What's going up and what's going down ths week
GOING UP
'Julie Julia'Meryl Streep as American cookery writer Julia Child. We can't wait.
All things maritimeTallships coming to Dublin Docklands this weekend (and a huge outdoor market). Racing ships pulling into Galway. Wet wet wet.
DM StithWriter, musician, illustrator. 'Kind of a geek, bit of a genius'. Plays Crawdaddy tonight.
National drawing day(Today) Check participating galleries in your area at nationalgallery.ie.
LunchCheaper than dinner, and less tiring. If you're the host you have the place cleaned up by 7.30pm, if you're the guest, the hangover is finished by midnight.
EdinburghLeinster fans dare to hope.
Sarah Marcus's blog for the Daily Telegraphhttp://blogs. telegraph.co.uk/sarah marcus
GOING DOWN
Nintendoreports an operating profit of $5.64 billion Unhappy parents who stumped up for one of the 31 million Nintendo DSs or one of the 26m Wiis sold in the past 12 months, now watch them gather dust under the stairs.
Bread-making machines.The adult Nintendo (although a lot cheaper) now mouldering at the back of millions of kitchen cupboards.
The coldest May since. . . the last one.
Bowls of cerealOften more calories than a mountain of of chocolate ice cream with syrup. Kids beware.