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Irish Potato Famine Memorial in Dublin
September 22, 2008
To remember those that suffered during the Irish Potato Famine, there are a series of statues along the Liffey River in Dublin. The famine which started in 1845 and was caused by a blight in the p...
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Hurling Final in Dublin : Waterford vs Kilkenny
September 11, 2008
This past weekend we did a trip to Dublin, being our first time there we checked out the typical locations; Temple Bar area, Grafton Street and our course, the Guinness Brewery. But by pure luck th...
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Hercules and Love Affair at Koko
September 5, 2008
Hercules and Love Affair put an amazing show at Koko Thursday night, really rocking the house. Haven’t heard of them? Checkout their site, MySpace page, Last.FM tunes or watch their new video ‘Blin...
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Little People : A Tiny Street Art Project
September 4, 2008
My cousin pointed me to a very interesting artist who takes photos of little handpainted people (as in 1 inch little) doing ordinary and sometimes extraordinary things. After he paints these littl...
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The Eden Project
August 18, 2008
While visiting Cornwall this weekend, April and I checked out the Eden Project, the world’s largest greenhouse with two massive bio domes. One dome recreates the climate of Mediterranean and anothe...
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Banksy on Leake Street
June 18, 2008
Banksy (a well-known British graffiti artist) and his friends recently stenciled the entire tunnel of Leake Street in London. Anyone who says that graffiti is not art, definitely hasn’t seen this ...
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Bush at Windsor Castle
June 16, 2008
Well, we decided to make the most of the sunny day in England, taking a day trip to see the spectacular Windsor Castle. Unfortunately we forgot to check the news before we left, and sadly the castl...
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Flugtag in Hyde Park
June 8, 2008
On Saturday, Hyde Park was home to Flugtag (wikipedia), a Red Bull event where competitors build homemade human-powered flying machines, and then launch them off a 30 foot pier into the water, poin...
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The Memory Project : 360 Degree Time-Lapsed View Of London
April 28, 2008
Last Saturday while walking along the south bank, we came across an interesting phenakistoscope shaped building. After taking a closer look, we discovered it was actually an art exhibit called the...
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The Woman In Black at Fortune Theatre
April 18, 2008
A group of us went to the The Woman In Black on Thursday, a play adapted from the Susan Hill horror novel. In it’s 19th season, I was told by several people that it is absolutely terrifying, but I ...
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Kraft Dinner & Dill Pickle Chips In London?!
April 13, 2008
There are certain things that you can only find in Canada, like Kraft Dinner and dill pickle chips. It’s easy to take these delicious foods for granted, but living outside of Canada you will soo...
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Jose Gonzalez at Shephard’s Bush Empire
April 12, 2008
Wow! Went to see Jose Gonzalez last night at Shephard’s Bush Empire and what an incredible show! Pretty amazing that a single guy with a guitar can have an entire theatre on the edge of their seat...
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