Long weekend in L.A.

We spent the long weekend here in L.A. Both of us liked it a lot more than we expected. We were staying in Beverly Hills and spent a lot of time in West Hollywood.

Mandatory Hollywood sign photo.

From 2009-09 Los Angeles

We stayed in a cool 50s hotel:

From 2009-09 Los Angeles

Walked the stars...

From 2009-09 Los Angeles

We visited the Warner Bros studio for a behind the scenes look at how films are made.

From 2009-09 Los Angeles

Walked Venice Beach.

From 2009-09 Los Angeles

A weekend in Dublin for Darina and James' wedding + Carroll family welcome Alex!

Loved being back home, even if it just for a weekend!
James and Darina both looked stunning:

From 2009-08 Darina and James wedding

Not to mention Conrad!

From 2009-08 Darina and James wedding

Obviously there was air guitar.

From 2009-08 Darina and James wedding

And Jenny went to Cork to see new baby Alex!

From 2009-08 Darina and James wedding

Kite flying on Ocean Beach

10 months after Jenny bought it for me, I finally got around to flying my kite. Power kite is the only way to describe it.

From 2009-08 San Francisco Kite Flying

Camping in Hell Gate

We went camping in Hell Gate - a 5 hour drive north of SF.

The campsite had a beautiful swimming hole nearby:

From 2009-08 Hell Gate Camping

We learned that Toby can actually swim!

From 2009-08 Hell Gate Camping

I shot a gun (well, kinda):

From 2009-08 Hell Gate Camping

Toby in a bag

Timbuk2 (Jenny's company) are experiemnting with doggy bags. Here's a very unhappy Toby in a prototype!

From 2009-08 Toby in a bag

The Adams clan visit California

Mam, Dad and Irene came to visit. We did a lot in the two weeks they were here.

Mandatory holiday snap:

From 2009-07 Mam + Dad + Irene in SF

Dad was allowed drive my car:

From 2009-07 Mam + Dad + Irene in SF

We took a trip to Napa:

From 2009-07 Mam + Dad + Irene in SF

Went to a gig with Irene in the Greek theater in Berkeley:

From 2009-07 Mam + Dad + Irene in SF

Mam loved walking up hills...

From 2009-07 Mam + Dad + Irene in SF

We went to Lake Tahoe...

From 2009-07 Mam + Dad + Irene in SF

...and stayed in a log cabin:

From 2009-07 Mam + Dad + Irene in SF

We went swimming:

From 2009-07 Mam + Dad + Irene in SF

Irene drove a speedboat...with Mam in the back:

From 2009-07 Mam + Dad + Irene in SF

We visited the Missions in Carmel and drove down to a very foggy Big Sur:

From 2009-07 Mam + Dad + Irene in SF

The tallest trees on Earth

Jenny and I went camping in the giant Redwoods - the tallest trees on Earth!

From 2009-07 Redwoods

It's hard to describe how big these trees are. Check out these fallen trees for scale!

From 2009-07 Redwoods

From 2009-07 Redwoods

And we drove through a few trees!

From 2009-07 Redwoods

From 2009-07 Redwoods

Evie + Greg visit SF at the end of gay pride

Evie and Greg came to visit as part of their honeymoon! Gay pride was just finishing up but still plenty of action around:

From 2009-06 San Francisco Evie + Greg + Pride

We ate rather than take photos :) Here we are in Chinatown:

From 2009-06 San Francisco Evie + Greg + Pride

Gay pride was an amazing spectacle. Major street party at the end of our road:

From 2009-06 San Francisco Evie + Greg + Pride

From 2009-06 San Francisco Evie + Greg + Pride

Many of the actual parade photos are unpublishable :) Here's a flavour:

From 2009-06 San Francisco Evie + Greg + Pride

2 Weddings, 2 Jobs and a Baby(ies)

We flew back to Dublin to celebrate Mr & Mrs Thomas' wedding day...

Did some disco dancing...

and the usual wedding air guitar antics...

We then travelled to London to catch up with the gang, plus a few new additions.....Congrats to Sarah and James on the arrival of little Ollie :)

Then down to beautiful Ballyferriter & Dingle for Evie and Greg's big day (and the following day:)

The blushing bride..

All the Limerick Ladeez, put your hands up....

Best Men in love

Paul (aka Joe Jonas) swapped his air guitar for the Macarena with Nisha and Hannah..

Carroll family mini festival the next day, including a keg of beautiful creamy Guinness :)

All of this was topped off, when I got 2 job offers. As of last Monday I've been working as Marketing Manager with San Francisco's original bag company, 'Timbuk2'. Check em out...