I thought the marketing strategy was misplaced.
The message might be a bit of fun in a sports bar, a nightclub or the like. But this was in a Country House.
Maybe I just need to chill out.
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I must be getting old in my outlook.
I thought the marketing strategy was misplaced. The message might be a bit of fun in a sports bar, a nightclub or the like. But this was in a Country House. Maybe I just need to chill out.
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When Micko forwarded this photo to me, I was reminded of the difference between ‘Irish Smoked Salmon’ and ‘Smoked Irish Salmon’.
Using the same logic, it would appear that Supervalu in Merchant’s Quay are trying their best to promote food poisoning………
On Kyle Street earlier this week, I noted an interactive street art installation. Unlike the similar piece at Ewe Experience, there does appear to be Bibi Baskin-type wishes. Wanting to know why; kissing in the rain; and, fulfilling dreams would be among the ones that I appreciate most – but beauty is in eye of beholder. There I was, sitting on a high stool in The Corner House enjoying a pint.
The sign brought me back to my recent blog on That’s It – and I smiled at whether the Assembly Point was set for those successful or otherwise in escaping the fire; or both. It is not often that a sign advising of the opening times will add or detract from the attractiveness of the place. But the Buttercup Café on Dominick St is definitely one. The inclusion of those final few works really hit home with this reader as the correct attitude for a café – definitely my type of attitude. The fact that it was open later on the Sunday that I took the photograph just proves that exceptions do exist. I would frequent Sin É on Coburg St on occasion. I would regularly pass the building. It is true that we take the commonplace for granted. We do not actually take everything in. It was only when reading a copy of The Archive magazine that it was brought to my attention, the appropriateness of location – the finality of the name of the pub together with the business activity conducted in the adjacent premises. If the objective of a sign attached to a commercial premises is to strike a chord with the passer-by and to etch the name of the premises on one’s consciousness – even for a limited time – then Pat Mac’s in Castletownroche definitely achieved that objective with this passer-by yesterday. If the objective is to encourage said passer-by to purchase within, then the opening (or more particularly closing) times conspired against any limited chance of success. Regardless, it did bring a smile.
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