I was a little bummed this St. Patrick's Day weekend. I didn't get to attend the
30 bar pub crawl, or any of the
other festivities. I was a little skeptical of how they do the day of Green Beer down in Virginia. And, to top it all off, Lee had duty that day. Fortunately, my backup husband, Tom, was willing to go out and get drunk.
I don't have any pictures from the day because I was dumb and forgot my camera...
However, I didn't forget roadies for me & Tom!!
So, Tom came over at about 11am. I had the screwdrivers already mixed up in to-go containers. We headed off. The parade was only a few blocks away from my house. The parade wasn't the most amazing thing I've ever seen, but the screwdriver was strong and I was feeling it fast.
I started accumulating green stuff pretty fast. First a green Statue of Liberty crown. Then, soon, I spent the last of my cash on an AWESOME St. Patty's Day pimp hat. Can you say impulse buy?
The parade may not have had the best floats, but they did have THREE different floats jamming to Lynyrd Skynyrd. And that is awesome.
One of the best parts was watching some of the good t-shirts around the parade. Some of my faves:
- IRISH TODAY... HUNGOVER TOMORROW.
- Lick me I'm Irish (classy)
While we were at the parade, we ran into a woman that keeps her boat on the same dock as Tom. She has lived in Norfolk her entire life, so she knew where to go and what to do. Once the parade was over we headed over to the VFW. I really need to start hanging out at that place! Cheap beer & good music (read: country). After that we went over to the Knights of Columbus. They had a sweet setup going. A band inside, a band outside, lots of booze stands and food stands. And I even got to see a big fight get broken up right in front of me... By Tom. Haha.
Jay and some others met up with us there and we headed over to Greenie's. Greenie's ALSO had two bands and tents everywhere. It was packed, but they were keeping up with the crowds and getting us drinks pretty quick!
At some point in the evening, we decided it was a good idea to all go back to Tom's boat and drive the boat down to Kokoamos. It took us over an hour to get down there. By then we were all pretty hammered. We ended up only staying there for about an hour and a half. The minute we got back on Tom's boat to leave, I passed out on the couch. Apparently I "slept" heavily. I guess it was some pretty rough seas on the way home.
After my "nap", I awoke and we were magically back at Tom's dock. A few of us shared a cab and when I got home, I went straight to bed. Lee got off work at 8:30am, but fortunately he wanted a nap. So, we both finally got up at 11am and miraculously, I wasn't hungover at all! After 12 long hours of drinking!! It was a St. Patrick's Day MIRACLE!! And, I have to say, Norfolk knows how to do it up on St. Patrick's Day. They may not dye any rivers green, but they still know how to party!!
* note, doesn't the guy wearing the pimp hat kind of look like someone else we knows??
