Irish Famine Statues on the River LIffey in Dublin

Dublin

Well it was along 17 days. We purchased an HD camera prior to leaving the US so we could really maximize the stuff we would be shooting. We landed in Dublin and had to stay awake for roughly 36 hours to get adjusted to the time as quickly as possible. So what better way to kill time than to take a tour of the Guinness Brewery at St. James Gate in Dublin. You also get a free pint at the Gravity Bar at the top of the brewery which has a 360 degree view of Dublin. Dublin is very much like Boston...very big, congested, full of crazy one way streets and you can't throw a stick without hitting a pub. We toured Trinity College and did some investigating into the Irish Famine (we are developing a treatment for a documentary and will keep you posted on that). We spent time at the Temple Bar Pub in Temple Bar which is like a crazy version of Fanueil Hall. Saturday morning at 11:30 and the fiddles are playing and banjos strumming and everyone is really enjoying the "Craic"...pronounced "crack" and the locals use the word often. We stayed two nights in Dublin and during that time the counties of Tyrone from the north and Kerry from the southwest are meeting at Croke Park to play for the All Ireland Gaelic Athletic Association Football Championship. Dublin was packed with the Green and Gold and the Red and White. the GAA is all amateur and Croke Park holds 80,000 fans. We met up with the group that we would be bringing around Ireland and had a pint at the Hairy Lemon on Grafton Street. I was shooting and playing tour host for the time there. On Monday it was off to Galway (to be continued)

Tim Running October 19th!

Hi everyone,
Just want to let everyone know that Tim and I have been training this summer to get Tim qualified for the 2009 Boston Marathon. His first attempt will be Oct. 19th in Lowell at the Baystate Marathon. If anyone wants to come and support us that would be really cool. I'll report back with the results