A long, long time ago in between reading for con law and criminal law I’d unwind with certain friends at clubs all around LA. The more underground the better. There’d be hell to pay for it the next day in an early class but the way we saw it, we were “researching” for future clients and cases in those dives. During my …
A Plate Of Heavenly Yumminess
 I wasn’t kidding when I wrote a few weeks ago that I’ve been eating my way through Europe. I’m what you might call a snacker and not good at long, drawn-out eating marathons. More of an eat-on-the-go kind of person, what with my short attention span applying to my appetite as well as everything else.  However, when I’m …
Packing 1996 Here And Unpacking 2005 There
 I like to document things. Trips, events, people, especially fashion… stuff that makes life fun and funny, particularly in hindsight.  Before technology became fingertip-available, I’d laminate or Formaldehyde or shadow box whatever I could and keep them in perpetuity. I didn’t want to not have a reminder of everything I ever experienced. But in time all my moves from city …
Fashion Police Back In The Day
 Throughout the State Apartments, where my tour in Dublin Castle begins, you can see the symbol of the lyre (or harp) as above. You will find it everywhere in Ireland from the euro coin…  to all things Guinness:  The State Apartments were formerly quarters used by the Viceregal Court. Today it plays host to State functions:  …
Can Life Get Any Better!
 If I could live in a museum I would. Yesterday I mentioned we’d visit the interiors of Dublin Castle so let’s begin with the Chester Beatty Library, which was once an army ordinance office on these grounds:  The most striking thing about Dublin Castle is what a hodge-podge of architectural styles it is. But that is a testament …