What are the market and shops there like? They are nice, but it's not France. You can't go get a wonderful baguette and a homemade garlic salami, for example. But you'll find the food in this area of Ireland is simple. In Dublin, I think you can eat absolutely spectacular food. There's a nice shop in Donegal Town called Magee Clothing. It's a department store, which has old tweed, which is great. Studio Donegal is a really great store for wool, knitted stuff, and tweed. You can get absolutely beautiful jackets, sweaters, blankets, socks - all handmade and really, really beautiful colors. The stuff sells in fancy stores in New York, like Paul Stuart. But it comes from this tiny little factory in the town of Kilcar called Studio Donegal. That's an absolutely wonderful little shop. I would recommend it.

How did you first tell your wife about this little place in the wilds of Ireland? I think I had a picture and said, "My family has a house there. We should go there sometime." She was curious. I took her there when my mom was alive, and we all stayed at my mom's house. Luckily for me, Sarah just immediately took to Ireland. I basically just took her to those places I told you about. I think the first time we went there, we weren't married yet.

So, the first time you took Sarah there, you flew into Dublin from New York, right? Then what did you do? Then we had this four-hour trip. We would rent a car, but now I own a car there. You can rent a car and just drive up the coast from Dublin - well, you kind of cross the country. Or, what I usually do is hire a local driver from the town where we go, and he comes and picks us up. I don't know the name of the highway. You follow signs to Donegal, basically. You can't miss it. You arrive there pretty exhausted, usually, because you've left at night and now the sun is coming up in Ireland. The best thing I would recommend for someone going to Ireland from New York would be to at least spend a few nights in Dublin or wherever you land before venturing out.