Author: Adam Bockler

Adam Bockler is a B2B marketing professional, a black belt martial arts instructor, DDP Yoga instructor, and a personal trainer.

Kilmainham

5/30/10 More than anything else in Dublin, I think I was looking forward to the Kilmainham Gaol tour the most.  I honestly can’t explain why.  What part of an 18th-century jail where most of the Irish Rebellion’s leaders were executed sounds appealing?  Oh wait – all of them! As our tour guide Dónal told us,… Continue reading Kilmainham

Penneys? Is that like J.C. Penney?

5/29/10 I knew I would succumb to the pressure. Any member of the Gabby-Melanie-Carolyn trio would ask me throughout the last couple of days, “Do you wanna go shopping with us today?” “No” had been my typical answer, but today I agreed.  I don’t know what changed today.  Maybe I didn’t want to go back… Continue reading Penneys? Is that like J.C. Penney?

The Ballsbridge Inn is a “fuckin’ shithole”

5/29/10 “This hotel’s a fuckin’ shithole,” according to the checker at the D4Store. It’s Saturday night, and a bunch of little girls are dressed up like hoochie mamas.  This is the second weekend in a row where the hotel is full of little girl dancers.  A lot of people in my class wrote about this… Continue reading The Ballsbridge Inn is a “fuckin’ shithole”