Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Another lovely weekend in Dublin



Nice pint in the pub of Dublin city center.
What's up doc ? Time for a pint in dublin
What's up doc  ?
Off course it was Halloween

Scary cat...
Scary Cat
Found in Dublin #carambars
No joke ... i found them...
The wonders you find in Dublin
French delicacy found in Dublin shop
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The aquarium in Bray
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More Kitty Cat
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Malahide Walk
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Back to shore
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Pier

Monday, October 15, 2012

Venezuela in UCH - Limerick

So this sunday, I went to the University Concert Hall to attend a wonderful performance from the Venezuelan Percussion Ensemble

 

You can see more of there stuff here: https://www.youtube.com/user/ensamblepercuve?feature=watch

Fantastic concert, funny, live, fully entertaining and giving you terrible envy to shake your body.

The ensemble is a product of "El Systema" ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Sistema ), which is a wonderful idea to promote education through Music.

The idea expressed by the founder José Antonio Abreu:
"Music has to be recognised as an agent of social development, in the highest sense because it transmits the highest values - solidarity, harmony, mutual compassion. And it has the ability to unite an entire community, and to express sublime feelings."

The concert was organised by the Irish Chamber Orchestra ( http://www.irishchamberorchestra.com/ ) which is responsible for a wonderful project as part of the regeneration project in Limerick: Sing Out With String.




Note: I recommend that post about some of the concert: http://magicbulletin.me/2012/05/sing-out-with-strings-this-wednesday/



Tuesday, October 02, 2012

Playing with Diana

I have been a long time fan of lomography ( http://www.lomography.com/ ) so when i stumbled upon a Diana camera ( not the original, but a recent production ) i could not resist...
My latest photographic toy #Diana #pinhole #lomography #analog
Diana by Lomography

I also invested in a couple of roll 120 films and here's below the results:


Night driving in limerick ( 120film color 400 ISO )
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Night drive...

Mirror experimenting
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Mirror .. mirror tell me ....
Somehow I had better luck with the RescaleX ( 90-200 ) films:

In Kilkee, on te slip
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The joker on the slip
The pier
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Attack by the waves...
And in Limerick

View from the parking:
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Limerick church

Playing with settings
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Limerick church
  The docker monument:
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Docker monument .. unsafe they say
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Docker close up 
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Shannon view
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Church 
Me
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Autoportrait
 

Monday, October 01, 2012

A nice weekend in Dublin

I went to spend the weekend in Dublin.

Summary:
Weekend in Dublin snapshot #moxie #zoo
Summary of the weekend


After doing a bit of shopping in the city centre, we went to the Just In Time For The Apocalypse: 2012 group show at Moxie Studios - a bit hard to find the warehouse, but we did it.
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Designer room in mox.ie

Love the central piece by the very talented Sinead Doyle - see more: http://sineaddoyle.ie/ .

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Flock of clock birds by Jenny Walsh

Also like the clock by designer Jenny Walsh - see more: http://www.jennywalshdesign.com .
 

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Inside mox expo

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Exploring the mox....

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Tree rug 



Off course there was time for food, and some guiness...
Sunday dessert
Dessert time



 Sunday was even more relaxing with a visit to Dublin Zoo ( http://www.dublinzoo.ie/ )
Old entrance lodge Dublin zoo
The old entrance of Dublin Zoo

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The africans plains in the heart of Dublin

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Happy life for the lemur .. I like to move it , move it...

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Sea Lion
Sadly we miss feeding times for the sea lions, and we were'nt able to see the Meerkats ( http://www.dublinzoo.ie/News/66-75/Meet-the-Meerkats.aspx ) but as a result I am even more motivated to go back another time.

Brickmania

Lego Smurf castle ??   Eva.... massive build Swimming in bricks ?