Wish I could say…just saw this last night as I hung around with the young and the beautiful in Brazil, after spending the day on the beach drinking pina colada’s (don’t think I’ve ever had one but hey it’s pretend).
The truth is, I virtually visited this futuristic nightclub while in my pyjamas, looking out the window at a less than thrilling Cork morning. I think they’ve stolen the sun!
The nightclub looks beautiful, I love the design and if you visit the website roxybh.com you’ll see they’ve carried the branding right through, rollover the logo up top or zone out to the 80’s background. A good example of a branding running right through a business!
The place is designed by Fred Mafra, you can check out his site fredmafra.com
Some of the best art can be found hanging around street corners…does that sound right? We walk past them everyday and barely notice, maybe because somebody else, a critic or some artsy magazine, hasn’t told us their good…or maybe I;m being a little cynical (it’s the weather, it can be blamed for all sorts of things!) Anyway above are two examples, one from Dublin, the other from Cork.
So I had a productive weekend, did a bit of writing, a bit of talking, a bit of drinking, a bit of sleeping and a bit of Bingo (um does that quantifier go with that noun…surely not, says a Majorcan born English learner…)
Anyway back from my wander of words…yes I played a little bingo. A friend thought it would be a great idea, so we went to her local wearing purple rinse wigs and trench coats. The looks we got on arrival were a little sideways and so after a quick sprint to the loo, we flushed the purple rinse down the toilet and rejoined the room of money hungry saturday nighters. It was great craic, lots of legs elevens, all the threes, something about ducks and other ramblings from the man in tight leather pants who held the dodgy microphone. Oh and the best part, I won €20!
So I think it’s my new hobby, Bingo on a Saturday night, a recession buster! If you’re a little bored have a flutter (or is that only for horses?), this Bingo site is a good one to boost the three o’clock slump.
So I’m down in Cork since September, not every second since September but you know what I mean. So at first I thought…Cork eh (suspicious tone to my thinking)…then it was like Cork eh (coming around type tone) and now it’s Cork eh! (enthusiastic, happy, isn’t lovely type tone).
Here’s a picture or three to prove it… isn’t it lovely eh?? Pictures were taken by me yesterday…well not yesterday, they were taken a few weeks ago but I have a bad memory for things I should do like blog and I’m sure nobody in Cork reads this and therefore no one can argue that the sky wasn’t that colour last night…so yes they were taken yesterday!
A beautiful piece of work by my friend Denise Nestor, it’s dedicated to her late father. Have a look at her site http://treesforthewoods.blogspot.com/, I’ve never seen drawings with such life and feeling, there is something other worldly about her work!
So I couldn’t get my hands on 20 elves, for some reason people just wouldn’t lend me their children and I still had a Christmas card to make…so I thought who is the essence of Christmas (beside Jesus that is!!)
Ah ha I thought… Father Christmas and guess what I have a father and another bonus I could get my hands on him without his parents permission!
So here’s a sneak peak at my Father Christmas…he’s a bad Santa!
Imagine roaring up the Nore in this little thing, driving it the whole way to Waterford, then out onto the open sea, the world your oyster. You could pick friends up on the way, carry a few on the roof a few in the back, maybe even tow a dingy and fit a few more, oh the laughs we’d have! Any takers? I’d say if we pitched in a few euros each (or maybe it’ll be pounds by the time we come to buying) we could have this little beauty. I’d keep it in the bath and pull it out on demand?!
