Category Archives: Parties and social gatherings

Not strictly outdoor adventures, but sometimes parties take place outside! Or near a window! Thus: it counts.

Mar3

A trip to Leuven – Brokering peace at the EU Parliament

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Wednesday, 16-April-2025


Okay, so while I may have my opinions about Trinity, I’ll give the Leuven trip some legit credit here – We got a very solid tour of the EU Parliament on Wednesday.

I mean, there’s not too much else to say, though. I got to talk with one of the Policy Coordinators for the EU – specifically the one reviewing tariffs, which was interesting since this was just at the start of the “US vs. the world” tariff war. I learned a bit, explored a bit, and enjoyed it a good bit.

And I dressed up, with a fancy Trinity Knot tie. So… that’s a fun part.

Oct25

A drive out to a wind farm

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Friday, 31-January-2025


Kicking off the start of Term 2 of my MBA here at Trinity was Phase 1 of our strategic company project, a chance for us to collaborate with a major company in the Irish market, in order to stretch our strategic legs and apply some of the learnings that we’d gained from Term 1.

My company happened to run a windfarm nearby, and so invited us on-site to give our first major presentation of the program. We prepped quite extensively, drove out, and landed on-site with time to spare… we got a quick tour from our contacts, and got down to business (over coffee and sandwiches, of course!).

It went really well, I’m happy to report – Phase 1 was an industry analysis, reviewing the field that our company competes and operates within. As the phase purely focused on the industry, and not the company itself, it was mainly a research operation – no interviews, no on-site conversations, just a lot of work on google, and a ton of reviewing of financial documents.

It was good, and the views of the windmills spinning away was definitely appreciated after our time in the board room.

Oct11

New Year’s Eve in Dublin

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Tuesday and Wednesday, 31-Dec-2024 and 01-Jan-2025



I don’t have any pictures for the blog from New Year’s Eve.

I’m very okay with that.

It wasn’t really an evening that lent itself to photography – Andrea and I hosted a small New Years Eve shindig at my apartment; a small shindig with a few friends and our only neighbors in attendance. A few classmates joined in for the beginning, before heading out onto the town for a bit of clubbing, but by the end it was just three couples – Ourselves, our neighbors, and two friends from the executive side of the MBA program.

We took it easy and enjoyed ourselves and the pleasant company – Good sparkling wine was had (not Champagne, but a variant that was easily as good while avoiding the price tag), stories were shared, and fireworks were watched from the windows of our 7th floor nest.

We did a cursory photoshoot with Anduril, just for fun, though I’ll leave those photos in the inboxes of the friends who modeled for them – They came out well, but it feels a bit strange publishing photos of other people in the context of a silly night in together.

It was a simple evening, and a lovely evening. A celebration of a life being built across the pond, in a new world.