This may or may not surprise you, but there aren't very many Irish pubs in Viña del Mar. To be honest I'm surprised, I have yet to be any large city where there isn't an Irish Pub. It's not like Viña is a small town either, with 200,000 people I think it legitimately should have an irish pub. So tonight's goal. Where is it? I'm thoroughly convinced that there is one here, that I just don't know about it. Irish people are everywhere (not like a parasite, more of a symbiotic relationship like the barnacles on a whale), I'm quite surprised that I've met as few as i have here in South America as I would have thought (I have met those bloody pommy bastards though). It seems like the Irish love a good adventure, and there is plenty of that down here. And because its Saint Patricks Day, I'm definitely looking to have a few beers tonight.
Saint Patrick's Day is one of my favorite holidays of the year. Probably just behind the dynamic duo of Thanksgiving and Christmas. Saint Patty's day is just a great day. A few years back it was the first time I ever took a tequila shot with my grandpa. He's normally very reserved so it's a lot of fun to see him with all of his old friends, he definitely lets his gaurd down a little (I did see him shadow box with Ed Shannon, one of the funnier grandpa moments I've seen). Gramps just seems to have a good time. One of my other favorite parts is having UB there with his old college buddies, he's still his normal self and he's responsible so he leaves early, but afterwards is when Crack is hopped up enough to start telling some UB stories. That's always fun, hearing all the stuff they did (don't worry UB not going to post any of it, other that I love that you'd bury yourself in hot laundry after a bad day). Then, eventually Crack starts to cross the line and you'll get someone to divert him before he really spills the goods on everyone at the table. Plus I would always get dropped off at Maloneys (or whatever it is now, Rudy's I think) in my tux and that was always fun.
It's just a great family day. I don't know if this is true for families of different heritage or even for Irish families (I know, I'm using Irish Family very liberally here) but having a few beers, with multiple generations and friends always seems to be fun. I mean you always learn something about your family that you never knew before, maybe they were embarassed to tell or they just don't think its a big deal. All I know is that I always feel a little bit closer to my family after St. Patty's day.
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