Though I am not Irish, my husband is of that heritage (one of only a few American born folks in his family) and since I grew up just outside of NYC I’ve attended my fair share of St. Patrick’s Day parades, bar crawls and parties. It’s a big deal where I’m from and although Seattle doesn’t embrace it quite as enthusiatically, if you fall in with the right group of people, you can definitely find some sort of celebrating.

We had our annual St. Pat’s party this past weekend and it was a good time, slightly more low key than previous years but still loads of fun. So I already had my full dose of Guinness and corned beef but if you haven’t already had yours, drink up and eat up! Don’t even think about not wearing green today.

Here’s a black and tan (harp and guinness) for the road:

black and tan