Happy St. Patrick's Day!!



Nick and I decided to beat the rush and go out last night. A pub nearby started serving green beer at 7:00 yesterday, when it turned midnight in Ireland, so we headed down to have a pint. I had never had green beer before, and was a little disappointed because it looked like Green River but tasted like PBR. We enjoyed our trip to Murphy's though, they had really good drink specials, friendly people at the bar, an HDTV showing Terminator 3 and all the free popcorn and hotdogs you can eat. I wouldn't be surprised if we head back there sometime soon, especially as the weather gets nicer because it's only about a 20 minute walk from our apartment (or a 5 minute bus ride, and the bus stops right in front of it) and we enjoyed ourselves.

As a side note about St. Patrick's Day: this is the most annoying time of the year to be named Colleen. In general, I like my name. It's not strange enough where no one has ever heard of it before, but I have also never had a situation with another Colleen where I've had to distinguish myself with my last initial or a descriptive adjective. Yet during the 5 or 6 days leading up to St. Patrick's day, everyone who learns my name feels the need to make a comment like "Oh! you must be Irish! Are you ready for St. Patrick's Day?" or "Oh! An Irish lass! You have a big day coming up!" Once and for all: yes, I am Irish. No, I do not celebrate March 17th any more or any differently than anyone else I know. In fact, I probably won't do anything Irish-y at all today.

Another reason we went out last night is that this is Restaurant Week. Tonight we have reservations at Jag's. I'm really excited- I love going out to eat and I'm expecting a really great meal. We also have plans on Friday to go to The Brown Dog Cafe. Assuming these meals are as wonderful as their reputation implies, I'll post some pictures and comments on here.

I know this is supposed to be an art blog and I haven't posted anything very art-y in a while, but I'm working on it. I have a few posts sloshing around up in the idea-maker that will work themselves out eventually. In the meantime, here's a statue of St. Patrick: