back to theatre

remember i was talking to you about one of the best lighting designer i ever worked in theatre

 

well going to work with him next week for the new prod in the gate

:-)

 

Opens Tues 7th April 2009
Low price previews from Thurs 2nd April

All My Sons was the first great success of Arthur Miller's supremely influential career and the play that launched him as one of the leading dramatists of the twentieth century. With a career that spanned over 50 years, Miller‘s probing dramas, which include Death of a Salesman, The Crucible and A View from the Bridge, transformed American Theatre and earned him numerous awards including the Pulitzer Prize.

In the aftermath of World War II, two families struggle to come to terms with the brutal reality of what they have lost and gained.The confrontations that ensue lead to the uncovering of a shameful family secret. Provocative and heart-breaking, All My Sons is a compelling story of love, guilt and the corrupting power of greed.

STARRING
Barbara Brennan · Len Cariou · Donna Dent · Peter Gaynor · Mary Kelly · Ronan Leahy · Garrett Lombard · David Martin · Niamh McCann · Mark O'Regan · Keeling Pilaro   

Director Robin Lefèvre
Designer Liz Ascroft
Lighting Designer Mick Hughes
Sound Designer Denis Clohessy

yummm

i'm inviting friends over for a late lunch,

this is an idea for the menu

 

vine tomatoes with mediterannean vinaigrette and fresh mozarella

chicken marinated in rosemary, thyme, garlic and olive oil

roasted potatoes with balsamic vinegar

cinnamon fried carotts

caramelised apples

 

i can't wait to eat that, honestly it's really easy, it's multicultural, it's good and it's cheap as well: carrots, potatoes, tomatoes, chicken and apples! all you need is some basic herbs and ingredients.

 

nice carrot cake

2 1/2 cups flour /2 1/2 verres de farine
2 tsp baking soda/ 2 cuilleres a cafe de levure
1/2 tsp salt/ 1/2 cuillere a cafe de sel
2 tsp cinnamon/ 2 cuilleres a cafe de cannelle
1/4 tsp nutmeg/ 1/4 cuillere a cafe de noix de muscade
2 1/2 cups sugar/ 2 1/2 verres de sucre
3 large eggs/ 3 oeufs
2/3 cup butter, melted and cooled/ 2/3 verre de beurre fondu refroidi
1/2 cup orange juice/ 1/2 verre de jus d'orange
1 tsp vanilla/ 1 cuillere de vanille
3 cups shredded carrots (about 4 large carrots)/ 4 grosses carottes rapees
1 cup raisins/ un verre de raisins secs

Preheat oven to 350F. / prechauffer le four a 180 degres.

Grease and flour a 10-inch bundt pan./ graisser un moule.

In a large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, salt and spices./ dans un large bol melanger la farine, la levure, le sel et les epices.

In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together sugar, eggs, butter, orange juice and vanilla until smooth. /dans un bol moyen, melanger sucre, oeufs, jus d'orange, et la vanille.

Pour into dry ingredients and stir until almost combined. /verser ce melange dans le melange precedent et remuez bien.

Stir in shredded carrots, followed by raisins. / ajouter les carottes rapees et les raisins secs.

Pour cake batter into prepared pan./ verser la preparation dans le moule.

Bake for 45-50 minutes, until a tester inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean./ cuire pendant 45-50mn jusqu'a ce que le couteau plante au centre ressorte sans traces.

somewhere near Sandymount

a bit of a mix

according to facebook quizzes

my language is spanish

i'm british

my ideal country to live in is Egypt

i should be living in paris

 

is -being french/ living in an english-speaking country/ near the seaside/ with a flat full of spanish, chilean and moroccan stuff- a good compromise?

water

i went to the beach today! and got my converse and feet totally soaked but i didn't care. it was so much fun with the wind and it wasn't too cold. we stayed there walking around for two hours.

i also discovered a really nice path to go running along the sea along the beach, going through the irishtown naturepark up to a lighthouse.

oh yeah it's not in Dun Laoghaire but 15mn away by train. it's near sydney parade/sandymount/landsdowne road for those of you that have a map of dublin with the dart stations! so it's half way from the centre where derek -my buddy to go running- lives and from my place.

 

and i also officially paid the membership for sailing classes.

 

now i'm really gonna enjoy the irish sea, it's a pity to live on an island and not appreciate the sea when it's something you love!

and it might help me getting fit and lose that beer belly that has started to show up!!!

 

pictures from the walk on the beach to come

new home

living room

before

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

after

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

bedroom

before

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

after

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

bathroom

before

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

after

to go

i have internet at home. i just bought the broadband to go, i.e. internet on an usb stick, wherever you have coverage.

i like it.

 

pictures of the new place to come!

back from the

...

i moved to dun laoghaire last wednesday. still no internet.

new flat is brilliant, big, bright and cosy.

i'll post pictures of how it was before and how i arranged it.

it is now my nice moroccan/spanish/french own home.

and dun laoghaire is such a great place to be. any shops you want. everything 5mn walk. farmer's market next door every sunday. tennis court in front of the house.

going to the train station or the shops and seeing the sea from the street with the boats puts a smile on my face.

and though everytime i smile, i'm crying from inside, thinking how my father would have loved this place.

Victoires de la Musique 2009

The Do: surprising french band who are not french in the way they play live, create nice pop, sing in English and are spontaneous.

Bashung: a talented artist who got well rewarded before it's too late.

Arthur H: an original and nice man.

Anais/ Camille: starting becoming boring.

Julien Dore: does he have any other song than his hit? because it is nice but a bit too repetitive after a while.

Mademoiselle K/ Stanislas/ Peps: oh god, this is crap, either an imitation or no talent at all.

yay and boo

yay for the Oscars ceremony which was entertaining, funny and sad.

boo for the Cesars ceremony which was just boring.

thank you

to my friends who are there for me. even if i rarely see some of them.

welcome

to Max, born on the 19th of february 2009.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and congratulations to Noelle and Maty for this so cute baby boy.

Dun Laoghaire

this is where i'm moving to in march.

a flat on my own.

near the sea.

:-)

dublin bands splitting

Stagger Lee/ Dagger Lee

Wednesday, January 21, 2009 

Goodnight, not Goodbye

.............. ..

Dear friends,....

 ....

It's a strange day when you come on here to say your farewells, but alas here we are.  With no intention of writing some kind of long eulogy to ourselves or anything of the sort, we did, however, all feel that what we achieved as The Dagger Lees (nee Stagger Lee) was deserving of a proper and final end and so a few words is at least fitting.....

The past 3 years have been one hell of a ride! From all the usual madness of being in a band and working and living with both of our lady rockers raising mini rockers at the same time, plus touring with some great bands, recording music we loved, writing, playing, falling down, getting up again..and lovin' every minute of it!  Life has thrown many curveballs our way, and more than once we survived them, dusted ourselves off and got back to work. The past couple of months though have thrown some sad aul curveballs that have meant that the band couldn't continue in its current form, and as much as that pains us, our date with the Diamond will have to wait another day.....

 ....

All good things come to an end, and so to everyone who was involved with us in anyway - a sincere thank you!  Much love must go to Robbie Thing, Leo Pearson, Benjo, Davey, Jessie, Susie, Dan Beatnik, Andy Motorsounds, Loreana, Paul, Jason, Kelley, Mandy, Una, Warren, Karl, James, Niamh, Sinead, Edel, all the Phantom Family and especially to the mini Lees - Dylan and Steven. And to our families for all their support and everyone who came to a gig, hummed a tune, had a dance, wrote about us, helped out with shows, took a picture, bought a song - a really big and very sincere THANK YOU from all of us.....

Each of us can look back on the dedication, love, blood, sweat and tears we put in to making Stagger Lee/The Dagger Lees, something we are really proud of. We can happily say that we still love the bones of each other and there’s not many bands can say that!  We're all moving to pastures new (the first of which to look out for is Benni’s solo project Hathor Vein!!).... so we'll see you in the next lifetime.

Lots of love,
....

.. ..

Donna and The Dagger Lees....

x x x....

 

 

Delorentos

 

Tuesday, February 17, 2009 

We have some sad news... Current mood:  sad Category: Music We've got some sad news. It's with a very heavy heart that we have to let you know that Ronan has decided to leave the band. He feels its best for him to move on and do other things. The three of us will still be making music and will let you know about what happens next. As our songs always came from the four of us playing together we've also decided that it wouldn't feel right to continue "delorentos" without him. We're all very proud of the songs we've written over the last year, we feel they're some of the best we've ever done, and as a result we're determined not to discard them or let them go. Next month, the four of us are going to record this album together and plan on making it something we'll all be proud of. It'll be our last collection of songs as delorentos, and we hope you'll like them. We want to thank everyone that's supported us since we started, and all the friends we made along the way, we'd never have gotten this far without you. We hope to play a gig or two to say goodbye. We'll be in touch soon with more details.  Ross, Níal and Kieran and Ro.

it's hard

during my father cremation, i went outside for a few minutes, i needed fresh air, i needed to breathe, i needed to feel i was alive.

but it is hard to keep living. not that i am ever going to abandon that gift that is life. but it is hard to miss someone. it is hard to think that he would like the new flat i got, or the fact that it's so near the sea, or seeing me registered for sailing classes, and then realizing i will never be able to tell him or show him or share it with him.

Almodovar

if you understand spanish, here is the new short movie by Pedro Almodovar

si vous comprenez l'espagnol,voici le nouveau court metrage de Pedro Almodovar

 

 

go there

for Road Records about to close

Pete

"i'd like to change that for a start. i'd like to imprint a melody in your heart, and in your head and have that as a way you think of me"

Pete Doherty on the Late Late show

Arcadie
Last Of The English Roses
1939 Returning
A Little Death Around The Eyes
Salome
I Am The Rain
Sweet By And By
Palace Of Bone
Sheepskin Tearaway
Broken Love Song
New Love Grows On Trees
Lady, Don't Fall Backwards

 

watch the terrible interview done by Pat Kenny here:

part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy-yl5GRtq4

part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95kYzaJ5mOw

life must go on

and music is life

 

a great gig by Of Montreal on the 28th of january in the Button Factory, costumes, make up, theatre, glitter, good music and fun

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.state.ie/blog/photos-of-montreal-the-button-fa...

 

Paul McCartney and Dave Grohl with a classic Beatles song

 

 

new Greenday album in May, 21st century breakdown:

 

 

Radiohead walk 15 step with a marching band:

03.02.09

it was snowing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the day we said goodbye. he didn't like snow.

R.I.P.

31st of March 1941- 30th of January 2009

i hope you had the time of your life

 

"Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)"

Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road
Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go
So make the best of this test, and don't ask why
It's not a question, but a lesson learned in time

It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right.
I hope you had the time of your life.

So take the photographs, and still frames in your mind
Hang it on a shelf in good health and good time
Tattoos of memories and dead skin on trial
For what it's worth it was worth all the while

It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right.
I hope you had the time of your life.

It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right.
I hope you had the time of your life.

It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right.
I hope you had the time of your life.

that's what it is

english

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute_respiratory_distress_s...

francais

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syndrome_de_d%C3%A9tresse_re...

Cauliflower here

not a big fan of cauliflower, here is a moroccan recipe you can try:

Cauliflower salad

-500gr cauliflower

-fresh parsley

-fresh garlic

-white vinegar

-olive oil

salt, cumin, paprika

 

put the cauliflower for 10mn in boiling water. then cut in small pieces.

put crushed garlic in a plate, then cauliflower pieces on it.

add cumin, salt, paprika, parsley, olive oil, vinegar.

 

 

 

si vous n'etes pas fan de chou fleur, voici une recette marocaine que vous pouvez essayer:

Salade de chou-fleur

-500 g de chou-fleur
-1/2 bouquet de persil plat haché
-3 gousses d'ail
-Vinaigre d'alcool
-Huile d'olive
-Sel, cumin, paprika

 

Laver et couper le chou-fleur, le mettre avec les gousses d'ail entières dans un autocuiseur et faire cuire 10 minutes à couvert. Ecraser l'ail dans un saladier et y ajouter le chou-fleur. Ajouter le cumin, le sel, le paprika, le persil, l'huile d'olive et le vinaigre. Mélanger délicatement l'ensemble.

 

http://www.cuisinedumaroc.com/modules/sections/recette-vi...

 

is it true?

http://isobamapresident.com

 

Abdu's crepes

in Taghazout, Abdu cooked for us a wonderful dinner with chickpeas, carrots with cinnamon, cabbage salad, grilled fish, moroccan chicken and other delicious things and a nice and simple dessert:

 crepes +

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

fresh cream and vanilla +

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

melted dark chocolate and sugar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

preparation:

 

 

 

 

 

 

leave in the fridge for a few hours and eat it really cold.