Author: Padraig Mara
Black Flag and the Art of Meditation
by Padraig Mara
Meditation, basically, is the act of ordering your conscious mind to shut the fuck up. It drops the mental engine…
THE FACE OF ICELANDIC FOOD:
by Valur Gunnarsson, Angela Stokes and Padraig Mara
By Valur Gunnarsson An American book from 1965 called The Art of Scandinavian Cooking (a contradiction in terms, you may be…
The Struggle for New Iceland
by Sigtryggur Baldursson, Padraig Mara and Valur Gunnarsson
by Valur Gunnarsson TAKE 1: The Vikings Relations between North Americans and Icelanders did not get off to an auspicious…
ENTER DA KITCHEN
by Padraig Mara
I worked first at a dinner theatre that during any given week would serve up to 2,000 customers. The kitchen…
Sigtrykkur Baldursson
by Padraig Mara
Rokk í Reykjavík band: Þeyr Best known for: Bringing Icelandic punk to the world Þeyrs´ music was frenetic and dramatic…
SPEEDING IN THE CAR WASH
by Padraig Mara
I was hired on the spot by the twin brothers who ran the place. Brothers One and Two explained the…
SISTER RUTH SEARCHES FOR POVERTY
by Padraig Mara
I first spoke with Sister Ruth over the phone one Friday. I explained that I wrote for a local newspaper…
Paddy´s Top Five Burger Joints
by Padraig Mara
Hard Rock Cafe Kringlan Mall Originally I had intended on skipping the larger chains like Hard Rock. However, during my…
IT WAS TIME TO GET A JOB
by Padraig Mara
The Union On a beautiful Monday morning I was ushered into the office of Lára, the grandmotherly Efling representative whose…