More photos from the RedFM Christmas Party!

Me and Viv playing with our weapons of mass destruction!
And below a few gamblers in our midst...




Stevie and his molls!

The lovely girls! Our Patrollers leave the uniforms at home for the night..

The ladies in Red.... Chris De Burgh would love them!

Richie is rather popular with the ladies....


Onoir practices her gymnastics, with a little help from Barbara-Ann.

"Stop touching my bum!", says Dave....

Bond Girls unleashed!

KC seeks a promotion and thinks strangling boss-man Colm is a good plan!


And more festive smiles from the RedFM team.....

Ho Ho Ho! RedFM Christmas Party.

As you might have seen on some of the other DJ s blogs by now - last Friday was our RedFM Christmas party and it was such a great laugh. We gathered first in The Woodford where we were given our new identities - characters from James Bond Films basically (it was the theme of the night). I was Stacey Sutton! We were also armed with guns (fake of course) and other stuff worthy of a Bond character.
Then we dispatched to The Fota Sheraton Hotel where the rest of the evening unfolded. We had a lovely meal (thanks Jim for the extra starter and thanks Viv for the extra dessert - yes, I was hungry!). Beside us was a screen with Bond images and captions pertaining to us - hilarious! After the starter there was a Bond quiz, while later we all moved to an adjoining room which had been transformed into a casino. Just as well that it wasn't real money we were playing with as I wasn't particularly good at gambling! It was a great laugh all the same. And finally, although it has nothing to do with James Bond, we had karaoke!
No major scandal from the night... everyone was well behaved, it seems! Below are some pics , with more to follow soon....
Doing my best Bond girl impression...

Viv, Paul and Fiona go mad with the glitter!

Victor and Caroline singing their hearts out in Karaoke...

Laura looking angellic in white...

Fiona and I compare almost idential dresses....

Tanya tries a bit of flamenco dancing....

...while Nuala also has a twirl...

Eimear and I muscle in on the projected images...

Sports team - Erica, Colm and Andrew....

Eimear cosies up to Kevin....

Hotel Crawl!


Here I am, glass in hand again! Well, you've heard of a pub crawl... I went one step better this past week and embarked on a hotel crawl! Last Tuesday saw the launch of the Cork Luxury Hotel Group - and for the occasion a number of guests were invited three hotels for parties in each... a kind of a whistle-stop tour. We were brought to and fro on a luxury coach to The Ambassador in St. Luke's, The WatersEdge Hotel in Cobh and Oriel House Hotel in Ballincollig. At each venue we were treated to delicious finger food and a selection of drinks, plus there was entertainment in each place too. It was such a lovely idea and Santa was even enlisted for the bus journey. There I am snuggling up to him, below... He even brought a pressie for each of us. When we arrived back to the bus at one point there was a gift waiting on every seat! Well, I have been a good girl all year.....

The spread at The Waterfront Hotel was quite spectacular, especially if you eat fish - which I don't. I was a little alarmed to see that one lobster was alive and kicking in the middle of the elaborate display!
..And below is a little boy called Brian who accompanied us on the trip. He was entranced by Santa and was delighted with his pressie.

Tis the Season for Pampering!

All this week on 'The Red Zone' we're giving away half day packages for AquaSpa Douglas and Bishopstown. This follows on from other treats from the spa that we had to give away last week on the show. And what better time of year for it, with all the stresses and strains leading up to Christmas... well you know, all that shopping, queueing in shops, traffic jams, parking chaos... and maybe you're baking cakes and getting bogged down in Christmas decorations too.... Oh help! Well help is at hand... The half day package includes Balneotherapy, refresher facials, body treatment and lunch. Listen during the week for questions and text to win!

Well I had to do a little bit of research (ahem) so in the past few weeks I have visited both of the AquaSpa locations in Cork - first the newly opened premises on Model Farm Road, next to McCarthy's Bar and Bistro. I was treated to a back and shoulder massage and had my nails filed and painted as well. It was nice to chill out in the relaxation room too - listening to music and sipping juice in my fluffy white robe.
At the Douglas branch I had a skin consultation under uv light - pretty scary to see actually. I discovered I had lots of pigmentation - like multiple freckles really. Although I'm not a crazy sun worshiper, I guess my skin protection policy needs to be stepped up. Happily, the beauty therapist saw little signs of ageing... and even thought that I must be a regular exfoliator or facial fan... not the case. So I must be doing something right! It was all very interesting anyway.

Jodavino live at The Everman Palace Theatre.

Jodavino played live at The Everyman on Sunday, November 26th - to a great response from fans. The gig, in association with Cork's RedFM, was the band's last of the year - and The Everyman was a great venue in which to celebrate a great year for them - a year that saw them release their debut album 'Deep End' and get a much sought after support slot with Roxy Music Live at the Marquee during the summer. Onwards and upwards for 2007... we can expect a new single around February...
Below are some of the pics from the gig....

My trip to Madrid... in colour...


It's just a memory already... sob... but here are some pics from my recent visit to Madrid. To get a feel for the city, I took the open-top bus tour (above)... and was pleasantly surprised to see lots of great architecture. I guess none of their buildings are well known in the way the Eiffel Tower is in Paris, the Pantheon in Rome, Big Ben in London for example... so I hadn't much idea of what to expect prior to going.

After a night on the tiles, breakfast was beside the tiles!!! You see ornate tiles a lot in Madrid actually... but I digress... check out the size of the breakfast above (ok, maybe technically it was lunch - it was a tad late in the day when I surfaced.) It was truly a cholesterol feast... if anything is going to block your arteries, this is it! There must have been six or seven fried eggs in there on top of a pile of chips, seemingly served in the pan it was cooked in. When the menu indicated potato and egg, I was innocently expecting some kind of potato omlette... I was so wrong! Still, in a funny way, it really hit the spot as comfort food, which was very neccessary at that point!

I saw the first glimpse of Christmas in Madrid really before I saw it here. That's me above in front of the rather unusual Christmas Tree in Playa Mayor.

On the way back from an afternoon at the Museo Del Prado, stopped by this beautiful fountain for a photo opportunity! The Musee Prado featured lots of the old masters like Goya, Bosch and El Greco. From there I went to the Centro de Arte Reina Sofia which houses modern art... and I was particularly happy to see one of my favourites 'Guernica' by Picasso (pictured below). Seeing it in the flesh, it didn't disappoint... really big and dramatic.



..... And that's me meeting the locals... well, I had to practice my Spanish, didn't I? This was in a bar in which I attempted some Spanish dancing. I was having a laugh... but the Spaniards take it all very seriously and if you dance 'incorrectly' you're told about it!

Damn paparrazzi, they follow me everywhere!!!!Getting some.. ahem.. dancing lessons from the rather dishy Alvaro.

Kearys Mini Launch with special apperance from The Thrills.

Last Friday 500 guests, including me and fellow RedFM DJ, Philip Bourke (pictured below), were treated to an exclusive performance from The Thrills to launch the new Mini Cooper and Mini Cooper S, as well as the official launch of the Kearys MINI showroom at the Kinsale Road Roundabout.
Philip was spinning the tunes before and after the band came onstage while the rest of us were quaffing cocktails sponsored by Suas bar and sampling delicious nibbles courtesy of Wagamama. We all had such a great time we thought they should open it as a venue every weekend! Check out my Thrills photos onstage below....