The rain held off and despite the grayness, a good time was had by many this afternoon during the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade up Market Street. It doesn't really hold a candle to Chicago's or New York's, and definitely not as many people show up, but it is nevertheless one of the better attended parades of the year. And just like clockwork, by noon, they were already at capacity at Johnny Foley's!
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Scenes From the 2012 San Francisco St. Patrick's Day Parade
Scene from Yesterday's St. Patrick's Day Revelry
The scene yesterday at Front & Sacramento, shot by Josh Sullivan (AKA SullyStyle) who has a swank new photo blog you should check out.
Play "Everyone's Irish" Bingo (Because You're Already Drunk)
It's St. Patrick's Day, so everyone gets a free pass for being drunk at an inappropriately early hour. And while you're out there hopping from a stereotypically named Irish bar to an unnecessarily crowded Irish bar, why not play along with our Everyone's Irish Bingo? Because if we can't pinch people, we might as well heckle them. Bonus points if you get the diagonal with Chris Daly and an IRA Member.
There Will Be a Sobriety Checkpoint, Somewhere, Tonight
Starting at 6:30 p.m. and extending throughout the evening the SFPD will be doing a sobriety checkpoint at an undisclosed location to look out for drivers who partook too much of the Jameson's and green beer. We're guessing SoMa, near a bridge approach, but the strategy has also got to include an area where cars can easily bolt in another direction when they see a sobriety checkpoint up ahead. Any other guesses?
Happy St. Patrick's Day, Now Go Grab a Pint Before Work
Happy St. Paddy's Day, folks! Are you drunk yet? No? Well, that's not very festive of you. Let us remedy that situation right-quick: For those of you working in Mission Bay/SoMa, Public House opened at 9 a.m. today to serve patrons special green (as in organic) beers, food, and lots of March Madness. (The latter, we're told, has something to do with college basketball.)
Why Do We Pinch People Not Wearing Green On St. Patrick's Day?
While you're stuffing your face with corned beef, beer, and/or rye during tomorrow's St. Patrick's Day festivities, remember to sport some green. If not, you might get pinched. (You also might get a sexual harassment lawsuit tossed your way, fellas, so keep your sausage fingers to yourself in the workplace.) Why do we pinch people for not wearing green on St. Patrick's Day? Good question. Here are a few answers we found on the glorious internet:
Downtown St. Patrick's Day Events
It's another gorgeous day here in San Francisco -- the perfect day for drinking (if you're into that sort of thing). Here are three St. Paddy's Day events going on downtown, enabling you to sneak out of the office to join in (or if you're like us, you'll steer completely clear of the mayhem).
7x7 Top 10 Irish Pub Picks
In honor of St. Patrick's Day (remember, fellow redheads, tomorrow we drink for free!), aptly-named Allison McCarthy at 7x7 Magazine came up with a handy list ranking the top ten San Francisco Irish pubs in which to blackout. And we'll spill a few -- just a few -- of them for you. Ahem: 10. The Liberties ("warm wood accents," BLT with Irish bacon); 9. The Chieftain (drunk SF Chronicle ilk); 8., Kennedy's (curry and air hockey); 7. Durty Nelly's ("where the real Irish men hang out"); 6. The Phoenix ("rub elbows with hipsters"); 5. Little Shamrock (second oldest bar in the city); 4. Buena Vista Café (birthplace of the Irish coffee). For the top three spots, head over to 7x7.
Scenes from a St. Patrick's Day Parade
Oh, SF and your parades. St. Patrick's Day's parade is never a huge affair here, but the long line of marching bands and dancing guilds still stretches well past 1:30 p.m.
McDonald's Shamrock Shake Commercial ca. 1983
Let the Irish minstrelsy begin! (After the jump.)
Free Cab Rides Home
What with St. Patrick's Day synonymous with binge drinking, the number of drunk drivers on the road increases. Obviously. So, instead of trying to weave home after your ninth round at your favorite local pub, why not catch a cab home paid for Berg Injury Lawyers. See, their the Safe and Sober Free Ride Home for St. Patrick’s Day program will give residents in Alameda, Oakland, SF and Berkeley rides home for free.
St. Patrick's Day Party Roundup
The city's going to be full of drunks (amateur and otherwise) tonight. We now bring you our quick guide to places where you might not have to stand in line to get a Guinness, or fend off twenty frat boys just to get from the door to the bar.
(Disclaimer: SFist makes no guarantees that the following venues will not be filled with amateur drunks and/or frat boys, nor that there will not be a line.)
Colored Crack Lightens Up the Holidays
Better than a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow or a bowl brimming with Lucky Charms, crack retailers in Marietta, Ohio, dyed their cocaine rocks a festive green for St. Patrick's Day this year. OMG, fun! The Smoking Gun has the full report and mugshots galore, going on to say:
Muni's Guide to the Weekend is EXTRA CUTE This Week
You know, we normally hate bus-line disruptions, but we can ALMOST make an exception for this weekend's: "On Saturday, March 15, San Francisco Little League Baseball will open the 2008 season with a parade from the Presidio to Marina Middle School." A parade! A cute little baseball parade! TOO ADORABLE! This makes us want to have a baby so we can raise it for 8 years and then buy it a little pinstripe costume and one of those big leather mittens and have it march down the street waving to all the enchanted onlookers.
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