An American in Ireland

• An American in Ireland Farewell: The Last Blog Post 8 years ago Today, Mountaineering Man and I will board a plane for our one-way journey to America, capping off two weeks of leaving parties and farewell drinks and goodbye hugs and well wishes. To say Ireland has been good to me would be an understatement. I came here six-and-a-half years ago from Los Angeles,...
• An American In Ireland Farewell: So Many Places... 8 years ago Last Saturday, Mountaineering Man and I had our usual almond croissants from Morgan, the French Baker, and flat whites from Revolution Bakery at St. Anne’s Park. Afterward, we stopped by the Organic Delights veg stall and got a few things – spinach, courgettes, onions and potatoes. Normally I...
• An American in Ireland Farewell: The Reason I'm Here 8 years ago I spent this afternoon at my friend Sinead Roche’s house out in Broomfield, Collon with the people who are my first Irish family. You see, Sinead is the reason why I’m here. Way back when I was a university student in San Francisco, I rented a room in a big kip of a house, and […]
• An American in Ireland Farewell: The Edge in Clontarf 8 years ago I’m from Los Angeles – land of gyms (and plastic surgeons). The last gym where I worked out before relocating to Ireland had mini refrigerators filled with iced face towels, so people could cool themselves off after a tough workout. Very LA. Gyms in Ireland are slightly different, to say the...
• An American in Ireland Farewell: Kellogg Company 8 years ago This one is going to hurt. Today is my last day in the office at Kellogg’s European Headquarters in Dublin, and if I can get through it without tears it will be a miracle. My expectations when I first joined Kellogg’s in July 2013 were purely professional. I hoped to apply what I’d learned in...

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