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ITWBN First Birthday Bloggers Event
Post by CM While the rest of Galway was as grey and wet as can be, a little corner of it was cast in all the colours of the rainbow, thanks to an assembly of debonair men and glamourous ladies converging on The G Hotel for the Into The West Blogger’s Network (ITWBN) First Birthday […]
MoreNot Easy Being Green
Post by CM A lot of Irish people tend to have a love/hate relationship with St. Patrick’s Day. On the one hand there’s the parade, family dinners, bit of acceptable day drinking, promotion of our proud Irish culture abroad. On the other hand there’s the parade in miserable weather, family dinners attended by surly or […]
MoreOffice Party Style Guide
Post by TM Even though my wardrobe is packed to the brim I have Nothing to Wear. It’s a common problem around this time of year, especially since once the silly season comes round we change from chic sophisticates into manic, sequin clad party queens (or kings) and we manic sequin clad royalty need sequins […]
MoreGalway Arts Festival 2013 – Street Style
Post by C.M. The Galway Arts Festival is upon us! The place is buzzing, and with a vibrant Fringe in full swing as well there’s a great deal to see, do, get involved with. Yesterday I made my annual pilgrimage to the City of the Tribes for an afternoon’s art browsing, and happened upon these stylish […]
MoreSpeculate to Accumulate
Post by C.M. It’s with a heavy head, downcast with hair falling into her face, that a 13 year old girl debuts her first pair of specs. Maybe it’s different these days, but my first pair were standard issue, which even now in their oversized brown-ness wouldn’t hold their own even as ironic hipster glasses. […]
MoreA ‘Quest’ion of Style
Post by T.M. Oh my God, it’s sunny! And I am having a clothing dilemma. ‘Proper summer weather’ is as rare in Ireland as a shirt is on Matthew McConaughey and for this reason it is quite difficult to decide what to wear when it actually arrives. There is an old Irish tradition of simply shedding […]
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Who Likes Short-Shorts? GTI Film Awards
Post by C.M. Off I popped to the little smoke to attend the screening and awards for the Galway Technical Institute FETAC Level 5 and 6 Film and TV Production classes of 2013, Upstairs in Kelly’s. First of all – great venue! Upstairs plays host to many a gig and the setup was perfect for […]
MoreIn Defence Of…
Post by T.M. Hipsters. I find myself fighting in their corner from time to time, probably because I often get mistaken for being one (blame falls on the huge black framed glasses I save as my “weekend eye-wear”.) They get a bad rep, hipsters do, they merely want to be “individual”. Because I’m not actually […]
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