Erin and I have done our fair share of complaining lately about how expensive Dublin is. Literally, we thought that people were joking when they told us that DC doesn't have anything on Dublin prices. But, alas, it is the truth. So.....the last couple weekends we have challenged ourselves to get creative and think outside the box to find euro-free, entertaining things to do. 
Along with the 20 friends of Katie, Rob, and Strauss, Bruce Springstein came to Dublin for a few shows, which our friends and friends of friends of friends all went to. Given that I didn't know that Bruce played Born in the USA, we opted out of the tickets. However, curiousity got the best of us as we could hear the show from our apartment. On Friday we wandered towards the show, first in a park where we had seclusion on a bench, we kept on towards the RDS and sat right outside the door along the canal with about 25 other people. At about 10pm, the security guards are released for the night and they either left or left to watch the show. As such, all those listening from outside made our way into the show and caught the last 45 minutes. It was actually a great show and we even heard glory days, it reminded me of my reign playing four-square in 5th grade. The show was great, the price was greatness.
In addition, Joel moved to town for a 6-week internship on Saturday. Following a nice walk with the wife in the Temple bar food market (sick olive bar) and around town, we had dinner with Joel and met up with the usual suspects for a few drinks. The following day we did about 5-7 hours of trekking the city with Joel to welcome him to the pricey, yet humble, friendly, and comfortable town.
I also went golfing about a month ago and didn't get a chance to post a photo or two. Strauss, myself, Cormac, and Eoin went to Druid's Heath near the coast and the Wicklow mountains.
Off to Italia!!
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