Adam O'Neill
A survivor of the untamed bushland of rural Australia, Adam escaped for the safety of Sydney the day after he graduated high school—a date that happened to coincide with his eighteenth birthday. As so many young people do, however, he fell in with a rough crowd: a sword-wielding, armour-wearing, pipe-smoking gang of medieval battle re-enactors. Soon after he met his wife, Chana, he lost the armour but kept the pipe.
Fast forward a decade and Adam combined his love of pipes with a newfound passion, photography, which is how we found him and dragged him, kicking and screaming through customs, to South Carolina. During his three and half years with Laudisi in the US, Adam worked as a copywriter before making the transition to photography, then combined the two roles to become our first social media specialist.
Given his deep knowledge of the secrets of Smokingpipes’s marketing department, not to mention his experience navigating an international move, Adam was a natural choice to lead our marketing efforts here in Europe. In addition to taking care of our marketing — including copy, site photography, and social media — Adam leads our customer service department, liaises with our US programmers, and helps out with general administration.
Sráid Thobar Phádraig — la Rue du Puits de Saint-Patrick
20 March 2022 by
Adam O'Neill
Juste à côté de notre boutique de Nassau Street à Dublin est fixée une plaque de rue. Comme toutes les plaques de rue de la République d'Irlande - un pays qui se targue d'avoir deux langues officielles – elle comporte les noms anglais et irlandais de la rue. L'observateur avisé, ou du moins celui qui possède une certaine connaissance des conventions irlandaises en matière de noms de rue, peut toutefois remarquer une particularité. Au lieu du "Sráid Nassau" logiquement attendu, on lit "Sráid Thobar Phádraig", soit la rue du puits de Saint-Patrick.
Sráid Thobar Phádraig — Calle del Pozo de San Patricio
16 March 2022 by
Adam O'Neill
Justo al lado de nuestra tienda, en la calle Nassau Street de Dublín, encontramos un cartel en una de las paredes del edificio. En él podemos observar el nombre de la calle en dos lenguas; inglés y gaélico, al igual que en todos los letreros de la República de Irlanda, un país que cuenta con ambas lenguas como sus idiomas oficiales. Hasta aquí, no hay nada fuera de lo normal, a menos que el lector entienda algo de las convenciones de los nombres de las calles irlandesas. En lugar del esperado Sráid Nassau, encontramos en su lugar 'Sráid Thobar Phádraig', o lo que es lo mismo en castellano, 'Calle del pozo de San Patricio'.
Sráid Thobar Phádraig — La Via del Pozzo di San Patrizio
16 March 2022 by
Adam O'Neill
Proprio accanto al nostro negozio su Nassau Street a Dublino c'è un cartello stradale che, come tutti i cartelli nella Repubblica d'Irlanda, paese che vanta ufficialmente due lingue, è scritto sia in inglese che irlandese. Un osservatore attento o che almeno sappia qualcosa delle convenzioni irlandesi sulla segnaletica stradale, noterebbe una certa peculiarità. Infatti, invece di 'Sráid Nassau', leggiamo 'Sráid Thobar Phádraig', ovvero la Via del Pozzo di San Patrizio.
Sráid Thobar Phádraig — The Street of St. Patrick's Well
14 March 2022 by
Adam O'Neill
Right next to our store on Nassau Street in Dublin hangs a street sign. Wholly unremarkably it displays both the English and Irish names of the street, as do all street signs in the Republic of Ireland — a country that counts both as its official languages. That is all, of course, unless the viewer understands something of Irish street name conventions. Instead of the expected Sráid Nassau, this one states 'Sráid Thobar Phádraig', or The Street of St. Patrick's Well.
Entrevista con Giacomo Penzo
12 May 2020 by
Adam O'Neill
Federica y Adam se sentaron recientemente con Giacomo para conversar sobre sus inicios en este oficio, las novedades en su vida y cómo los acontecimientos más recientes han cambiado su enfoque de la fabricación de pipas.
An Interview With Giacomo Penzo
12 May 2020 by
Adam O'Neill
Federica and I recently sat down with Giacomo Penzo, the man behind the G. Penzo Pipes, to chat about his beginnings in the craft, what's new in his life, and how more recent events have changed his approach to pipemaking.
La civilité au temps du Corona
08 April 2020 by
Adam O'Neill
Il est certains actes de politesse qui sont ancrés dans mon cerveau. Peut-être cela est-ce dû à une enfance passée dans une ville rurale où tout le monde connaissait non seulement mon nom mais aussi les notes de mes dix derniers bulletins scolaires.
Civility in the Age of Corona
08 April 2020 by
Adam O'Neill
There are certain polite behaviours hardwired into my brain. Maybe they're there because of a childhood spent in a rural town where everyone knew not only my name but the grades I received on my last ten report cards.
Civismo en tiempos de Coronavirus
08 April 2020 by
Adam O'Neill
Hay ciertos comportamientos programados en mi cerebro que forman parte de mi educación. Tal vez estén ahí debido a una infancia en un pueblo rural donde todos sabían no solo mi nombre, sino también las notas que recibí en mis últimos diez boletines de calificaciones.
Pipe et rencontres embarrassantes
27 November 2019 by
Adam O'Neill
Que vous soyez un fumeur de pipe néophyte ou chevronné, le fait de fumer en public vous a probablement conduit à faire l'expérience d'au moins une rencontre embarrassante ou deux.
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