The Irish Design Shop has long been one of my favourite places to shop in Dublin, especially for birthday and Christmas gifts. For my 30th birthday, I even asked Michael to go in and…
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Happiest of new years to you all, friends! I’m still finding it hard to believe that we’re starting another year, and clearly getting off to a slow start. Of all the years, this one…
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I think I’m doing possibly my worst ever when it comes to Christmas gift shopping this year. I love coming up with the perfect gifts for family and friends, and for Michael. I don’t always come up…
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Well, friends, it happened. It really and truly happened. We’d like to introduce you (kind of, and I’ll explain that below) to our daughter, Maya Catharine Westbrooks. On October 6th, I closed my eyes…
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Legendary Irish designer Orla Kiely has teamed up with legendary bin maker Brabantia to create the prettiest trash cans you ever did see! And I get to give one to one lucky reader! Even…
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Happy weekend, everyone! We’re holed up in the house while it pours down buckets of rain here in Houston. The strangest thing is that it’s still about 82 degrees outside! Not like Irish rain,…
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Welcome back from the longest blogging break I’ve ever accidentally taken! Whoops! After months of strictly enforced vagueness about our plans and what’s going on behind the blog, today I’m ready to spill some…
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Last Friday, I went with a friend to The Menil Collection here in Houston, a rather large contemporary art gallery built and curated through the extensive collection of the de Menil family. One of…
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One of the most fun stories I’ve ever written came out in the Irish Independent the weekend before last, about Ireland’s cafe culture and the real people behind some of the sweetest cafes around the…
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Happy weekend, all! How are ya? How was the week? We’re still sweating it out in Houston for the time being. It’s been a little less hot and humid this week but we still…