The first one in Bar No 8 in Galway had the theme Show and Tell, with people contributing info about their passions and what they were working on.

We talked about sustainable energy, poetry and iphone app ideas.

We discussed architectural designs with a photograph and explanation of a tricky design to increase the space in the top of an A frame house without compromising on the aesthetics.

Laoise Ní Chomhraí talked about her passion for creating content about travelling for 8-12 years olds that she never had access to as a child and showed us her children's travel books in Irish.

Finally, saving the best until last, I spoke about the blog post I wrote on Helmut Newton, and brought along a soft porn mag to discuss erotic photography!

It was great to have such diverse fields of interest to trigger cool topics of conversation, and everyone got to learn a little about something new, and learn more about each other.

Last month, in Nimmos, in Galway, the theme Show and Tell still stuck, but it was more relaxed, in the form of photos, and ideas that people wanted to share, and we just about had time to squeeze in everyone's contribution.

We had a description of the Angels: Beacon of Hope Exhibition and the reasons behind it, a reading from her new book, "Tea and Turps" by Lynda Cookson; and a discussion on food inspired by the TED talk given by Jamie Oliver.

I brought up the challenges of worrying about reputation with a photograph of public toilets; and Adrian spoke about the lizard brain vs the little girl as he was in the middle of Seth Godin's book, Linchpin.

We discussed the teaching system in the UK compared to that in Ireland; there was an announcement of a potential movie and cocktail making club starting, a discussion on whether it is possible, practical or desirable to live according to the statement "sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me"; and so much more it was mind-blowing.