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February 24, 2017
Potato, Prawn, and Lime Soup From The New Irish Table: Recipes from Ireland’s Top Chefs
Irish cooking - it's incredibly delicious. This month and next, we've got several recipes to share from The New Irish Table: Recipes from Ireland’s Top Chefs. Be sure to read our interview with editor Leslie Conron Carola - and then check back for more great recipes!
From The New Irish Table: Recipes from Ireland’s Top Chefs
Edited by Leslie Conron Carola
Recipe by Chef Kevin Dundon of Dunbrody House in Arthurstown,...
February 23, 2017
Studying whilst travelling: 5 top tips for juggling it all
You’ve caught the travel bug and you’re itching to start exploring all the hidden gems and wonders of the world.
But according to your guidance counsellor and parents, that means you’re going to have to give up on your dreams of going to uni, right?
The good news is, they’re totally wrong.
With reputable universities (like Anglia Ruskin, for example) offering distance learning courses, you can study for a degree from anywhere you choose. Studying ab...
Taking a Fashion Tour of Berlin
Berlin is a fashion city like no other. It produces a myriad of everything from stylish but casual daywear, high tech fabrics, avant-garde designer dresses, and cutting edge work wear. Germany is the richest economy in the EU, and new enthusiasm from its consumers in its major cities reflects this. The fashion business is blooming in Berlin. It's time to go and catch the heady scent of success.
Oranienstraße and Bergmannstraße are colour...
February 22, 2017
12 Top Tips for Booking a Cheap Flight
My travel motto? The more you save, the more you can travel. But where to start, when looking for options for budget travel? Whether you’re headed to Paris or somewhere closer to home (I am always looking to visit my brother in Seattle), the more you save, the more you can travel. (Sense an echo here? Ask my family. They hear it all the time!)
But there is SO much to search and do to find the prices you can afford.
Where to start?
Here are our 12 t...February 21, 2017
Revolutionary Ride: On the Road in Search of the Real Iran
Note: Revolutionary Ride is Lois Pryce's third book, about her travels in Iran.
In 2013, relations between Iran and the UK were at an all-time low, but a mysterious note left on her motorcycle from a stranger named Habib inspired her to venture into the Islamic Republic. It was a bid to find out the truth about a country that had been cut off from the world for most of her lifetime. Her journey was a mind-opening, sometimes shocking, often entertaini...
3 Things That Hold You Back from a Happier Re-entry
You’re (going) home after an amazing experience abroad. You probably feeling sad, conflicted, and maybe even a little lost.
I’ll let you in on a little secret…there are ways to make re-entry a happier experience.
It's true! Just today, one of my tribe members told me that they now feel "more positive and excited about the whole re-entry process!” I love hearing that!
But...sometimes we make things harder than they need to be.
3 Way...February 20, 2017
Scottish Musician Sarah-Jane Summers Shares the Best of Inverness
Sarah-Jane Summers is a fiddle player, composer, and educator whose love for music and teaching have taken her from fiddle camps in Colorado to concerts at the Celtic Connections Festival in Glasgow to tutoring students in Norway. She’s recorded and played with Malinky (with Karine Polwart), The Unusual Suspects, and The Outside Track. She is a founding member of the Nu Nordic band Fribo, and has been the head tutor and director of the traditional m...
Asking Questions, Telling Stories: Music for Times of Change
Music makes a good companion in times of change. Songs and tunes and symphonies, lullabyes and string quartets, music of the griot and the sean nos singer, the classical violinist and the street corner busker all have ways of connecting us to one another, of giving space for reflection, of lifting spirits, offering hope, adding perspective and building courage.
As we live through these times of change, come along and take a listen to a fresh take on...
Florida Culture for the Week of February 19, 2017 By Josh Garrick
Florida Culture for the Week of February 19, 2017 By Josh Garrick
Feb 21 beginning at 5:30 pm – Public Reception for ‘Black History Month’ Art Exhibit
The Downtown Arts District and Bloomingdale's at the Mall at Millenia have joined to present an art exhibit in honor of ‘Black History Month’ featuring artists from Central Florida. The Artists include Arland Simmons, Arlene Vivaldi, Everett Spruill, Jessica King, Joyce Hayes, Kolongi, Mowgli Namest...
February 19, 2017
8 Things to See and Do in Croatia
3 different climates, 10 nature parks, 8 national parks, countless beaches, excellent food & wine, and 7 UNESCO World Heritage sites - where are you? Croatia!
Croatia is an easily accessible country on the Adriatic Sea. Full of nature, history, and incredible culture, it's one of Europe's hidden gems. You can explore to your heart's content, or book all inclusive holidays and stay put for a while, and relax.
Did someone say wine? Rosi...
