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Upon a recommendation from a good friend I recently discovered a local band. I'm horribly out of touch with local/Irish bands the last (good) few years, honestly it has been too long. But nonetheless, I eventually found this incredible punk inspired band from Dublin. With their undoubtedly bizarre but fascinating videos, this is Girl Band. 

I have been meaning to publish this post for an age, I really mean an age. A long time ago myself and my dear friend Fionn decided to visit some of Dublin's more quaint cafes to pick some of our favorite and find some new ones.  I attended a poetry slam in The Chocolate Factory a few weeks before getting to Blas, where I heard it was a lovely cafe during the day. Eventually I managed to make the trip.  It's an absolutely beautiful space which seems the ideal place to spend your day drinking coffee and reading books. At the time they were serving 3FE coffee and Wildflour Bakery cakes - a wonderful combination if I say so myself! As I've mentioned it has been a while since I've been so this may have changed.  I remember being vaguely disappointed with the service but the space is so wonderful that I almost instantly forgot about it. As you can see from the photos below, its bright and brilliant.  Blas Cafe is located off Parnell Street around t...

Needless to say I've a soft spot for poetry, spoken word and my home town, a combination of all three was just magical and inspiring. You can't help but feel a little patriotic, if you can be patriotic about a city? As acknowledges on Youtube, Stephen James Smith  recites a beautiful poem by Louis Mac Neice depicting the wonders of Dublin. Giving a myriad of reasons to come and explore. I don't know anything about Louis unfortunately. However Stephen presented at Lingo Festival one of the nights I attended and was wonderful. Worth checking out for any of you based in Dublin.