Day 259 - Friday, September 16th, 2011

Although it was on Tuesday, today was decreed to be the official birthday of Signorina Lara Della Volpe - that's Miss Laura Of The Wolf for those of you who don't speak Italian. The Birthday Girl anointed the Sub Lounge to be the venue, with its bustling beer garden, DART trains roaring overhead, and most importantly of all, its €3.40 pints.

Beforehand, I met Johnny D in the nearby Dark Horse Inn for a couple of pints of plain, which were retailing at an incredible €3 each - expensive Dublin, my eye! Particularly enjoying the inexpensive alcoholic fare was a 6 foot 6 American, who kept coming up to the bar every 3 minutes to buy a pint, and by his last visit, he was swaying from side to side like a tall building after an earthquake.

Onto the Sub Lounge, and a large crowd as present, with many of them here to pay tribute to the birthday lady herself. Neil "Dutchy" Holland was in the house, as was Lady Zara McMullin, Danny The Swede, Terence O'Flaherty in a triumphant leopard-skin ensemble, Al Carroll, Baroness Ann-marie Ferguson and Trevmeister Underwood - a glittering array of starlets, I'm sure you'll agree.

Shinners and Damiano encircle the birthday girl

A Damiano escort from Signorina Lara!

Contentment : 15 / 25

Excitement :    3 / 10

Memorability : 4.5 / 15

Overall Score : 45% (76th out of 259)