Day 133: Graffiti

Art is extremely interesting to me because expression is achieved through so many different mediums.  Take graffiti for example, an art form that has existed since ancient times, with examples dating back to Ancient Greece and the Roman Empire.  Modern graffiti is usually tied to acts of vandalism, with perpetrators rising out of the underground [...]

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Day 132: Scaffolding

New York City is constantly under construction.  And with construction comes scaffolding.  I don’t usually get bent out of shape about walking under the scaffolding, but it does make you think about the potential for collapse.  I am worried, however, about scaffolding that I walk under nearly every workday to and from my office because [...]

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Day 131: James A. Farley Building

The walk to my office can only be described as monotonous.  I generally exit Penn Station at the corner of 7th Avenue and 31st Street, but decided to change things up and exited on 8th Avenue and 31st Street on this morning (in essence, the rear of Penn Station / MSG). I entered the street [...]

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Day 130: Street Sweets

I blogged about owner/baker/driver Kim Ima and her Treats Truck on Day 61, a woman credited with pioneering the mobile food trend when her truck hit the New York streets three years ago.  As is the case with any successful venture, the Treats Truck has competition.  I stumbled upon a rival business called Street Sweets near my [...]

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Day 129: Flight Back to the States

The flight back from Europe is not so enjoyable.  It means a full day or travel and a return to reality.  Our flight was scheduled to leave Dublin at 10:55am and arrive at Newark Airport at 1:20pm.  Well, if you can remember back, ash from Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano was continuing to wreak havoc on air [...]

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Day 128: Guinness Storehouse, Trinity College and Our Last Pints

We dedicated Day 128 to checking out Dublin.  The 3-day bus pass we used was good for the Dublin Bus Tour, a fleet of green hop on, hop off buses that stopped at nearly 30 tourist traps throughout the city.  We were lucky enough to be staying in a hotel located directly across the street [...]

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Day 127: Bray and the Return to Dublin

Day 127 was, for all intents and purposes, a travel day.  We enjoyed a complimentary breakfast at the hotel before heading back on the road.  I did some research on the the League of Ireland – the primary national soccer league of Ireland – before we left for our trip and discovered that the Bray [...]

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Day 126: Kinsale and Kilkenny

The beauty of renting a car was that we could be very fluid with our travel plans.  We had an itinerary, but were able to pencil in a sight or city along the way if we had time.  We had some time on the morning of Day 126 as we left Cork, so we decided [...]

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Day 125: Ring of Kerry, Kenmare and the Blarney Stone

We woke up to less than stellar weather on Day 125.  It was somewhat disappointing because we had plans to drive the Ring of Kerry, a ride that boasts some of the best views in all of Ireland.  It improved a bit once we hit the road, but the first half of the day was [...]

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Day 124: The Burren, Cliffs of Moher and Ring of Dingle

We had a very busy and productive day 124.  We left our hotel in Galway and headed to the Cliffs of Moher via the Burren (pronounced ‘burn’).  The Burren is a collection of rolling hills that measures approximately 250 square kilometers and is composed of limestone pavements with crisscrossing cracks known as “grikes”, leaving isolated [...]

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