Oh the Shenanigans!

Well it was pre St. Patrick's Day weekend in metro Detroit, and I was out in full force! Started Friday night in good ol' Hamtramck for the 8 year reunion show of the infamous band Telegraph. Two out of the three opening bands were suprisingly fantastic. But The Transfer needed some extra work! With the Stella Artois flowing like a kid's drinking fountain, all was not lost though!

Thought that since I still don't have Tuesday off as a national holiday, that I would begin my annual celebration of all things green a lil early! Met Sarah, Dan, and Carmen up at Pat O'briens for a late evening snack and do a little pregaming before the evening festivities. Patty O's as the locals call it was in full swing with the "all Irish, all the time" atmosphere and fare! I tried out Bangers n Mash for the first time and was thoroughly impressed! Caught a couple of songs from the local bluegrass band The Catfish Mafia, then hightailed it outta there for some drinking games and Rockband at Dan's.

Tuckering out after a fair amount of imbibing, only to wake up to a spectacle of schmucks and the like decked out to the T's in green shit. Green hair, green shirts, green underwear, green shoes. green beer, oh my!

Whomever thought it was a good idea to skip breakfast and move right along to 16 ounce glasses of Guinness followed by shots "straight outta the bottle" of Jameson Irish Whiskey had one thing on their mind. And that was to make sure to punish their liver!

With 15 people in tow we began the journey downtown to the shadows of old Tiger Stadium for the 51st annual St. Patrick's Day parade in Corktown. The weather was beautiful, the crowds were calm, and the beer was a plenty! One's memory can get pretty foggy with the repeditiveness drinking one after the other of the famous Corktown red. But I did make it to work on time this morning. And I also have the chance to laugh at the hungover schmucks on Wednesday. But, always be vigilant. Because I might be right along with them! hahaha

So I wait with all the patience in the world for next weekend to come. 'Cause Terese is going to be visiting from the big GR and we will of course be up to no good. What else would we write about if we didn't? Martha Reeves being an idiot. Now I don't have that much time in my busy schedule!

Until next time!

Jeff