If you like to drink cheap liquor out of 7-11 Big Gulp cups....

...then the South Boston St. Patrick's Day parade is the place for you. It was sort of like a mix between mardi gras and St. Patrick's day...lots of drunk people and lots of bead throwing going on. It was also freezing cold.

I liked the bag pipes. There were also lots of police departments and fire departments that marched, including some that came over from Ireland.

There were lots of random people walking, like all of these people dressed like Star Wars characters.

Basically, it was good to go to this parade to see what it was like...but I am not sure I need to stand in the freezing cold again next year, unless we have visitors that want to see it. It is probably more fun to be in one of the kajillion Irish pubs in Boston if you can get into one...Even at 10 in the morning, the pubs had huge lines outside!

St. Patrick's Day Dinner

We are really lucky that our downstairs neighbor, Marc, is super friendly and outgoing. We are even luckier that he is an amazing cook and that he lets us eat his food! For St. Patrick's Day he made a delicious, traditional Irish feast. (At least I think it's traditional...I have never been to Ireland so I can't be completely sure.) He made corned beef from scratch with potatoes, carrots and cabbage on the side.

For me, the best part of the meal was the coleslaw...he made a bleu cheese coleslaw from scratch that was amazing. Ever since this meal, I have been into oleslaw, which is sort of bizaare because I always hated it before.

This beautiful cake was made from scratch by Matt...it is an Irish Whiskey Cake, and it was delicious. It was really good with the home made cinnamon whipped cream that we put on top.