Monthly Archives: February 2008

Hillary calling

Politics,

Hillary Clinton has been calling me the past couple of days. I know this because my caller ID says Hillary Clinton. Trouble is — the phone number is a Northern Virginia number, and I thought she lived in New York. But she probably has an apartment in Alexandria or something. She never leaves a message though, so I don’t know why she is calling. Probably to have lunch. That would be nice. I think. I suppose she’d want to talk about politics. I’m not so into politics, so the conversation would probably be one-sided.

Ireland trip

Travel, , , ,

We’re planning a trip to Ireland this summer. By we I mean ME. I’m responsible for all the details and am also the one my family will blame if the trip sucks. I spent much of yesterday and all of today looking at possible places to stay and places to visit. We’ll be gone just over 2 weeks and want to stay in two locations, central to cool things, but not necessarily in the middle of touristy towns.

I’d like to avoid big cities – although Andrew said he’d like to visit the Guinness brewery in Dublin. Clare is easy – she just wants to go to Ireland. Dean wants a chance to do some water related things and hike.

So far I’ve requested information from two cottages:

Sophie’s Cottage in Northern Ireland near Lough Erne

Bequia Holiday Home in Co. Clare

Unfortunately I’m at a standstill. I look at the map of Ireland and its like I’m at a restaurant  with a huge menu of foods I’ve always wanted to taste, but can only choose a few. Perhaps I need to decided where to go and what to do before I choose where to stay.

Any advice?