St Patrick's Day 2008, NYC

I was surprised how much people dressed up and how Mardi Gras-like St. Patrick's Day was in Times Square. I mean, I've lived in NY for 7 years and never really noticed. I guess that's because I avoid Times Square, though I've worked near it over half the time I've been employed here.

But here's something you'll NEVER see in New Orleans: revelers waiting outside to have fun by getting inside. They look morose. In NOLA, those bitches would at least have beer while they're standing on the sidewalk.



And this was what it was like in one of the bars on "Irish Alley" or whatever they call it. Pogues aplenty. (Did you hear Shane McGowan is back touring with them? He's the perfection of drunkenness, bless him.)