Last month seen through Instagram.
A bit of work, some interesting gigs, some sea activities, clear blue sky, some rugby deception, some beer...
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Last instamonth May 2012
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Franz Ferdinand in Dolans
As Stuart Clarke puts it:
The morning after the Franz night before! They were deadly, as was Dolan's and Limerick in general. What a venue and city!
— Stuart Clark (@stuartclark66) May 20, 2012
Franz Ferdinand have been the band of my first years working in Grenoble, transitioning from my student life. Great tunes, all full of memory. Brief another amazing night in Limerick :D
The setlist was :
- Cheating on You / Do You Want To / Tell Her Tonight
- Right Thoughts / No You Girls / The Dark of the Matinée
- Brief Encounters / Fresh Strawberries / ??? / Midnight!
- Take Me Out / Ulysses / Trees & Animals / 40′
- Outsiders / Jacqueline
- Encore:
- Michael /This Fire
UPDATE:
You can also read the excellent review of the gig on the Blog IndieLimerick:
http://indielimerick.blogspot.com/2012/05/franz-ferdinand-live-at-dolans-limerick.html
Monday, May 07, 2012
A good start for the Month of May
Bank May Holiday, with his now traditional Riverfest, was planned to be a busy weekend. The weather at times was menacing, but everything turned out great.
All started out with a chill out session on Friday night in the infamous Wicked Chicken, all with good tunes and excellent company (K & P )
We could not end up the night like that, so off we went finish ourselves to the Costello, his sticky carpet, and relax dance-floor, made some brilliant encounter down there, from past DJ (now teacher of the place) to Mr Scruff gig's friends.
Definitely the perfect warm up for the long weekend.
On Saturday the big BBQ cook off, took place on Arthur Quay's, we manage to preserve ourselves a table, well guarded by bubbles gun.
Nice free food, and free music along with great people, mostly musician and psychology student, with the odd intrusion from work colleagues.
After an afternoon baking in the - at times - sun, it was time for me to go to Thomond Park, to enjoy a game of Rugby (Munster vs Ulster )
This end up my day, but from what I heard the festivities were to continue long after my departure.
I had an excuse to leave early (10pm), as I was going diving in Doolin the following day.
On sunday morning, I arrive in Doolin, after escaping the gates in place for the Great Limerick Run.
It did not take long to launch the boat, and off we went to the Aran Island ( Inis Mor ) to dive the wormhole ( I am still in the process of editing the video, so wait for the next post ).
In the afternoon we went for another one, along the Cliffs of Moher, under the sun.
Once we were done, we had to take care of the boat, and after complicated exchange with some locals ( not facilitated by the foreigner accent of our diving club - including mine ), we ended up finding a suitable place to park it overnight. And it was time for fulfilling dinner.
A bit later, I had the extreme pleasure to be join by G&T in McDermott pub , around some nice guinness, enjoyable trad music session, for a nice chat. And it was not till well past 1AM that we had to say goodbye.
A bit later, I had the extreme pleasure to be join by G&T in McDermott pub , around some nice guinness, enjoyable trad music session, for a nice chat. And it was not till well past 1AM that we had to say goodbye.
Up came monday, after a restful night - not enjoyed by everybody due to the weather conditions.
And we were off, for another dive, this time the club boat was hosting many guests from different clubs ( Cork SAC, Burren, and Ennis )
Delightful dive, starting with an impressive wall of Anemones displaying all their colors in patches ( Orange, Yellow, Purple, blue.... ).
And on our way back, we were greeted by a jumping dolphin, following us up to the pier.
You can actually read a bit more about this May dive weekend on the Aughinish website:
http://www.aughinishdivingclub.com/news/159-dolphin-the-cliffs-and-worm-hole
Some more....
Aughinish Boat |
Delightful dive, starting with an impressive wall of Anemones displaying all their colors in patches ( Orange, Yellow, Purple, blue.... ).
Aughinish Diving boat making way for the happy hooker. |
You can actually read a bit more about this May dive weekend on the Aughinish website:
http://www.aughinishdivingclub.com/news/159-dolphin-the-cliffs-and-worm-hole
Some more....
Happy Hooked in Doolin ... ( the ferry name ;) |
The Cliffs viewed from Doolin.... |
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