A scene of the hustle and bustle in one of the cross streets of Grafton Street

The Westbury Hotel in the Grafton area of Dublin

Ted Baker on Grafton Street. I love British fashion and I think Ted Baker does a good job promoting it. I just never realized how big its presence was in Ireland and the UK. In London alone, it had several branches.

For lunch one day, Marc and I ate in the Mark and Spencers deli on Grafton Street.

I remember having pulled pork in a bun.

The area around St. Stephen's Green in Dublin looked very hip and upscale. A lot of developments definitely took place here and beautiful hotels like this one now dot the area.

This New Orleanesque building was located along one side of St. Stephen's Green.

A view of Grafton Street right across St. Stephen's Green. I took a picture from the exact same spot 17 years ago .