Blondie & a Brother-In-Law

On Monday of this week, Col and I watched a performance of Blondie in the Olympia Theatre. Col is a big Blondie fan and we secured the tickets over the summer. This was quite a good show, with many of the famous singles getting performed alongside some new material. The guitarist had a good time, and the drummer was a performer who delighted in tossing his sticks high in the air before catching them and playing on without missing a beat. Don't even get me started on the keyboard player who (more than once) carried his gigantic person-sized keyboard off of it's stand and into center stage. However the main attraction was, of course, Deborah Harry. She was always The Blond in Blondie. The lead vocalist, she was certainly the star of the show despite the theatrics of the others. She was hopping around and dancing about the stage the whole night, despite the fact that she is 60! Oh, and no longer a blond (reddish-brown now)... But in what I thought was a nice touch, the mic stand was! Despite our best efforts, our photos didn't come out very well.

Col's brother Mark and his wife Zvia have arrived in Dublin this week. Mark is (of course) from Ireland. Zvia is from Israel. They both now live in Australia. They are staying with Col's parents while they are visiting over the Christmas season. We snuck up to see them on the day they arrived thinking it would be a nice surprise. Unfortunately, it was too much of a surprise. Bushed, the two of them had gone to bed. We stayed and had a visit with Col's parents and resolved to return again. Last night we managed to visit when they were still awake and I finally had a chance to meet the last of the her siblings. The two of them were still rather tired, but at least we had a chance to touch base. We (Mark and Zvia, myself, Col and her parents) are all going to try and meet up tonight to watch The March of the Penguins. It should an interesting process as Thursdays are the traditional 'Late Shopping' night wherein the shops stay open later than 5 or 6 o'clock, and it is the last Thursday before Christmas. Anyways, we shall see how it goes. :)