We're still here

Me and Aaron are always trying to figure out the best ways to spend our time...well not our time really, but our energy. It feels like you're only allotted a certain amount of creative energy each day, and the trick is figuring out when and how that energy works best for you. Example...if we want to do a new painting and we want to organize the studio as well, Aaron will insist that we do the painting first because we'll be able to put our purest, cleanest, brightest energy into it. And then way later, after a long and challenging creative day we can organize the studio without the pressure of the new painting looming over us. Because when you're an artist, your next painting is the most important painting in your life. So every other task on that given day should come second. It seems simple, and you'd think after 20 years of being a working artist you'd have it all figured out...but nope. You're constantly re-writing and reinforcing your "rules".

Which leads me to this...this blog post that I'm writing after a million months of not blogging. This blog is something I really want to do...something that both me and Aaron really want to do. But we get lost in the countless other daily tasks and the blog gets tossed on the remainder pile. And I really wish that it didn't. Because it should be a priority. It's one more extension of our creative selves that we feel is pretty vital. 

So we're really trying to get a handle on the good things lately. Like taking time to go into the city, or go to an eatery we've been dying to go to, or just to walk up to the beach after we ship out that day's stack of packages. The beach is like a couple blocks away, and regardless of the current cold temps, it's the perfect place to hit the reset button and focus on a huge expanse of sky and sea and sand, rather than the screen of a handheld device.

We're not on the ocean, we're on the bayshore. So on calm days there's barely a ripple on the surface of the water and it's as close to silent as a beach can be.

Giant hunks of stuff like this are always washing up on the shore, and you wonder when and how this massive block of wood and metal broke off of whatever it was attached to. (note: when I was typing the previous sentence I said "hey Aar, if I'm talking about stuff washing up on the beach, what word can I use in place of "stuff"? And the bookworm instantly answered "detritus". To which I answered "well, I guess I'm sticking with "stuff."' haha!)

Ok...so we're constantly referencing whatever show we're currently obsessed with. Our fave show right now is Taboo on FX. Sooooo good! It's got Tom Hardy being his usual odd self...stalking around with fierce purpose, brooding, and half the time he's grunting instead of talking. Anyway, the show takes place in the early 1800s when the East India Trading Company pretty much ruled the world. So when we saw this giant slab we of course were like "hey, this thing could've broke off some East India Trading barge like 200 years ago."

Yeah, we're dorks...I never said we weren't. 

We always walk down to this giant storm drainage pipe because...well because it's there. No other reason really. haha! 

ps. giant platform boots aren't meant for rock climbing.

I love the contrast of the bright orange rusted rocks against the wintery blue monochrome beachscape.
Also, it's kinda hard to see in these pics, but directly across the bay is NYC. At night you can see it more distinctly...to the left is Staten Island, in the middle is Manahattan, and on the right you can clearly see the colorful blinking lights of Coney Island.
Our drive to NY takes a little under an hour.

When the tide is high these rocks are almost completely submerged.

I know our beach isn't the most exciting place in the world, but I don't know what we'd do without it. There have been so many heavy times, stressful times, and also perfectly pleasant times, when just a little walk up on the beach was exactly what we needed that day. 

Anyway, to get back to what I was saying about creative energy at the beginning of this post...I'm really gonna try to make this blog one of our priorities. Also we're gonna share lots more food and recipes. We actually just started a second Instagram account that will be dedicated to cooking, eating, health & exercise, etc... This will also give us an excuse to get out more and visit all the vegan food spots we've stalking.

Hopefully we'll have so much more personal interaction with you guys in the coming months. That was sort've our only New Year's resolution...just to get out there more, be more present, and don't let weeks slip by unnoticed. We're going to try to put the good things at the top of the list each day. 

xo Jenny & Aaron 

Executive chauffeur hire in west and south west of Ireland with Dave Hogan

What a beautiful, and colorful scene.
 2017 is begining to look like a bumper year for my chauffeurdrive business, and my calendar is filling up rapidly, so if you are interested in talking to me, you should not delay. My main business comes through past customers, and that is always a good sign. I have no problem standing over that claim, as i can refer you directly to these past customers who will tell you all about me and my service. There are not many companies who can do that for you.

I cannot promise that i will find a cow  standing on top of a stone wall like this lady, I managed to get this photo one day, as that is the wall at the end of my own garden in Kinvara. She was really enjoying a feed of Ivy, something they go crazy for. 

 The Dingle Peninsula is one of the areas i always like to include in my tours of the west and south west. The roads here are quiet a challenge, so maybe you might like to relax a little and leave the driving to someone like me. I think you just might be a lot more relaxed as you enjoy these breathtaking views.

On roads like these, there is little time to take in the view, if you are driving.

Everything about how i operate is easy. I do the planning, i book top class accommodation, i can advise on the best places to eat, the best pubs where you get the best entertainment, and i will tell you about the country i grew up in, and love so dearly, and of course, people say i am the best also. Ask them yourself.
I like nothing better than happy people touring with me, and when you book my service, you get me, not any driver pulled out of the hat.

If you are interested, please do not delay. I hate to have to disappoint anybody.

Seeking chauffeurdriven tour in Ireland.

 A old Norman tower on the edge of the Atlantic, overlooking the Aran Islands.
My business is mainly based on clients from the USA, and indeed has been since i set up Dovechauffeurdrive many years ago. My love for Ireland, its great but tragic history, our wonderful traditional music, Just another beautiful and our love of story-telling, singing, and dancing, have great appeal to our many visitors. We are a people who love to have fun, to laugh and to ignore the worries of tomorrow, but yet survive whatever they may be. There is a friendliness about our people that is contagious and i find that this is something that my customers fall in love with.
Ireland is a place that most descendants of this green isle just have to visit at least once in their lives. For many years now it has been like that, and it is a dream that has become a reality for many many people.
It has always been a great place to visit, but maybe never better value than right now. The strength of the Dollar versus the Euro is inspiring many Americans to make the move and grab the chance to make their dream come true.

The famous Castle and grand Cathedral known as the Rock of Cashel in county Tipperary. 

There is tremendous value to be had here right now. Once you have your accommodation covered, which you have when you tour with me, you can get by on very little during the day. You do not have to be eating in expensive restaurants, as the pub grub here is as good as you will get anywhere and if anything, the portions are just too big. You can have a full lunch of a roast, plus your veg and potato for around 10 Euro, and you will not need another big meal for the rest of that day. The breakfast you will have had will ensure that you have had more than enough and maybe something very light in the evening, if you are able for anything, will suffice.

A prize winning photos i snatched of this Leprechaun hiding in a bush on the Ring of Kerry.

My favourite oyster and seafood restaurant in the whole world, Moran's of the Weir, near Galway city.

Just one of the many places you can visit with me. My own very special territory is all along the Western seaboard, from Cork and Kinsale, through Kerry and the Ring, the Dingle peninsula and the Gap of Dunloe, the Cliffs of Moher and the Aran Islands, to Connemara and on.

What are you waiting for, just send me a message, and i will give you a call.