St. Patrick's Day!!!

Tomorrow is St. Patrick's Day!!  Yayyy!!  And I was trying to think of what we should do to celebrate tomorrow, and then I decided that I wanted to be bold so I am going to attempt to make Shepherd's Pie!!  McGee loves Shepherd's Pie, and I've never attempted making it before. And I figure I might as well go big, so I found Gordon Ramsay's recipe online and it looks pretty do-able!  Fingers crossed.

This past weekend we took the train into town for the Philly St. Patrick's Day parade! We couldn't make it last year, but we've gone for the past 3 or 4 years before that. We met up at Timmy's apartment in the city (it's in a really great location - by Rittenhouse Park!), and we hung out there for a bit with a bunch of friends. Timmy made some Irish Flag shots, which are actually quite delicious if you've never had one. They pretty much just taste like a creamy mint! And theoretically they're layered (with careful pouring) so they look like the Irish flag, but as the day went on they definitely stopped being layered!

Here's Timmy carefully pouring some Irish Flag shots! They have Creme de Menthe on the bottom (green), then a layer of Irish creme (white), and then a layer of Irish whiskey (kinda almost orange-ish color). Some people put Grand Marnier to get that bold orange color for the top layer, but that's not the kind I've had. And it sounds way grosser to me... but who knows. 

Here are the "Irish Flag" shots that McGee made... Haha. He was NOT careful when pouring, so they're just a green mess. 

Timmy, Fro, Juliff, and McGee! 

After hanging out at Timmy's apartment for awhile, we ventured over to the parade and watched a bit of that!  We saw one marching band group from Baltimore that was AMAZING, and I was too busy dancing and cheering for them so I forgot to take a picture of them!  We had a super fun time, and then we ventured over to a bar that we LOVE called Good Dog. The vibe is very chill, and they have THE BEST food!  They make these cheesesteak empanadas that are just heaven. After we were finished eating at Good Dog, we walked back to Timmy's to hang out a bit more! Timmy and Sarah put on some crazy outfits from Timmy's closet, and they proceeded to put on a bit of a dance show for the rest of us sitting around Timmy's apartment. Once their dance routines were finished, it was time to walk back to the train to head home! It was a very long day, but very fun!! 

That's Timmy, Juliff, Jen, Fro, McGee, and me!  And that's City Hall in the background. 

I love Timmy's excited face in this one!  

Juliff, McGee, and Timmy!

That's City Hall! Such an amazing building. 

Good Dog!  It doesn't look like much from the outside, but it's quite awesome and big. It has 3 floors - both the first and second floors have bars, and the 3rd floor has a pool table. 

Here's Timmy and Fro dancing! They may have been a little intoxicated. And those are teddy bears on Timmy's vest...

We had a very awesome weekend!  And we were super productive on Saturday with house projects, so that felt good too. Oh and we took Guinness to the dog park both days!  The weekends are just never long enough... I'm glad that we're about halfway to the next weekend already though! I hope you all have a great St. Patrick's Day tomorrow!!