St. Patrick's Day: A Retrospective 2006

Happy St. Patrick's Day! I started seriously celebrating St. Patrick's Day in college, and it soon became one of my favorite holidays. There was some tough going at the beginning. The holiday often fell during my college's spring break, which meant that I celebrated 1999 in London and 2000 in Prague, two places which are not known for their raucous St. Patrick's Day celebrations. Then, in 2001, right before leaving for Spring Break in Miami, my roommate Janice and I were robbed in our dorm room on St. Patrick's Day. I actually walked in on the thief as he was about to get Janice's wallet!

So St. Patrick's Day was off to a rough start, but I persevered, and four years ago, I started engaging in the all-day drinking version of celebrating. More importantly, I started taking pictures of the big day.

Shamrock Street Festival in the Ballston area of Arlington, Virginia, 2002

St. Patrick's Day Bar Crawl in DC (photo at James Mackey's Pub), 2003

The Leprechaun Lap in DC (photo at Sign of the Whale), 2004

Brooke and I took off from work for St. Pat's in D.C.
photo at Lulu's Mardi Gras, 2005

Sadly, this year I'm a first year in law school and studying constantly.

Edisto Island, SC 2006

Spring Break!! We got here late Monday, and it's heaven here. Even though apparently I still have tax homework in heaven.

View of the beach at Edisto Island

Me, happy journal tryouts are over

Sarah

Wally!

Girls' week! Woo!

See what we did here?

Heaven for Sarah requires a hammock.

Also Katy's mom had us over for dinner last night which is so nice. We also met Katy's dad, brother, and future sister-in-law. We had Frogmore Stew, a delicious concoction of  shrimp and corn and potatoes, that I've never heard of before, but is apparently a traditional dish in South Carolina. Katy's mom also left us a lasagna in the beach house freezer. Thank you!!

My 27th Birthday in SC 2006

We spent Spring break at Katy's beach house in South Carolina and were there for my birthdayIt was a treat to spend the day with two buddies Katy and Sarah.

Good morning beach! I'm 27 years old today!

Sarah walking on beach with me

Seagulls kind of attacking us in this one

We played the worlds' meanest and funniest game of Chinese Checkers while hanging out on the beach. We blocked every single triangle and no one could win. Never play this game with attorneys or law students. It's just not worth it.

Worlds' meanest and funniest Chinese Checkers game

We got ready to go out and took the first of many group pictures that evening. I love group pictures!

Sarah, me, and Katy

Dinner at  California Dream Restaurant in Charleston

And I got carded on my 27th birthday! Still look at least 7 years younger!

Me and Sarah with delicious birthday drinks

Pumped gas for the first time! I don't drive and I'm from New Jersey...

We had a lot of relaxing fun, we laughed a lot and hard, and what else could you want on your birthday? Tomorrow we drive back to reality!