar, which is a place loaded with pubs, bars, clubs, restaurants etc. There were people all over the streets (it was only 1am after all!) and still a lot of partying happening.. Something I find interesting is how many seriously drunk people you see there all in one place. I mean, they have that cross-eyed, glazed over look that says no one is home.. if you know what I mean. People falling in the streets, staggering along the sidewalks, kids really (the drinking age is about 16 here), it's unlike anything I've seen anywhere else. I mean, people get drunk in the Bay Area too, I just never saw it like I see it here each time we are out on a 'party night'. Kind of scary really. It's no wonder they've recently opened the Women's Crisis Clinic on Sunday mornings early, so all the girls who got too drunk to use a condom the night before can have access to the 'morning after' pill! Pretty sad, but true..
Anyhow, one of the things I *love* about Dublin is the ability to get home from a drunken night without driving. They make it sooo easy. Besides taking a taxi, they have a service called the Nitelink, which is a bus that leaves every 20 minutes from the center of town, for €4 takes us to our front door pretty much. It runs from midnight til 4:30 in the morning and it's fantastic. I guess that's the nice thing about living in a small city..
That's all for now. Off to figure out how to upload more photos for your viewing pleasure... ;)
Last night we went to a play with some friend's of M's. It was called 'The Home Place' and was set in the late 1800's. Here's the story.. It was really good. M hadn't ever been to a play before (heathen!) and he loved it. I think we'll do it again, occasionally. Afterwards we went out for drinks and ended up at The Clarence Hotel which is part-owned by Bono. It was a nice bar and atmosphere where they had froo-froo drinks and good alcohol. Expensive but we were able to sit down... a big bonus from the looks of things last night.
When we left the bar, we walked through Temple Bar, which is a place loaded with pubs, bars, clubs, restaurants etc. There were people all over the streets (it was only 1am after all!) and still a lot of partying happening.. Something I find interesting is how many seriously drunk people you see there all in one place. I mean, they have that cross-eyed, glazed over look that says no one is home.. if you know what I mean. People falling in the streets, staggering along the sidewalks, kids really (the drinking age is about 16 here), it's unlike anything I've seen anywhere else. I mean, people get drunk in the Bay Area too, I just never saw it like I see it here each time we are out on a 'party night'. Kind of scary really. It's no wonder they've recently opened the Women's Crisis Clinic on Sunday mornings early, so all the girls who got too drunk to use a condom the night before can have access to the 'morning after' pill! Pretty sad, but true..
Anyhow, one of the things I *love* about Dublin is the ability to get home from a drunken night without driving. They make it sooo easy. Besides taking a taxi, they have a service called the Nitelink, which is a bus that leaves every 20 minutes from the center of town, for €4 takes us to our front door pretty much. It runs from midnight til 4:30 in the morning and it's fantastic. I guess that's the nice thing about living in a small city..
That's all for now. Off to figure out how to upload more photos for your viewing pleasure... ;)
posted by grrltraveler at Thursday, March 17, 2005
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