Daily Archives: March 26, 2012

Jacob’s Creek ‘Wine & Dine Experience’ Roadshow

  By Anto | March 26, 2012 - 4:38 pm | Food
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Fancy joining the Jacob’s Creek ‘Wine & Dine Experience’ Roadshow for free dinner and matched wines? It takes place take over the following dates: Dublin 27th March (myself and Darren will be there), Cork 4th April, Galway 19th April and Waterford 26th April. To request a reservation at these special culinary events, logon to facebook.com/jacobscreekireland and enter your details on the ‘The Wine and Dine Experience’ tab or email [email protected] with Jacob’s Creek ‘Wine & Dine Experience’ in the subject line, your name, date of birth (as drinks will be served), and contact details for you and a guest. Also please include which county event you would like to attend. Places are limited and guests will be chosen at random.

Do Over: Big

  By Laura | March 26, 2012 - 12:00 pm | Do Over, Movies & TV
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One of the most confusing things about Big is Josh’s wish. “I wish I were big” Not “I wish I was an adult” or “I wish I looked like that bloke from Splash! – his face is exceptional”. No. He wants to be ‘big’. Of course they had to work the movie title in somewhere but it’s an odd choice of words. “I wish I were big” could easily be interpreted as “I wish my underpants were a little tighter” but one would doubt that would merit a PG rating. Perhaps Josh meant “I wish I was 7ft 11” which makes more sense since Josh was turned away from a theme park ride because he was too short. I digress. Big (1988), if you somehow managed to skip childhood, tells the story of young Josh Baskin. Whilst at a funfair, Josh makes the aforementioned wish at a machine called ‘Zoltar … There’s more →

Festivals: Titanic Lockdown 2012

  By Laura | March 26, 2012 - 9:00 am | Festivals, Music
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We won’t lie. News of the Titanic Lockdown Festival made us genuinely concerned we’d piss ourselves with excitement. Launching Belfast’s Titanic celebrations on the 31st of March; Titanic Lockdown is billed as a ‘boutique’ festival in the heart of the docks. The (FREE!) daytime programme will feature an indoor village with street art, urban sports demos, fashion & jewellery making workshops, ‘Stare Wars’ (Que?), Wii Olympics, Magic, Face painting, Fire & Light Shows, DJ sets, live performances from leading local acts and a continental food market. The day events are taking place between 12pm and 6pm at T13, the enormous skate park/cultural space building in the Titanic Quarter. Come 7pm, ticket holders can see performances from Roots Manuva, Gilles Peterson, London’s Soul Jazz Sound System and many more to be announced. That’s not bad for £25 eh? The outdoor events take place under the great big yellow Harland & Wolff … There’s more →