November now and thus the end of the Halloween-themed Flashback Fridays. Ah well.
This is a bit of an odd one: It’s a “rerun” if you will…a blog post that I made on October 18, 2006, during my Angry BloggerTM days.
I was stuck on the road for almost 3 hours last night because of the stoplight computer crash that I discussed yesterday. Obviously, I had plenty of time to think…and sift through all the flotsam that floated up when I set my iPod to shuffle (where the hell did that Emmy Rossum song come from?!). Of course, the sun began to set during my commute, and something about the colors reminded me of my 30th birthday trip to Ireland.
So this morning, I went back to the blog entries that I made right after that trip, and I found this little gem. It’s actually one of my favorite posts from those days. I hope you enjoy it, too.
Oh, and as an added bonus, here are two versions of a PhotoShop project that I’ve pretty much been working on ever since that trip. It’s a shot I snapped while on our tour of Glendalough. As you can tell, I’ve been going a bit tweak crazy. I can’t help myself. I loves me some PhotoShop!
And here, now, is my 10.18.06 blog post, originally titled, “Universal Sign Edition.”
The cabbie who had driven us from the airport to our hotel had recommended this as a great pub for music and dance. We wanted a place to unwind; I wanted a place to have a proper pint and a glimpse of the Dublin norm to top off our touristy day. Inside, bodhr
