Since none of us had even been in Chicago for St. Patrick's Day we decided to go all out!
We all dressed up in our St. Patrick's Day finest. Meg got us all lots and lots of fun accessories from Oriental Trading. The headbands and hats were great for keeping track of everyone in our group in the big crowds! And, more than one news crew covering the river dying took our group's picture!
2. And the boys
3. Me and AJ (yep, you see how I made sure I got my ring in there...hehehe!)
4. My Chicago bridesmaid had to work in the morning, but came out to party later!
We decided to start early with a brunch (or ask my dad said, "Kate, at 8am, you call it breakfast."), then head over to see the river dying! The weather was amazing and we didn't have to wear jackets or anything! In fact, we are all a little too hot standing outside!
2. A bagpipe band marched through the streets while we were waiting.
3. The green dye started to float down the river!
4. Then the whole river was neon green!
After the river dying, we headed back to one of the apartments to regroup and decide what to do next. We wanted to check out the parade, and thanks to Alex's cousin, ended up on a free shuttle bus that was headed there! Except, once we got there, we realized we had lined up on the block past the block where the parade ended (we weren't the only ones, this block was packed!) So after realizing we wouldn't be able to actually see the parade, we gave up and headed over to Mad River, where much drinking and dancing ensued!
2. Chicago has their own Miller Lite bottles!
And that was our first Chicago St. Patrick's Day! What did you do for St. Patrick's Day? Do you eat special green food, or Irish soda bread? Get all dressed up and go to a party or see a parade?
10 comments:
It all looks like so much fun!! That river dyeing is so cool!! Love all the greenery you guys were wearing and yes, I noticed the RING made it into the photo. YAY!! Those Chicago Miller Lite bottles are awesome!!
love st. patty's day in chicago--sooo much fun. haven't been there in awhile but so many fun memories!!
What fun pictures! Looks like you guys had a great time!!
Sounds like a blast! How fun to watch all of the water turn green :o) Hugs!
that really looked like fun! The green water is so over the top!! You looked cute as can be.
Sounds like a great day Katie. A little hard to relate to the sunshine as we are still spitting snow here!
This sounds like an awesome day, even if you didn't get to see the parade.
As for what we did, some house hunting and watching the Walking Dead marathon. We don't celebrate it.
Loving the picture where you can see the green dye flowing down the river, that was cool. Agreeing with your dad, 8am is breakfast, not brunch! lol The St. Pattie's day outfits were very cool, did you make it into the newspapers? waving hi from the hills of North Carolina :)
Hello!
What a fun time you had on St. Patrick's Day! I never knew that they dyed the river green in Chicago! How could I live in the Madison area and not know that! Oh well, now I know! Wishing you some sunshine today!
Hugs,
Barbara Diane
Looks like you guys had a BLAST!!!! Love all the green ;D
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