14 September, 2005

Leeson Kids go to the Pub

I promised picture goodness from last night, and, though I don't have any of the dancers or the cool old guys who played the Irish music last night, I do have...well, we'll call this post a human interest piece. Introducing my new friends:


We went down to The Arlington last night, the whole big clan of IES kids, and I was sitting with these guys and a few others for most of the night. The guy in glasses is Tim; I actually just met him last night, but he seemed impressed enough by my Irish singing abilities that he bought me a pint :) so he's a good guy in my book. The other guy is Dan, who lives out in Leeson, as do all the girls in the picture. He's a cool guy, even though he's a Duke fan. We played euchre and won. The redhead in the foreground is another Erin; there are three of us. She's also really cool and will be going to Galway with us this weekend. The girl in the dark shirt next to me is Jess and she's the midwestern girl I spoke of earlier; she made me a really fantastic lunch yesterday, so I owe her a meal. And the gal in the green is my roommate, Taylor, whom you met earlier in the fantastic fur hat :). We're just having a pint, talking, generally enjoying each other's company.


Okay, you can't see it really in the picture...stupid flash and dark pub...but this is my pint of Guinness and there's a shamrock in the foam. That's cool, guys. Oh, and those are Taylor's hand model hands.


This is Taylor, Steph, and Casey doing silly things on our walk home...I think they were running and posing. Or something. Ryan is on the right, Howie is on the left. When I have better pictures of them, I'll introduce them to y'all.


And here's Casey showing off a fantastic pillar of the Irish National Bank. Isn't it nice? Isn't she lovely?


And here's the girls posing with the world famous Molly Malone, known in Dublin as the dish with the fish, the tart with the cart, and the trollop with the scallop. She's the most famous person to fall victim to the Liffey fever. Alive, alive-o.

Posts yet to come...a constantly updating post on the pubs I've visited and my impressions of them, a post of misconceptions of Ireland and Irish people, and a piece that more fully evaluates my roommates, but I figure I'll do that when I have better pictures of them. We've got plans in place to go to Galway this weekend, so after Thursday, I might not post again 'til Monday, but I'll take lots of pictures and good notes for you.

3 Comments:

Blogger Bookhead said...

I swear, I just look that pale in the flash...I feel much more attractive in person. :)

9:18 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Sweetheart,
The pictures are great and the descriptions of your adventure so far have been magnificent. Is it me or does beer go with just about anything?
Ronda says hi,and that she's glad that you got your brainpan from your Mom's side of the family.
I'll talk to you sometime, perhaps I could get ahold of you at callmeatthepub.com

Love you lots,
Dad

12:03 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Yes, I very much appreciated the "human interest" approach to this post. That's just a great idea, doing it that way. :)

But it's good getting a sense of the people you're with. Makes your life seem a bit more real. And I'll look into the book as soon as possible.
~Austin

8:46 AM  

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