Holiday Lights – LEDs Part 1
After we remodeled the house, we put up the old holiday lights that had been used at my parents. You can see them in the photo on the remodel pages. But we were interested in having other options,… Read More
1920s Tier-rific Ensemble
I picked up this Decades of Style pattern a few years ago, and never got around to making it. But this year’s Partnership meeting event theme is Chicago Mafia/Roaring 20s. As is usually the case, I needed to… Read More
Visiting PRONI
If you’re into genealogy, there are a few places you want to visit at least once to search records. One of them is the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, or PRONI. PRONI is in Belfast, in the… Read More
More about Belfast
We opted to take the Hop On Hop Off City bus tour after the convention was over, to fill in areas of town that we hadn’t gotten to already. The tour guide, Eoin, explained the history behind the… Read More
Titancon – aka Eurocon 2019
The reason we came to Belfast was to attend Titancon, which was also Eurocon for 2019. The convention is very much oriented towards Game of Thrones (it was filmed here), and is much smaller than many conventions we’ve… Read More
Glass of Thrones
As we walked along the river to the Titanic museum, we saw this gorgeous piece of art glass. I stopped to take a photo, and realized that it was one of a set of Game of Thrones inspired… Read More
On to Belfast
We had a wonderful dinner at Fallon & Byrne on our last night in Dublin. We’d been there 5 years ago on the Fab Food Trails tour, although we just went to the wine cellar and shopped. We… Read More
Worldcon 77, aka Dublin 2019: An Irish Worldcon – Part 2
The Masquerade We started on Wednesday afternoon with a tour of the CCD Auditorium, and had a chance to meet the professional staff. We verified our plans (made from afar with just drawings of the auditorium), and solidified… Read More
Worldcon 77, aka Dublin 2019: An Irish Worldcon – Part 1
After Worldcon 76 in San Jose last year, we traveled to our sister city Dublin, Ireland. We’ve been looking forward to this since our visit there for the 2014 Eurocon. British Airways now has a non-stop from San… Read More
Props: Chimney Sweep
This year we decided to be “old school” characters from Mary Poppins for the Oscars party. Most of the pieces were just assembling items from our closet. But there were two key things we needed — the Chimney… Read More