What's going up and what's going down this week
GOING UP
La MaisonTruly good value for seriously good food, house wines and service. Chat over a simple artichoke. Sit outdoors and watch the circus in Dublin's Castle Market.
Oasis at SlaneUnless you're a Blur fan, in which case you'll diss Slane and head to Oxegen.
PoorgeoisieOne word that says so much.
Forty shades of greyTrend predictor Li Edelkoort says the colour and "the grey mentality" will be "the renewal of our planet". We're not sure if we should laugh or cry.
Berries with everythingIncluding tennis, soon (though Rafael Nadal may miss Wimbledon this year, alas).
GOING DOWN
May pay checkWell, that didn't last very long, did it? (For those of us lucky to have one, that is.)
Anti-Irish rugby reportersCovering the Lions tour for British papers and not giving our boys the light of day. You know who you are.
HayfeverElderflowers in bloom herald the head-aching height of the season.
Domestic recyclingAmazing how fast it gets out of hand, unless you have a fancy kitchen with built-in bins. And man, is your compost heap as squiffy as ours at the moment?
Canvas deckchairsRisky to get into, tricky to get out of ...