St. Patrick's Day

I had my annual St. Patrick's Day Brunch yesterday. As usual, I overbought in the meat and champagne departments. What am I going to do with all of it? But it was a very fun day. Afterwards we headed out into the neighborhood for some house parties.

The neighborhood that I live in is known for it's St. Patrick's Day celebrations. It all started with a city-sponsored parade a few years ago in the northern part of Greenville Avenue. Then a few bars in the area got together and, with city cooperation, were able to get part of lower Greenville Avenue blocked off for a street party. This permeated into the surrounding neighborhoods (early century neighborhood full of Craftsman and Tudor revival houses - kind of an 'edgy' range of residents) where neighbors started to host their friends to enjoy the convivial day and proximity to the "action".

These days about 10,000 people are drawn into the neighborhood they say. We didn't even venture in the blocked off area this year as that part has become so shoulder-to-shoulder crowded that it's really not much fun - or perhaps I'm just getting older ;-).

Here's some pictures from the day (I should have taken more!)....

St. Patrick's Day 2007