pogoism

I wasn’t really sure what to expect of St. Paddy’s Day this year. Over the last two years, living in Belfast, I’ve got used to having the day off, and getting extremely drunk before midday.

This year, it seemed like business as usual. We didn’t get the day off, but everyone was wearing green. I don’t own anything green, so I wasn’t. A lot of the people in the department I work in are from Ireland, mainly from Northern Ireland, and so a party was organized at Studio on 4th. I got to talk to some people I haven’t spoken to or seen since my first few weeks here, which was nice.

At about midnight, we were buzzed, so Niamh, Emily, Becky and I went to Corrigans, a seedy bar down Wells in Reno. It was packed, and it was fun. After that we decided to walk to Ceol’s, near downtown, and we stopped off at Lucky’s. We met some randomers and went with them. After a pit-stop at Seven 11 for taquitos and hot dogs, we eventually got to Ceol’s… which was shut, so we went to Amendment 21 instead.

And that was about it. We stayed in Amendment 21 until about 4, and got up for work at 7.

A fun, and slightly unexpected St. Paddy’s Day. And not a Guinness drunk.

Photo via Flickr user Still Burning.