A guide to what's hot and what's not.
What's hot
Springsteen in DublinThe Boss in Baile Átha Cliath. The CD and DVD live up to the hype.
Stand-up paddle surfingCross between surfing and kayaking, using a paddle and a four-metre board.
New Creed summer scent Virgin Island Water, with lime, white bergamot and mandarin, beguiles men and women.
Crab creme bruleePaul Flynn's stellar starter at Balzac on Dawson Street, D2.
Istanbul for a long weekendFantastic food, markets and culture straddling two continents. Surprise your dearest one.
What's cold
Cold War revisitedVladimir and Dubya: it doesn't get much chillier.
AnniversariesElvis died 30 years ago, Star Wars came out 30 years ago, Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was released 40 years ago. Let's hear it for 2007.
WashoutsWe hope the organisers of Bloom and the Docklands Maritime Festival will be back next year - and hope for better weather.
Slugs and greenflyBad enough in the garden. Appalling in a salad of not-properly-washed radicchio.
Exam rulesTime to let students ditch their winter uniforms for their summer tests.