Go Green!!!
I just realized today is St Patrick's Day.
A holy-day that became a drinking day, I used to have visions of green everywhere I walked around New York on March 17. Even if there is actually nothing green, my eyes just glazed over with this emerald glow, I could have sworn someone raised the gamma on everything on Paddy's Day.
Irish or not, this day in New York is a good one to cut loose and celebrate the ability to wear green, get drunk, and sing drinking songs out-of-tune while keeping time by banging your beer mug on the counter.
In my life today, however, you'd only see the occasional paper shamrock hanging from the top of a doorway to a pub in Lan Kwai Fong, I was curious about that - such low-key decoration for a nation-rousing world-wide head-spinning hangover-inducing special day?
If I was the pubowner, I'd realize this weekend (March 17-21)is one of bartending's biggest cash-runs of the year ..
- The St Patrick's-Night-Party-Hearty crowd;
- Followed by the pre-Rugby-Sevens-Prepare-and-Cheer-On-Your-Nation crowd;
- Followed by the Rugby-Sevens-Support-Your-Nation-Go-[Fill in country name] crowd;
- Followed by the Rugby-Sevens-Watch-The-Other-Team-Win-Sore-Loser crowd;
- Followed by Thank-God-Rugby-Sevens-Is-Over-Let-Me-Drink-In-Peace crowd.
This easily takes the average barkeep all the way to Monday, who if he/she was smart, would be wearing good shoes with absorbent socks, popping uppers so they can serve sloshy drinks for 4 days straight, and go home with a FAT gratuities pocket.
Now.. do I dare open that pub door under the solitary little paper shamrock and walk in? The door is vibrating to the bass beat of something that sounds suspiciously like stomping feet and banging beer mugs..
Happy St Patrick's Day, all! Go green!!
A holy-day that became a drinking day, I used to have visions of green everywhere I walked around New York on March 17. Even if there is actually nothing green, my eyes just glazed over with this emerald glow, I could have sworn someone raised the gamma on everything on Paddy's Day.
Irish or not, this day in New York is a good one to cut loose and celebrate the ability to wear green, get drunk, and sing drinking songs out-of-tune while keeping time by banging your beer mug on the counter.
In my life today, however, you'd only see the occasional paper shamrock hanging from the top of a doorway to a pub in Lan Kwai Fong, I was curious about that - such low-key decoration for a nation-rousing world-wide head-spinning hangover-inducing special day?
If I was the pubowner, I'd realize this weekend (March 17-21)is one of bartending's biggest cash-runs of the year ..
- The St Patrick's-Night-Party-Hearty crowd;
- Followed by the pre-Rugby-Sevens-Prepare-and-Cheer-On-Your-Nation crowd;
- Followed by the Rugby-Sevens-Support-Your-Nation-Go-[Fill in country name] crowd;
- Followed by the Rugby-Sevens-Watch-The-Other-Team-Win-Sore-Loser crowd;
- Followed by Thank-God-Rugby-Sevens-Is-Over-Let-Me-Drink-In-Peace crowd.
This easily takes the average barkeep all the way to Monday, who if he/she was smart, would be wearing good shoes with absorbent socks, popping uppers so they can serve sloshy drinks for 4 days straight, and go home with a FAT gratuities pocket.
Now.. do I dare open that pub door under the solitary little paper shamrock and walk in? The door is vibrating to the bass beat of something that sounds suspiciously like stomping feet and banging beer mugs..
Happy St Patrick's Day, all! Go green!!
posted by tygertyger at 5:10 PM
2 Comments:
great to see that there is concern for barkeeps all the way in hong kong... love it!!! in new york we have the collegiate basketball, known as the march madness and the sevens rugby, so its destined to be a fantastic weekend!!! enjoy your irish pubs wherever they may be and you can always initiate the footstomping....
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