Unpacking after Dublin, or The Most Boring Travel Capsule Wardrobe Possible

July 29, 2026 I’m actually back from Ireland since Friday, but it takes a while to get caught up! I debated about even sharing this wardrobe with you, because it’s just not that fascinating or creative. But I get tired of coordinating outfits and accessories and all that stuff, so I gave myself a brain break and packed a fool-proof assortment… But first, I highly recommend our wonderful hotel: Stauntons on the Green Interestingly, the hotel belongs to someone who ALSO owns one of the coolest little museums in Chicago – the Driehaus Museum! The location of our hotel couldn’t have been better: In the summer, a measurable portion of the Dublin population is sitting on the grass or the benches in St. Stephen’s Green. It’s a lovely place, full of enormous trees, swampy ponds full of birds, and a coterie of attack seagulls who routine punish the tourists who innocently feed them… Dublin’s not the most picturesque city in Europe, by a mile, but there are hidden gems everywhere: The one place…