American Magazines in Ireland?

yoEllie

I wasn't really sure where to post this, but anyway.

I'll be visiting some people in the Dublin area soon and I wanted to bring American gifts (I'm from California) for them to enjoy. I already have some foodie ideas (Twinkies, Mexican hot chocolate, Peeps, homemade tasties) but I wanted to bring something that wasn't food related as well... So I thought maybe American magazines?

Can anyone tell me what magazines you do/don't have in Ireland? I was brainstorming:
-Vogue (I'm assuming the US has a different edition?)
-Vanity Fair
-Real Simple
-Esquire
-Time
-People
-Sport's Illustrated
-???

Are these magazines readily available in Ireland? And can you think of any others that aren't?

Thanks muchos!

Helix

pretty much everything would be available in easons to be honest

Hank_Jones

Bring porn magazines, Irish people love porn.

krudler

yoEllie wrote: »

I wasn't really sure where to post this, but anyway.

I'll be visiting some people in the Dublin area soon and I wanted to bring American gifts (I'm from California) for them to enjoy. I already have some foodie ideas (Twinkies, Mexican hot chocolate, Peeps, homemade tasties) but I wanted to bring something that wasn't food related as well... So I thought maybe American magazines?

Can anyone tell me what magazines you do/don't have in Ireland? I was brainstorming:
-Vogue (I'm assuming the US has a different edition?)
-Vanity Fair
-Real Simple
-Esquire
-Time
-People
-Sport's Illustrated
-???

Are these magazines readily available in Ireland? And can you think of any others that aren't?

Thanks muchos!

yes to be honest, we get most of the US magazines over here. moar foodstuffs though, bring Lucky Charms, you'd think they were easily available here, but no

yoEllie

They're your everyday magazines at the store? Balls I'm something of a food crazed maniac to be honest, but I'd rather not be seen that way, at least not right at the outset! I wonder what else I could bring...

krudler

we get US newspapers too, USA Today is easily gotten, maybe a local paper from where you're from? or something associated with the area, wherever that is?

Azureus

Yeah, easons does all the international magazines and papers so they're really easy to get. Most of the magazines you listed would be available in regular newsagents-Irelands not Americanized at all :P
Fallon&Byrne in Dublin do a lot of American foodstuffs aswell but bring lots of Twinkies! Ive always wanted to try a Twinkie!! (Not that you bringing them will benefit me, but I cant imagine Im the only one whose never had em but always heard about them on tv).

Orando Broom

krudler wrote: »

we get US newspapers too, USA Today is easily gotten, maybe a local paper from where you're from? or something associated with the area, wherever that is?

The Sacramento BEEEEEEEE!!!!!

Things you can get in Dublin:

PBR
Blue Moon



Things you can not get:

Ghirardelli chocolate chips
Mrs. Dash

Mr Benevolent

yoEllie wrote: »

They're your everyday magazines at the store? Balls I'm something of a food crazed maniac to be honest, but I'd rather not be seen that way, at least not right at the outset! I wonder what else I could bring...

There's not much difference between Ireland and the US. The food is a slightly higher quality and we tend to kill each other slightly less. That's about it. We don't live in thatched cottages watching traditional folk dancing on the TV while our mammy boils potato skins for a meager dinner. Vanity Fair is not going to impress us.

Orando Broom

Confab wrote: »

There's not much difference between Ireland and the US. The food is a slightly higher quality and we tend to kill each other slightly less. That's about it. We don't live in thatched cottages watching traditional folk dancing on the TV while our mammy boils potato skins for a meager dinner. Vanity Fair is not going to impress us.

Vanity Fair is for, like; rilly stoopid Cünts.

SisterAnn

I think all those magazines are available but only in EU or UK versions. That said, I don't think the difference between versions is enough to warrant you bringing them all the way with you. Unless your friends have a particular interest in pharma adverts or something.

Victor_M

Bring a suitcase full of vacuum packed In 'n Out double double (animal style) hamburgers! Your mates will be eternally grateful!

Shhh

Yes agreed Twinkies!

Bring Hot Tamales and Mike & Ikes - more Mike & Ikes than Hot Tamales
Bring some Ice wine (ok I know its not cheap but it is YUM)

Do not bring horrible Hersheys..

goose2005

bring a gun, hard to get guns in Ireland.

Orando Broom

Victor_M wrote: »

Bring a suitcase full of vacuum packed In 'n Out double double (animal style) hamburgers! Your mates will be eternally grateful!

Oh sweet Jesus, yes!!!

pickarooney

Bring the best quality beef jerky you can find. AFAIK that stuff is still really hard to get in Ireland and won't ruin you in terms of weight/volume.

SisterAnn

True on the jerky Pickarooney, but OP runs the danger of hearing "Oh you came all the way from the USA and brought me a fancy pack of taytos (potato chips)? Gee thanks." unless the recipient is already a jerky afficionado.

pickarooney

Until they taste it

Yahew

Bring some San Francisco Sour Dough. Start and sour dough factory. Eliminate bland Irish white bread.

emeraldstar

Bring Ben & Jerry's. Europe gets feck-all flavours.

RonMexico

Bring a jar of Smuckers Goober Jelly. The name alone will provide hours of entertainment.

ejmaztec

Uncle Dad Weekly is available in all newsagents in Kerry.

Leftist

yoEllie wrote: »

-Vogue (I'm assuming the US has a different edition?)
-Vanity Fair
-Real Simple
-Esquire
-Time
-People
-Sport's Illustrated
-???

Imagine getting those as gifts. Not just magazines, but American magazines. It's like being on a hollywood movie set.

smash

yoEllie wrote: »

I'll be visiting some people in the Dublin area soon and I wanted to bring American gifts (I'm from California) for them to enjoy.

How about some American coke... whatever Linsday Lohan is on, I want it!

ejmaztec

Leftist wrote: »

Imagine getting those as gifts. Not just magazines, but American magazines. It's like being on a hollywood movie set.

They're probably all manufactured in China.

Darkginger

If weight's not an issue, bring drink mixes - the pre-mixed Bloody Mary (vodka not included) etc. bottles. Can't get them here at all (unless someone knows otherwise, and if so, where?). Liquid smoke is something else it's hard to find. If your friends are into cooking, filé powder and sumac are really difficult to source here, also chipotle, ancho, and other dried chillies, Old Bay seasoning (from Penzey's), and - for the fun of it all, an off-the-shelf enema kit, which we certainly don't see much here, but seemed to be everywhere in CA when I was there

Leftist

Seriously though can you not get them something else? magazines are an awful gift. But the fact that you will patronise them with American magazines is actually an insult.

uncle_sam_ie

Bring some margarita mix.

yoEllie

Simmer down, no need to be mean now. I'm used to sending gifts to Japan, they're happy with just about anything. So basically I just need to bring food is what y'all are telling me. Easy enough!

For Forks Sake

yoEllie wrote: »

They're your everyday magazines at the store? Balls I'm something of a food crazed maniac to be honest, but I'd rather not be seen that way, at least not right at the outset! I wonder what else I could bring...

Guns. And Mexicans.

Yahew

Leftist wrote: »

Seriously though can you not get them something else? magazines are an awful gift. But the fact that you will patronise them with American magazines is actually an insult.

You rarely contribute much to any thread you post in, and this post was no different.

44leto

But all those magazines are available in America

Get them an An Phoblacht its the Irish version of the daily planet and The Word, that one is good for a laugh.

Turtyturd

Bring Milk Duds, Fun Yuns and Salt and Vineger Lay's....and a Native American if there are any of them around, that will impress them.

Herb Powell

yoEllie wrote: »

They're your everyday magazines at the store? Balls I'm something of a food crazed maniac to be honest, but I'd rather not be seen that way, at least not right at the outset! I wonder what else I could bring...

Well, as an American, you're in bad luck

yoEllie

pickarooney wrote: »

Bring the best quality beef jerky you can find. AFAIK that stuff is still really hard to get in Ireland and won't ruin you in terms of weight/volume.

Poor Ireland! Legit beef jerky is like a regular fixture here. Ma n Pa type gas stations make their own and sell it. Isn't Ireland supposed to have nice beef or something? whatsupwiththat.

HerbPowell wrote:

Well, as an American, you're in bad luck

Barring any prejudices. Even Americans think I'm obsessive when it comes to food.

What about s'mores? Are they normal over there? I'm already bringing homemade marshmallows and chocolate, so...

scrimshanker

Don't bring meat products - you're not allowed to bring them into the country. Seriously - no meat products!

US magazines are ok if they're into magazines, we have all the main magazines over here but it'd be the UK edition of things like Elle, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Marie Claire etc.

S'mores. Ick. Personally I find the combination oversweet and a little nauseous, as did many other non-americans who tried them with me! Do be aware that food outside the USA is less laced with refined sugar, so tastes are not as sweet. Doesn't mean we don't like our treats, but nothing beats a nice digestive biscuit dipped into tea.

I'm trying to think of what stuff I like from the USA that you can't get over here. Kraft mac-n-cheese is lovely, can get it here but at a fairly big cost. Are they into paper crafts? I've found things like wrapping boxes and tissue paper are much better (CHEAPER) in the USA than here.

I'll post back if I think of anything

Eve_Dublin

OP I'll be honest, American confectionary is generally inferior to what you can find in Ireland and Europe in general. It's too sweet for our palette.

ProudDUB

yoEllie wrote: »

Can anyone tell me what magazines you do/don't have in Ireland? I was brainstorming:
-Vogue (I'm assuming the US has a different edition?)
-Vanity Fair
-Real Simple
-Esquire
-Time
-People
-Sport's Illustrated
-???

All of these magazines are available in any decent sized Dublin bookshop, not just Easons. Time is available pretty much everywhere. Vanity Fair and Vogue do have US and UK versions. Both are readily available here. The US version just costs more coz it is imported. When I lived in the US, I would bring back a few back issues of Sports Illustrated for my brother, as he couldn't be bothered going out and getting it himself.

The Irish in general are not all that into US college sports, the NFL, NBA etc etc compared to our own soccer, rugby, GAA. If there is a big fan of US sports amongst the people you are visiting, SI might be a nice thing to bring with you. However, to bring an entire selection of US magazines may be perceived as being a tad, I dunno...patronizing? It might give people the impression that you think that the Irish are rather backward when it comes to having an interest in media that is not exclusively their own.

Saila

forget magazines CARS we want CARS dont you guys know we are still going around on horse and carts here :mad:

citizen_p

yoEllie wrote: »

Poor Ireland! Legit beef jerky is like a regular fixture here. Ma n Pa type gas stations make their own and sell it. Isn't Ireland supposed to have nice beef or something? whatsupwiththat.

We do, hence we eat it fast and dont feel the need to shrink it down and change the flavour alot...

Jerky is nice tough :pac: , bring loads!

ronano

it's after hours op they're always a bunch of d--ks

Arpa

yoEllie wrote: »

Simmer down, no need to be mean now. I'm used to sending gifts to Japan, they're happy with just about anything. So basically I just need to bring food is what y'all are telling me. Easy enough!

The magazines may be useful to mop up the pee of the person who has just wet themselves, laughing at the idea that you thought a magazine from the big !!U.S OF YAY!!, was an impressive and legitimate gift. If I brought Vanity Fair from the newsagents to my girlfriend, she may possibly, depending on the time of month, be appreciative.

As for the Japanese, they are just a mental race, obsessed with Western culture. 'Toilet paper' from the US would be impressive to a Japanese person. They are not the benchmark for gifts for normal people.

You need to re-think your whole gift plan. It can be hit or miss with food, as everyone has different tastes. I love Hershey's for example but my friends despise it. Most of it is available here now anyway.

It's a smaller world these days and people are not so impressed with gifts from the 'promised land' as they may have been 50-100 years ago. Especially not magazines.

You didn't see that giving someone a magazine may have been a bit crass? Would you be happy if I brought you The Irish Times? People would think you had forgotten to get them anything and were pawning your flight reading material off as gifts.

Try thinking of the aspects of American Culture that are praised around the world. Music, Art, Cinema. I'm sure there are some wonderful inexpensive things in these fields that are a bit quirky and not available here. Best of luck.

im invisible

ronano wrote: »

it's after hours op they're always a bunch of d--ks

I dont think 'dorks' is swear-filtered...

Dotrel

Bring a load of Dunkin Donuts and about a 10 gallon drum of their crappy coffee. It's about the only thing I miss from my time in America and I don't feel like going to Germany for some.

x_Ellie_x

Get them a few DVDs. Most feature films that have just been released in the US probably won't release here for another few months, some may even be still showing in the cinemas here.

John Doe1

x_Ellie_x wrote: »

Get them a few DVDs. Most feature films that have just been released in the US probably won't release here for another few months, some may even be still showing in the cinemas here.

They wont work in the dvd players:)

Bring us some of that precious american democracy:D

x_Ellie_x

John Doe1 wrote: »

They wont work in the dvd players:)

Bring us some of that precious american democracy:D

Actually most DVD players are region free. I've been buying DVD's on the US version of Amazon for years and I've never had a problem getting them to work.

Dotrel

John Doe1 wrote: »

Bring us some of that precious american democracy:D

... and also don't forget to bring some of that delicious freedom I heard so much about.

ColeTrain

x_Ellie_x wrote: »

Get them a few DVDs. Most feature films that have just been released in the US probably won't release here for another few months, some may even be still showing in the cinemas here.

Ireland gets thepiratebay just like any other country

Hogzy

ColeTrain wrote: »

Ireland gets thepiratebay just like any other country

Not if you are with Eircom.

ColeTrain

Hogzy wrote: »

Not if you are with Eircom.

Thakfully proxy servers make Eircom's censorship null and void.