Rua Ruth Loves…

Photo above of lanterns on Pontocho in Kyoto, Japan by Ruth Griffin on Canon EOS 600D May 2014.

My weekly round up of things I love…

Did you know history is the new black? Antonia Hart tells us why historians are so hot right now here.

I adore this photo of a little Victorian girl dressed as Santa’s Little Helper from the blog Jacolette by the very lovely Orla Fitzpatrick.

French Foodie in Dublin is known for her amazing reviews and for her tours around Dublin’s best foodie haunts, she has just done a great write up on a new cake shop on Capel Street called Camerino. I spotted it one evening but didn’t know what it was like- and nobody does it better than Ketty see the review here. It looks like a fun new pit-stop.

The west of Ireland has unpolluted skies to see shooting stars in and Christmas is tipped as the best time of year to bundle up and do a spot of star gazing. I did this a couple of years ago with my Mum, sitting on our front-doorstep. Its was magic and didn’t take long to see  dozens of shooting stars flashing through the  night sky. Give it a go! Find out more about the meteor showers and how to see them on The Journal.

Colm O’Regan comedian and author of The Irish Mammy book has a sequel out for Christmas-The Christmas Book of Irish Mammies and of course his laugh-out-loud tea-towels and mugs, I am also a massive fan of his twitter feed get following!  Now, haven’t you had enough gallivanting now for one week?

Last but not least, I  just spotted that in my old neighbourhood of Glasthule there is a new Cavistons opened called Caviston’s Juniors another food haven just down the street. I’m on the next Dart!