
Friday, December 30, 2011
Great Irish bar in San Francisco - The Irish Bank
Always loved this bar, which is a short walk from Union Square. The story about how they originally registered the domain bankofireland.com is an interesting backstory also. If you look closely at the bar you can see the old faded "Bank of Ireland" name there. Fitting because it's close to the financial district.

Monday, December 12, 2011
A nice Irish gift - screenprint of Dublin with added drop of Guinness
I love this screenprint of Dublin from MeAndHimAndYou.com . It is "Printed with solvent free, water based ink and a small drop of Guinness using traditional screenprinting techniques". Usually when I drop Guinness into something I'm printing, it's a bad thing :-) But here the results are great:

Sunday, December 4, 2011
Effin in County Limerick deemed "Offensive" by Facebook
I'll withhold any Limerick jokes :-)
www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/1203/breaking19.html
www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/1203/breaking19.html