An American in Ireland

• Tasty Morsels: Chapter One, Mash Direct & Odeon 2 weeks ago Clare, if you would like to talk to me about your recent visit my number is xxxxxxxxxx. Regards, Ross. Gulp. It was a direct message to my Twitter account from Ross Lewis, exec chef and co-owner of Chapter One. I’d tweeted a few very positive messages about my recent (and first ever) dining...
• ...On the Importance of Girl Time 3 weeks ago Even on the sunniest of days, when the sky and the ocean simultaneously reflect the most radiant shades of blue and the birds chirp away in the full, lush trees and everyone’s showing off their stems in rarely-worn shorts and exposing their bashful big toes in sandals; even on those rare,...
• Single Girl Behaviour 1 month ago For the first year after I moved to Ireland, I lived alone in a lovely upper-floor apartment in Drogheda. And for several years prior to my move to Ireland, I lived alone without any live-in beaus or roommates to speak of. I don’t look back on this with any sadness or regret; in fact, when...
• Patience is the Art of Baking Bread 1 month ago When I first moved to Ireland just over three years ago, I was a wide-eyed American girl with sense of adventure and an open mind…or so I thought. After the initial excitement of living in a new country wore off, I started to realise that living in Ireland meant I would be getting a lot [...]
• Land of Milk & Potatoes 2 months ago As I sit here typing this blog post, I’m looking outside at the wind and rain and bracing myself for the sleet that is forecasted for this evening. If Irish people are buying that this is Spring, I’ve got a bridge in Brooklyn I’d like to sell you. The only thing that’s...

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