by Thomas Bartlett | Dec 3, 2015 | #ABP, #writing, ABP, book, food, Ireland, life, restaurant, writing |
The last day I ever worked in a restaurant I was nearly burnt alive, and even more nearly took someone with me. It was definitely time to get out. And I have. But I still think about restaurants, like an ex I never fell in love with but I stayed with for a good part...
by Thomas Bartlett | Nov 25, 2015 | #ABP, #humour, #writing, Ireland, life, meloncholy, reading, war
Modern Life 3 – Everything is Amazing! No it isn’t. Neither is everything terrible. Warning: Hectoring and contradictory (like modern life). The human propensity to believe they are all something unique, living in an age of unprecedented x, y, z remains as strong as...
by Thomas Bartlett | Nov 3, 2015 | #ABP, #driving, #humour, #traffic, #writing, blog
Dublin Traffic. 3 Wrongs Don’t Make a Right. No facts have been consulted in the writing of this rant. Cyclists I’m a cyclist. And I say to my fellow cyclists, get off the footpaths. Seriously get off them. Don’t cycle on them. And sexist as this...
by Thomas Bartlett | Sep 23, 2015 | #writing, ABP, blog, Connemara, food, life
Dillisk: A Seaside Food Project A couple of Saturdays ago I went to Dillisk in Aughrusbeg, Connemara, Co Galway. Dillisk is a seaside food project. It’s different. Dillisk uses land, sea and shore locally sourced ingredients and is the brain child of Katie and...
by Thomas Bartlett | Aug 13, 2015 | #humour, ABP, blog, Ireland |
Irish Months Ranked Jul – Dec July By this stage we know that it was all for nothing. There is a tremendous amount of throwing our hands up in the air in despair in July. There is a feeling throughout of wanting to leave the country, and regret you haven’t. The...