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St. Party's Day

3/18/2012

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I wholeheartedly love St. Patrick's Day, although I haven't celebrated it since I was in college. What a shame!

 I spent Friday night at my friend Andi's apartment in the city so that I could be up and ready at a reasonable time to begin the festivities. 
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Andi's Calendar
We knew that we needed a hearty breakfast, so we went grocery shopping the night before. We got fruit salad and pomegranate seeds.
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We also got the ingredients for eggs with spinach and cheese. 
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Of course, we also had Irish oatmeal!
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One of my favorite parts of St. Patrick's Day is getting decked out in green. I planned on wearing my Ireland sweatshirt, but it was actually too hot for it! 
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Sorry, but from what I recall, it's not supposed to be 80 degrees in the middle of March (26.7 degrees Celsius). I'm not complaining, but winter in Chicago is usually much colder than this! This weather along with the festivities was the recipe for a perfect day. 
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Our friends Julie and Nicole came over, and then we went to our first destination: a party with a balcony and a keg!

There's Jessie and David!
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Nicole and Andi
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Me with Julie!
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Jessie and Jen
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We stayed there for a while and then went to Moe's Cantina in River North. If you read my blog, you know that I go there a lot. 


Below, there's Nicole and Andi catching a cab!
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We were prepared to wait in line for a good 15 minutes. I walked to the end of the line to hold a spot for the rest of the girls, and then Nicole grabbed me and told me to come to the front. They told me to give the bouncer my ID, and we all waltzed into the bar. I was really confused about what happened. It turned out that Andi asked the bouncer where the "girl's line" was, and they let all of us go to the front. Just like the weather, I won't complain about that either. If we get special treatment for being a group of girls, so be it. 
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As usual, Moe's was a blast. After a few drinks, Nicole and I were singing and dancing to musical medleys from a singing/dancing troupe we were in when we were in middle school. Yes, we actually were dancing in this picture. 
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I got this picture below from the balcony. I feel especially proud to share this photo, because it shows that Chicagoans know how to celebrate St Patty's Day!
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We headed out to some bars further north after that, then we got dinner. I went to bed soon after that and woke up feeling refreshed before 9 am. That's one of the bonuses of day drinking: you usually go to bed earlier since it's very hard to stay up until the wee small hours of the morning. 

Here's another fun fact about Chicago (the first fun fact is that Chicago celebrates St Patrick's Day in style thanks to their MASSIVE Irish population): we dye our river green! I didn't see it yesterday, but I saw a lot of pictures! Look it up if you don't believe me. 

Okay, time for bed! 'Till next time, friends!
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8/19/2012 09:49:56 am

Thanks for a great read.

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    I am  a Chicago-based Registered Dietitian working primarily in Acute Clinical Care. I started this blog in 2010, before I even knew that I wanted to be an RD! Now, as an active dietitian, this blog will become part of my life again. Read about my current healthy habits, but please peruse my old posts (from 2014 and before) to read about life as an RD student and my previous years in Australia!


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