Last Saturday I learned that people don’t celebrate St. Patrick’s day on St. Patrick’s day, they celebrate the weekend (or entire month) before! I took my bike for a spin through Center City on my way to West Philly last Saturday, and behold, leprechuans were running a race(?) down Market Street. About 50 of them were rushing by, holding up traffic, prespiring profusely and quite red in the face, making it very clear that no training went into effect before this run. I couldn’t figure out why they were doing this, my only guess would be that a pub was behind the matter.
Pubs certainly were behind the matter of the vue de vert en route to West Philly. The main road of Drexel’s campus was teeming with green people (not in the ecologically friendly sense). Groups of five hailing cabs to patrick-knows-where in festive t-shirts and lots of beads!
Even though Saturday was the real celebration, there was a leprechuan and a boy wearing a pin that said “kiss my original blarney stone” on his green shirt* in my Monday morning class. Everyone else, including me, avoided wearing the color of grass that day.
*The boy also slipped in a quick comment when asked how he was doing, “Not good since it’s Saint Patrick’s day and I don’t have a beer in my hand.” (10:40am)
While this is not a holiday I hold in utmost esteem, I recognize that many people really enjoy it. It’s a win-win situation. They have fun being like that, and I have fun trying to figure out why.
To my joy, I’ve realized that this entry is an appropriate time for me to post my favorite video on YouTube. PLEASE WATCH I BEG YOU!