![Voyages: The French Quarter [@NewOrleansLA]](https://i0.wp.com/talesofcasstastrophe.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/2016-06-16-12-54-33-2.jpg?resize=700%2C700&ssl=1 "Voyages: The French Quarter [@NewOrleansLA]")
Voyages: The French Quarter [@NewOrleansLA]
This was an adventure literally 5 years in the making. Since we met, my best friend Robin and I have been wanting to go down to New Orleans, Louisiana. Last ...
Learn Stuff: My First Mile In A While
So… let’s take a moment to be very real with each other. I’m not physically fit. Once I hit 22 my body started giving me warning signs about my physical ...
Follies & Fixations: May 2016
“The Kingkiller Chronicles” by Patrick Rothfuss… on second thought, also just Patrick Rothfuss Raise your hand if you’re over A Song of Ice and Fire. Okay, maybe not over but ...
Real Moments: From Gardening to Glasgow to Graduation!
The most perfect of white camellias – which I cannot take the credit for finding. Tony, the head gardener at Inish Beg, discovered this beautiful botanical gem buried back behind ...
Inch by Inch, Row by Row: Life Lessons from the Garden
Almost 2 months ago when I told my family I would be leaving to go work outside on an estate in Ireland for a little while, they were incredulous. To ...
![Books I Brought Abroad [@WestCorkIRL]](https://i0.wp.com/talesofcasstastrophe.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/2016-03-19-01-13-49-1-edit.jpg?resize=700%2C700&ssl=1 "Books I Brought Abroad [@WestCorkIRL]")
Books I Brought Abroad [@WestCorkIRL]
Travel Tip: figure out if your hosts used to own a bookshop in London and therefore have MASSES of reading options available for your perusal before you travel… Packing to ...
![Voyages: Welcome to Inish Beg! – Part II [@WestCorkIRL]](https://i0.wp.com/talesofcasstastrophe.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/2016-03-03-05-09-44-2.jpg?resize=700%2C700&ssl=1 "Voyages: Welcome to Inish Beg! – Part II [@WestCorkIRL]")
Voyages: Welcome to Inish Beg! – Part II [@WestCorkIRL]
The local West Corkonians joke about how everyone is always ready to talk about the weather here, but I love it and I feel like I fit right in with ...
![Café Cake Crawl – Skibbereen Edition [@WestCorkIRL]](https://i0.wp.com/talesofcasstastrophe.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/2016-03-05-03-11-30-1.jpg?resize=700%2C700&ssl=1 "Café Cake Crawl – Skibbereen Edition [@WestCorkIRL]")
Café Cake Crawl – Skibbereen Edition [@WestCorkIRL]
We all know how a bar / pub crawl works. It’s a feat of stamina, of endurance, and in the end mostly of regret. You might be wondering how I came ...
![Voyages: Skibbereen & Baltimore [@WestCorkIRL]](https://i0.wp.com/talesofcasstastrophe.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2016-02-28-09-53-00-2.jpg?resize=700%2C700&ssl=1 "Voyages: Skibbereen & Baltimore [@WestCorkIRL]")
Voyages: Skibbereen & Baltimore [@WestCorkIRL]
The streets of Skibbereen were bustling on Saturday morning, with locals milling about the farmers market and meeting up with each other in cafes and restaurants. You better believe that ...
![A List of Cooking Tips For A Novice Like Me [@WestCorkIRL]](https://i0.wp.com/talesofcasstastrophe.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2016-02-28-02-20-01-2.jpg?resize=700%2C700&ssl=1 "A List of Cooking Tips For A Novice Like Me [@WestCorkIRL]")
A List of Cooking Tips For A Novice Like Me [@WestCorkIRL]
Go ahead and ask anyone who knows me and they’ll happily laugh in your face if you ask them about my past baking escapades. Nutella chocolate chip cookies? Apparently adding ...