St. Patrick's Day is one of the most celebrated holidays of the year in Boston. There is a huge parade in Southie (South Boston), and all of the Irish pubs open early and stay open late, have bands come to play, and serve delicious green beer! Even though it was pretty cold this St. Pat's Day, we decided to grab some "Dunkaccinos" to stay warm (there is a Dunkin' Donuts on every street corner here--literally) and head to the celebration at the Southie parade. We met up with our friends Heather & Mark, Christine & Brian, and Carolyn & Richard to watch the parade, followed by food and drinks at an Irish pub downtown. The floats in the parade weren't all that impressive, but there were plenty of Irish men in kilts and dancing Irish girls with the traditional tight curly hair. There were several groups who came from Ireland for the celebration--Irish people are a hoot! The L.A. Police and Fire Dept. also decided to enter the parade, but all they did was fix their hair while talking on their cell phones the whole time. I guess I'm just jealous of their tans!
Here are some of the picture we took at the parade:
The Steel Worker's Union dressed up as Tin Men!
Seedy Boston Politicians/Mobsters (I can't wait for the Sopranos to start back up this weekend--at times, I feel like I'm living on the set!)
A Chubby Star Wars Storm Trooper!
Irish Band from Dublin
Crazy clowns were everywhere!
Good Ole' St. Patrick, the Namesake of the Holiday
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