What are your St. Patrick's Day Plans?

peachy13 · March 2015

Love the nails! I am making a traditional New England boiled dinner tonight (corned beef, cabbage, onions, carrots, and potatoes). FI is going to start the boiling process at home soon -- I hope, and then when I get home later I'll do the rest. And we have Guinness to wash it all down.

beethery · March 2015

I am going to play Dragon Age and clean my house. Very exciting!

Sugargirl1019 · March 2015

Today is DH's birthday! I bought him Killian's Irish Red beer and it's the first beer I actually liked! We are wearing green (but I have coral nails). We'll be going to Chuys for his birthday dinner and plan on celebrating a bunch

if the man gets to leave work after lunch we are going to get a couples massage.

@laqueredlover I love that you went on a date and hope you are feeling like the special lucky lady you are! Have fun at your spin class with your epic nails!

plainjane0415 · March 2015

Sugargirl1019 said:
Today is DH's birthday! I bought him Killian's Irish Red beer and it's the first beer I actually liked! We are wearing green (but I have coral nails). We'll be going to Chuys for his birthday dinner and plan on celebrating a bunch if the man gets to leave work after lunch we are going to get a couples massage.

@laqueredlover I love that you went on a date and hope you are feeling like the special lucky lady you are! Have fun at your spin class with your epic nails!

I love Chuys. The Jalapeno dip is so addicting.

Sugargirl1019 · March 2015

plainjane0415 said:

Sugargirl1019 said:
Today is DH's birthday! I bought him Killian's Irish Red beer and it's the first beer I actually liked! We are wearing green (but I have coral nails). We'll be going to Chuys for his birthday dinner and plan on celebrating a bunch if the man gets to leave work after lunch we are going to get a couples massage.

@laqueredlover I love that you went on a date and hope you are feeling like the special lucky lady you are! Have fun at your spin class with your epic nails!

I love Chuys. The Jalapeno dip is so addicting.

Yes!!! I'm obsessed with it. OBSESSED. I put it on everything. I would even drink it it's so good.

plainjane0415 · March 2015

Sugargirl1019 said:

plainjane0415 said:

Sugargirl1019 said:
Today is DH's birthday! I bought him Killian's Irish Red beer and it's the first beer I actually liked! We are wearing green (but I have coral nails). We'll be going to Chuys for his birthday dinner and plan on celebrating a bunch if the man gets to leave work after lunch we are going to get a couples massage.

@laqueredlover I love that you went on a date and hope you are feeling like the special lucky lady you are! Have fun at your spin class with your epic nails!

I love Chuys. The Jalapeno dip is so addicting.
Yes!!! I'm obsessed with it. OBSESSED. I put it on everything. I would even drink it it's so good.

So do I. For their chicken fajita salad it's a dressing option, and man that really makes that salad awesome.

chibiyui · March 2015

The cat on the tunic I'm wearing has some Olive green spots...

I kinda forgot it was St. Patricks day today, until H mentioned it when I asked if he wanted to go out for dinner. We'll be staying in tonight. I am not Irish (my sister is a ginger, but we're pretty sure it's from the French side. Well. Someone in the families distant past was French, what few traditions/habits we have are decidedly German.) I'm making mac and cheese, and chicken, and maybe asparagus? I have a fuck ton of carrots to use, but I think dinner needs something green. Not because of St. Patricks, just because mac and cheese and chicken.

I also found this thing at Goodwill. I don't quite know what it is, but I love it.

onefootinthebayou · March 2015

LOVE the nails! I'm recovering from my virus so won't be doing either of my typical St. Patty's Day rituals (1. Partying in New Orleans or 2.) Walking in the parade in NYC with a buddy who is a bagpiper then heading out in the town with him & his pals. I've never had more free drinks in my life than going out with a bagpiper in NYC on St. Patty's Day. It was just too easy...walk into a bar, he gets asked to play, we get drinks on the house. I guess you could say I'm a bag-piper remora on this day.

However tonight I'll be staying in w/no booze trying to cure myself

thisismynickname2 · March 2015

Fun nails!

This holiday is SO not my thing. Does standing on my porch and and shaking a broom at the young'uns to get off my lawn count?

(I don't actually have a lawn or a porch and would probably get arrested for shaking a broom at people, but my level of bitterness over shenanigans is at the level of crabby old lady.)

doeydo · March 2015

I never really do anything special for Saint Patrick's Day. But today I sorted through movies and tonight I have plans to go to my youth LGBT group and have a phone date night when I get back.

levioosa · March 2015

I'm a fail whale today and forgot to wear green. But I did go to Target this morning and I bought new plates.

ohannabelle · March 2015

I just had a very noisy but fun call from the Derby in Derry, NI, from my ex in laws, and that was a hilarious way to start my Paddy's day.

I think it was a fun call. I think it was my in-laws. To be honest, I have trouble understanding the accents on the phone, and the bar noise was terrible.

The major points seemed to be Happy Paddy's Day, Ameriky (apparently I'm taking the call for all of us) that the parade was brilliant, except for something ? (unintelligible) but feck them anyway, and that I'm supposed to have some Guinness, good girl yerself. And somebody named Rosheen ? wants to come visit her auntie. I think that's me. Happy Paddy's Day, x10 unidentified people.

That's as lively as things will get here. Corned beef on the stove, sunshine outside, nothing for tonight but a quiet dinner.

ohannabelle · March 2015

LadyMillil · March 2015

I forgot it was St. Patrick's Day. I have to pick up DH from work late tonight so no drinking before hitting the road. I'll have a beer with him after we get home. I'll probably work out then Netflix when I have the house to myself.

amelisha · March 2015

So, question, do any of you who celebrate it NOT claim any kind of Irish heritage?

I'm just curious. Obviously when I was in university it was just an excuse to drink so everyone went out, heritage be damned, but now as a thoroughly non-Irish person it no longer really occurs to me that it's a holiday, you know? Or is it something that everyone participates in regardless of background? Just curious.

VulgarGirl · March 2015

amelisha said:
So, question, do any of you who celebrate it NOT claim any kind of Irish heritage?

I'm just curious. Obviously when I was in university it was just an excuse to drink so everyone went out, heritage be damned, but now as a thoroughly non-Irish person it no longer really occurs to me that it's a holiday, you know? Or is it something that everyone participates in regardless of background? Just curious.

I'm half Irish, Wifey is a quater Irish, so clearly we're Irish. But I celebrate Cinco De Mayo. And while my wife is Mexican, I am not. And I celebrated before we got married. And by celebrate I mean dollar margaritas.

I'm trying to think of my non-Irish friends, there aren't many it seems like everyone I know is a little Irish, but a lot of them celebrate. Well depending on their work schedules.

thisismynickname2 · March 2015

I have Irish a few generations back in my heritage. Though Chicago is very diverse, there's a very strong Irish contingent to the point that, growing up in the 'burbs, literally everyone I knew was some part Irish. But, with so many people actually being some part Irish, it seems around here "Everyone's Irish on St. Patrick's Day."

A lot of non-Mexican people are also Mexican on Cinco De Mayo. I think people just like any excuse to party.

theartistformerlyknownas · March 2015

MagicInk said:
So, question, do any of you who celebrate it NOT claim any kind of Irish heritage?

I'm just curious. Obviously when I was in university it was just an excuse to drink so everyone went out, heritage be damned, but now as a thoroughly non-Irish person it no longer really occurs to me that it's a holiday, you know? Or is it something that everyone participates in regardless of background? Just curious.

I'm half Irish, Wifey is a quater Irish, so clearly we're Irish. But I celebrate Cinco De Mayo. And while my wife is Mexican, I am not. And I celebrated before we got married. And by celebrate I mean dollar margaritas.

I'm trying to think of my non-Irish friends, there aren't many it seems like everyone I know is a little Irish, but a lot of them celebrate. Well depending on their work schedules.

This. I'm a little bit Irish, and zero bit Mexican, but I love my drinking holidays. (And yes, I know neither of them originated as a drinking holiday, but I AM 100% American so I will fully partake of our American bastardizations.) Plenty of my non-Irish friends celebrate.

pinkcow13 · March 2015

I have a presentation at work tomorrow so I will probably be a good little girl and go home and prepare and freak out all night. Although my coworkers are now convincing me to come out for a few. I might grab a drink or 2, and then go home and work on my presentation. Then freak out some more.

amelisha · March 2015

I'm getting the feeling St. Patrick's Day and Cinco de Mayo might be a much bigger deal down there then they are here (and okay, I just typed that and the idea that "St. Patrick's Day is a big deal down there" makes me think green pubes...)

You really only see themed stuff at Irish pubs and Mexican restaurants, respectively. I don't think most of my friends even know what Cinco de Mayo is other than it's probably Mexican.

Sad. As usual, you guys are turning everything into a fun party and we're up here, like...apologizing to each other for the noise and starting hockey riots during the Stanley Cup?

VulgarGirl · March 2015

@amelisha I've heard even Ireland doesn't do it up like the states do. Apparently we like to party. The Beastie Boys fought for that right for us.

wandajune6 · March 2015

thisismynickname said:
I have Irish a few generations back in my heritage. Though Chicago is very diverse, there's a very strong Irish contingent to the point that, growing up in the 'burbs, literally everyone I knew was some part Irish. But, with so many people actually being some part Irish, it seems around here "Everyone's Irish on St. Patrick's Day."
A lot of non-Mexican people are also Mexican on Cinco De Mayo. I think people just like any excuse to party.

So true!

Except I'm the ginger who has no Irish, which is kinda funny this time of year. I skip the holiday because I'm old and cranky. I'm married to the Little Village Mexican who is convinced that only white people celebrate Cinco de Mayo. Which is true. I associate it with Lalo's margaritas and nachos. He disapproves.

Lowell14 · March 2015

Just home from a day in the pubs with H and the inlaws in Belfast. Great day, great craic! Everyone's had a toastie and is off to bed. I'm the last one standing but it's 10:50 pm, so we've done well.

buttercup1958 · March 2015

No real plans here either. V is ginger so he tries to avoid everyone as much as possible ha. Plus Tuesdays are our rough days since we are outside for hours. V and I had margaritas sooo we kinda celebrated. Also we are avoiding going out tonight since we live in a college town so we suspect there will be a lot of drunk idiots.

[Deleted User] · March 2015

I'm working my way through a pint of Irish Cream.

ETA: no idea why the picture is double posting.

theartistformerlyknownas · March 2015

We ended up spending the night signing mortgage paperwork and getting a new homeowner's insurance policy. Whoopeeeee.

SmileDamnit · March 2015

We just got back from SS swim meet and are listening to DH's new Pink Floyd album (The Wall, not very Irish of us), waiting for the corned beef to finish cooking' (very Irish of us), and if I'm feeling really feisty, I might even have a Guinness (gasp! trying to make the Bean Irish).

Chipmunk415 · March 2015

I'm Irish Catholic on Dad's side, Irish Protestant on Mom's...a huge bundle of fun with glowy pale skin, blue eyes, freckles, and dark brown/reddish curly hair.

DH and I made green kale based smoothies for breakfast/lunch. We do not eat corned beef in my house, find it gross. Making a roast tomorrow with potatoes and green beans bc I was too tired today to do it.

I spent the day speaking in an irish accent and wearing green at work. Still recovering from PA trip and smacked in the face today with info on inheritance from my grandma, plus I'm in class online tonight.

I'll just watch Boondock Saints tonight and call it an evening.

Cookie Pusher · March 2015

DH is Irish, so St. Paddy's is celebrated for approximately two weeks in our home. We started on Saturday with shepherd's pie. And then leftover shepherd's pie on Sunday night. Last night was Guinness-braised lamb chops. Tonight is corned beef, colcannon, and carrots. Tomorrow is the rest of the shepherd's pie. Thursday will be mustard-tarragon chicken, soda bread, roasted potatoes, and spinach salad. We'll probably end up having corned beef at least once over the weekend. Next week will be much the same. We have Guinness, Jameson, Bailey's, and mead. Oh, and I made a big batch of Irish car bomb cupcakes.

We don't go anywhere for St. Paddy's, though. We're hanging out at home in front of the TV - The Voice and Chicago Fire. But I'm cross-stitching DH's family crest, so at least it kind of relates to the holiday!

amelisha · March 2015

FeeleyToBe said:
I'm working my way through a pint of Irish Cream.

ETA: no idea why the picture is double posting.

Okay, so I looooooooove Baileys, like with every fibre of my being, and I do enjoy it on the rocks (or frozen, like some bars in Vegas have, like out of a margarita machine.) But a PINT? You're a champion, that is some next-level irish-cream destruction. I couldn't.

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