A guide to what's hot and what's not
What's hot
Market Bar, Fade Street, Dublin 2 Great bar food served until 10.30pm.
Hawaii This year's summer destination for moneyed college boys.
Pavlova Old-fashioned, maybe, but a fine way to dish up a feast of summer fruits.
Leonard Cohen fest Book now to see Lou Reed, Nick Cave, Jarvis Cocker, Laurie Anderson . . . maybe U2, certainly Gavin Friday, on October 4th at The Point.
Beer gardens We like the roof terrace at Solas in Camden Street, in the heart of Dublin's muso country.
Dublin Bay traffic We don't mind waiting for the bridge to go up and down if we can watch the Jeanie Johnston, or a fancy yacht sailing up the Liffey.
Cosmos The flowers not the drinks. On show from now till October and sure to bring cheer to a border or container.
What's cold
No-wind regattas The Round Ireland was becalmed and Cork Week, too. Won't stop the grand finale in Crosshaven today, though.
Working while others holiday Why can't we be like the French and just pack it in for all of July and August.
Sunscreen confusion Can it be true that you need to apply a golf-ball sized glob every two hours?
Speed-spoken voicemails The messages you have to listen to five times just to write down a phone number. Slow down, people.