How'd you spend St. Patrick's Day?
Hope everyone had a wild and crazy but safe St. Patrick's Day. Where did you go and what did you do?
At 5 p.m., Mick O'Shea's was pretty slammed. All the tables were taken, and it was hard to move near the front of the bar.
The cool part was, half the crowd was composed of people you don't normally see out drinking, such as folks of a certain age (senior citizens, ahem).
I'm not a big Guinness drinker, but I had a couple yesterday (three only cost $8.50 at the front bar).
What about you?
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Comments
J Patricks was equally slammed and schweaty on the inside. So we ended up drinking on the sidewalk...
Then headed to Miguel's in Silo for some Cinquo de Patrick's (as we thought it wouldn't be super crowded)...
It was actually an awesome place, will definitely head back. Great food, great tequila, atmosphere, cocktails, etc.
Posted by: Baltimore Liquid | March 18, 2010 9:04 AM
Tried to go to the bars on Canton Square, wayyyy to crowded. Ended up at NcDevins, was pleasantly suprised.
Posted by: Baron of Baltimore | March 18, 2010 9:04 AM
I thought I saw you at O'Shea's! The front was so crowded that we went to the back "patio" area. That made it a little more bearable. I noticed that the "folks of a certain age" took all the tables...
Posted by: gbean | March 18, 2010 9:15 AM
Going with some folk-music friends and my wife to a concert by Scotland's Battlefield Band at The Barns at Wolf Trap. Not so ironically, the friends I met at J. Patrick's and working the Washington Irish Folk Festival years ago.
Posted by: Alexander D. Mitchell IV | March 18, 2010 9:47 AM
Patrick's of Pratt & the CCRG Whiskey Brawl but I left before I got to find out what "full contact musical chairs" would entail.
Posted by: cozumel | March 18, 2010 10:13 AM
There was a little more room at O'Shea's in the back (around 9), and they had the doors to the courtyard open, which was nice.
Posted by: tomvons | March 18, 2010 10:16 AM
The same way I always do Sessa, trying to take over the world. Muhahahhaha.
Posted by: Joe C. | March 18, 2010 10:18 AM
Hung out at Patrick's of Pratt Street, playing DD as I gave up the booze for Lent. Wife thought it would be funny to buy something out of the condom machine in the ladies room...it expired in August of 1996. Yes, 1996.
Posted by: BC | March 18, 2010 10:29 AM
Well, since it was Wednesday, I went to work, went to the gym, went home, had take-out chinese for dinner, watched TV, and went to bed.
Posted by: CalicoGal | March 18, 2010 11:15 AM
Finally got a chance to check out 13.5% in Hampden, as this was the one day of the year when it wasn't cheek to jowl with gentrifiers. Not Bad.
Posted by: The Baltimore Chop | March 18, 2010 12:17 PM
Worked out, went to my friend's shop to marvel/weep at my girlie's disassembled Subaru Forester, had 2 glasses of Jameson at a local Greek/pizza restaurant, & went home to feed the cats & have a glass of La Fin du Monde.
Posted by: The Great Danton | March 18, 2010 2:27 PM
I did exactly the same thing that "The Great Danton" did.
Posted by: JTK | March 18, 2010 8:50 PM
As an experienced old timer (senior cit according to sessa) I went to several bars only to find too many novices crowding my space!!
Posted by: Old Man Time | March 18, 2010 9:26 PM
Rams Head Roadhouse, a bit outside the Beltway. Find Guinness cheaper than 50 cents and I'd be there...
Posted by: ADB | March 18, 2010 11:00 PM