st. patrick's day

The traditional New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade will be held today despite the holiday falling on a weekday.  This is the 250th anniversary of the parade.  Following tradition, a Grand Marshall has been named to be honored in today's celebration and lead the procession...

This is not the first blog on this subject, and probably won't be the last.  Actually, I got some of my information from the news department here at WGNA--in other words, Casey Danton!

A friend of mine showed me some raw footage of what went on Saturday for the St. Patrick's Day festivities in Albany.  If you saw the Times Union this morning or the eleven o'clock news last night, this is just one of the many videos posted on YouTube displaying just some of what went on amongst college students in the Pine Hills area.

Around the time of St. Patrick's Day, everyone whips out their green, sticks a "kiss me I'm Irish" pin on, drinks a Guiness and claims to be Irish so they have an excuse to party hard and do the Irish jig.  However, for the real Irish folk, we can't help but feel a little insulted because there is more to being Irish or at least pretending to be Irish than just those three things. Read M

Maybe you can't kiss the Blarney Stone, but you can get a minty delight to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. It's time for McDonald's bright-green Shamrock Shake, only available around St. Patrick's Day each year. It's hard to believe that this beverage has a cult following, that rivals that of¬"The Rocky Horror Picture Show" (though possibly not McDonald's other fan-favorite seasonal menu i

In America it has always been a belief that bigger is better. From John Wayne, to Wilt Chamberlain to the SUV we like big things here.