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I am an adventurer. The thrill of adventure and exploration keeps me strong; through rock climbing, backpacking, cycling, exploring, and trying new things, I love the rush of adventure.
Jul3

Thanksgiving in New England – Chess, the musical!

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Thanksgiving! Last year, Thanksgiving was a bit too busy for me to fly back to the United States… classes, and general insanity, conspired to keep me in Dublin. Which, frankly, was a perfectly lovely time with friends and classmates. 2025, however, had none of those challenges… and thus, saw Andrea and I winging our way to New England for a well-deserved holiday…

Wednesday, 26-November-2026

Maybe Happy Ending was an amazing play – beautiful sets, excellent songs, and an incredibly interesting story.

Chess was a play, that I saw in New York, on Broadway. It had songs, a set, and a story.

…

I can’t really say much more than that. I mean, “One night in Bangkok city” was super fun, but… yeah. Chess was a play that we saw. I mean, I’m happy about going to see it! But… I don’t think I’d see it again.

Still.

Broadway is cool.

Jul1

Thanksgiving in New England – Kicking it in NYC

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Thanksgiving! Last year, Thanksgiving was a bit too busy for me to fly back to the United States… classes, and general insanity, conspired to keep me in Dublin. Which, frankly, was a perfectly lovely time with friends and classmates. 2025, however, had none of those challenges… and thus, saw Andrea and I winging our way to New England for a well-deserved holiday…

Wednesday, 26-November-2025

Our second day in New York City was mainly aimed at seeing a matinee on Broadway… but until that started, we had a bit of free time to explore.

Thus – we explored!

Andrea had a few spots that she wanted to explore on her own, so my Mom and I headed out, forging into the city with the goal of… Well, with the goal of just forging into the city.

As such? We forged into the city!

Jun29

Thanksgiving in New England – NYC with the queen of clubs and bars

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Thanksgiving! Last year, Thanksgiving was a bit too busy for me to fly back to the United States… classes, and general insanity, conspired to keep me in Dublin. Which, frankly, was a perfectly lovely time with friends and classmates. 2025, however, had none of those challenges… and thus, saw Andrea and I winging our way to New England for a well-deserved holiday…

Tuesday, 25-November-2025

Andrea is kind of cool. I don’t know if I’ve mentioned that.

She really is – even in New York City, she’s an amazing tour guide, and the chance for me to follow in her wake and explore some of NYCs fancier bars was… well. I’ll let the photos speak for themselves.

We went to two spots: Super Bueno (one of the 50 best bars in the world), and Please Don’t Tell (an award-winning speakeasy), and frankly? Both were super cool. Super Bueno was a little less exciting, of the two, but Please Don’t Tell (PDT, for the cool kids) was super – mysterious vibe, fun drinks, and a reasonably quiet atmosphere that let us relax and chat.


Ohh, and the subway attacked us for being unemployed. I took that personally, so the drinks were extra appreciated.