st. patrick's day shenanigans...

i've never really been out for st. patrick's day - honestly.  never wanted to take the day off work, and then with a kiddo, it just never happened.  sooooo...this year, it fell on a saturday and sarah and i were both without our mini-me's so we decided to make a day of it!  wanna know the sad thing?  i, the one with red hair and freckles, had to actually buy something green to wear - sad, i know.  sarah says, "i love you in green!  you should wear it all the time!!!"  ok, ok, i'll buy more green.  anyway, we made the trek downtown and ended up parking at the plaza where we walked up to westport, and watched the end of the parade then did a little people-watching...THAT is what this day is made for!  seriously.  not only does everyone claim to be irish, but it's like it's a golden ticket to wear and act whatever and however you want without realizing that other people may actually see you.  we saw it all!  a pirate (who actually said "arrrgh" when someone shouted out "ahoy, matey!"), a leprechaun (honest to God, he was shorter than me!), girls with way too little clothes on (but who were bold in their green statement pieces, i.e. bright green stockings that almost distracted you from the plastic stilettos, tiny shorts, and even tinier super tied up, girls hanging out from the bottom, top - i can't make this stuff up!), shamrocks, stripes, and all shades of green!  we decided (not initially taking into consideration the 30-some-odd blocks) to walk from westport to power & light - right, yep, i said walk.  but, it was so much fun!  there were so many people out and everyone was having so much fun!  oh!  and, did i mention we did this SOBER???  i'm not sure we would have made it drunk!  that picture is from the bridge on grand almost to crown center and the train was running underneath us - we had to document our adventure!  we did made it to p&l and the crowd was way more our speed there.  we also found friends and drank some beer, listened to some great music, and did even more people-watching!  aside from the random groping that seems to happen in large crowds, it was a great day!  i spent it with one of my very favorite people and had a blast!  can't wait to do it again soon, weisy!