the pittsburgh irish fest, held every year in september, is turning into a very nice little fest that draws quite a bit of top notch irish music. this years lineup included gaelic storm, the screaming orphans, carbon leaf, the makem & spain brothers and the always fun corned beef & curry, fronted by the amazing […]
dublin irish fest 2011
what an AMAZING weekend! you cannot go wrong when you get down to dublin and the young dubliners are playing. add to that a phone call to beverly while they were playing (and it turns out her FIRST phone call on her BRAND NEW IPHONE being set up in the apple store) and it made […]
cleveland irish fest 2011
what would a cleveland irish fest be without rain? once again, we will not know. sporting a VERY good lineup this year, the cleveland irish fest was once again hot as could be, but a very enjoyable time nonetheless. regulars like seven nations (performing for the 12th consecutive time at CCIF) and the INCREDIBLE eileen […]
polina k rocks mike’s barn
polina, eve and i went out to meet my business partner (and most excellent bass and harmonica player) rob winwood out at mike’s barn to check out an AMAZING jazz guitarist named conrad reeves. well, he lived up to his reputation that has preceeded him (and this was BEFORE the tullamore dew)! after introducing polina […]
volleyball meetup @ whitey’s
another gorgeous sunday in cleveland was spent playing volleyball down at whitey’s booze & burgers, located in richfield, ohio. here is a sample of the action: for more photos from the day, check THESE out.
luau @ whiskey island
More than 50 people turned out for 4 different Meetup groups luau down at Whiskey Island. Apparently, Carmelina and Alice seemed to be having the best of times, as is evidenced by the pictures that can be found HERE.
cuyahoga falls irish fest 2011
festival season is here again! it all starts around here down in cuyahoga falls. this is actually a nice little festival that is one of the only free ones left. this year the festival featured seven nations and the glengary bhoys, two staples of the festival circut. everybody was having fun as wendy and laura […]
parade the circle 2011
for those of you in cleveland who have not been to this event, you are REALLY missing something. in it’s 22nd year now, parade the circle draws approximately 70,000 visitors to the wade oval circle, right in the middle of the museums, including the art museum, botanical society, and natural history museum. starting at the […]