Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Day 303 - Sunday, October 30th, 2011

Mum and Dad were up from Cavan for the day so we had a very pleasant lunch in a restaurant whose name escapes me (gasp!) where the service was slow but the food was d'lish. Nephew Adam is now a quarter-year old, and is getting more alert and cute by the day.

Later in the evening, I met up with some of my old friends from DCU, on the occasion of the Bank Holiday Sunday, but more importantly to remember the 10th anniversary of the death of Denis McCarthy, who was lost to us 10 years ago in a car accident. Outrageously-good banter and copious pints of Heineken were enjoyed in his honour for several hours at Bruxelles Drinking Emporium off Grafton Street, which was stuffed to the gills with revellers in yet another sign of the devastating effect that this recession continues to have on us all. The streets were lively and awash with boisterous young ones, bedecked in Hallowe'en finery. All wonderful examples of the enjoyment that life gives, life that Denis sadly no longer possesses on this earth, but life which he continues to inspire in others.

Contentment :   16.5 / 25
Excitement :      3.5 / 10
Memorability :   6 / 15

Overall Score : 52% (28th out of 303)

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