. I am looking forward to bringing baby to his first Parade March 17th!!
A b-day on St. Paddy's day is awesome! It's like everyone is celebrating YOU, lol!! Not sure how big St. Paddy's is in D.C., but in St. Louis is is HUGE. We've got a lot of Irish heritage here. Plus, people in St. Louis are always looking for excuses to drink
We have a teeny tiny parade in our city and then the day is just devoted to getting hammered! Any excuse, right! 
A b-day on St. Paddy's day is awesome! It's like everyone is celebrating YOU, lol!! Not sure how big St. Paddy's is in D.C., but in St. Louis is is HUGE. We've got a lot of Irish heritage here. Plus, people in St. Louis are always looking for excuses to drink
Awe, that sounds awesome! I think St Paddy's Day is bigger in St. Louis than it is here
A b-day on St. Paddy's day is awesome! It's like everyone is celebrating YOU, lol!! Not sure how big St. Paddy's is in D.C., but in St. Louis is is HUGE. We've got a lot of Irish heritage here. Plus, people in St. Louis are always looking for excuses to drink
Awe, that sounds awesome! I think St Paddy's Day is bigger in St. Louis than it is here
My DH and I went to Ireland for the first time last summer, and we were surprised to find out that it was a bigger deal in the states! In St. Louis we have a parade ON St. Paddy's, then a parade on the Saturday closest to it. We are a crazy city. You would think we would want to relax after the week long Mardi Gras celebrations, but nope!!
What county do you live in? We drove all over the Republic. Our favorite towns were Dingle and Kilkenny. BEAUTIFUL country, but you guys have some crazy roads!
Oh you're so right about the craaaaaaaazy roads!! I don't drive but those roads would make you not want to drive!!
NO WAY! I'm from Kilkenny lol! Right in the city, you can see Kilkenny Castle from our two back bedrooms! And I went to college in Tralee which is just up the road from Dingle
Woah, that sounds like a lot of partying - Mardi Gras then St Paddys! Great time to welcome baby to the world
NO WAY! I'm from Kilkenny lol! Right in the city, you can see Kilkenny Castle from our two back bedrooms! And I went to college in Tralee which is just up the road from Dingle
Woah, that sounds like a lot of partying - Mardi Gras then St Paddys! Great time to welcome baby to the world
Ahaa! Really?? We were there when the world cup was going on. We started drinking Paddy's and made a few friends at Cleere's. You wouldn't happen to know a Daire Connery (Frank the Tank) would you? Lol, apparently he's pretty infamous there with the bouncers, and we had a BLAST with him and some of his buddies pub crawling! We stumbled back to the Kilkenny Hostel early the next morning. One of the BEST nights were had in Kilkenny!
Yes, the road to Kilkenny to Kilarney was one of the most traumatic in my LIFE! 85 KPH?? Really??
Sounds like Kilkenny!! I don't know Daire Connery I'm afraid, sounds like he's a laugh anyway! I'm gonna have to hunt him down now You'd have no problem making friends in Kilkenny - I was like best friends with a group of girls from Washington one night in Morrisons bar. They wanted me to do an Irish Car Bomb (which was pretty much unheard of here at the time mind you!!) but I pawned it off on one of my male friends He ended up really drunk and we had to send him home! I'm more clever than I look 
Absolutely ridiculous!
OH yeah, I know ALL about that road! Every weekend travelling back and forth to college in Kerry! You wouldn't want to be hungover either - the closer you get to Kerry the worse the roads get!!
OH yeah, I know ALL about that road! Every weekend travelling back and forth to college in Kerry! You wouldn't want to be hungover either - the closer you get to Kerry the worse the roads get!!
Smart girl! Irish Car Bombs are killer! Dropping a shot or baileys and Jameson in a PINT of Guiness and drinking it in 10 seconds?! You only need ONE and your DONE!!
Oh, we were at a pub in Dun Lagohaire our first night, and I ordered a Black &Tan (guiness and bass). The waiter did a double take at me and said, 'A what?'. I repeated myself and he smiled, said 'Sure thing'. I did not find out til later that night that no one orders a Black&Tan in Ireland!! They call it Half and Half! I was also instructed never to order an Irish Car Bomb, or at least just call it an Irish flag or something! I was SOOO embarrassed! Thankfully I have an accent and all was forgiven for my American ignorance!
Oh that's so funny! Yeah there are phrases you just don't use in Ireland! We noticed a few different kind of cocktails the last time we were in the States, we were there on honeymoon only a couple of weeks ago and I just had to try some of them! There was one called a Celtic Breeze in the Irish bar in New York New York in Vegas - it was delish!! We were talking to a guy working there and DH was going on about how the pints taste different over there to the pints at home I think he was drunk!
Yeah, I wish someone would have told me!!!
You know the BEST thing about the beers over there is that they come in the correct glasses. Guinness in a Guinness glass, Becks in a Becks glass, and so on. That is just not done here, and I thought it was pretty nice. That's probably why pints don't taste the same to your DH; they aren't in their proper pint glass! One thing you MUST explain...what is the deal with girls and beer over ice and why is it such a big deal to have Budweiser in 'Ice Cold' taps? DH and I got a kick out of that.
Funny you were in Vegas (where we lived for a few years, and just visited recently) for your honeymoon, while DH and I went to Ireland for ours! I wonder if you were in Vegas at the same time as us...we were there May 26th to May 30th this year! We've been to The Nine Fine Irishmen in the NY,NY Casino. It's pretty cool when they have the live Irish music.
Its a small world! We stayed in Bellagio, it was really really nice! We spent the earlier part of our honeymoon on a cruise in the Caribbean and then a little over a week in Florida (we got engaged at Disney about 2.5 years ago!) 
I just found out I'm prego on Tuesday!!!! The due date is looking like Feburary 25th..any one else in feb?
onli a few daays behind you i think xx congrats
Oh my God, we were there from the 29th for 4 nights
Oh yeah! The Ice Cold taps - I think thats so stupid but a lot of people will only drink "Bud Ice Cold" or "Heineken Ice Cold" Personally I wouldn't care - but its something to do with the nitrogen in the pints - I think the head lasts longer on the ice cold ones! That was my DH's point in the Nine Fine Irishmen - he said that theres no nitrogen in the pints in the states and the head just doesn't last!
I just found out I'm prego on Tuesday!!!! The due date is looking like Feburary 25th..any one else in feb?
I'm 7weeks+2days pregnant, due Feb 12th Good luck xx
Oh my God, we were there from the 29th for 4 nights
Oh yeah! The Ice Cold taps - I think thats so stupid but a lot of people will only drink "Bud Ice Cold" or "Heineken Ice Cold" Personally I wouldn't care - but its something to do with the nitrogen in the pints - I think the head lasts longer on the ice cold ones! That was my DH's point in the Nine Fine Irishmen - he said that theres no nitrogen in the pints in the states and the head just doesn't last!
Holy crap that is WEIRD!!!!!! We could have crossed paths and never known it! We stayed at The Riviera Hotel this time. Saw the Mystere show at Treasure Island. WORTH IT!!
It sounds like you guys had a great honeymoon!! We also had a long one (3 weeks) In Ireland, London, and Edinburgh last July. WONDERFUL!!! I want to do it all over again!
Oh my God, we were there from the 29th for 4 nights
Oh yeah! The Ice Cold taps - I think thats so stupid but a lot of people will only drink "Bud Ice Cold" or "Heineken Ice Cold" Personally I wouldn't care - but its something to do with the nitrogen in the pints - I think the head lasts longer on the ice cold ones! That was my DH's point in the Nine Fine Irishmen - he said that theres no nitrogen in the pints in the states and the head just doesn't last!
Holy crap that is WEIRD!!!!!! We could have crossed paths and never known it! We stayed at The Riviera Hotel this time. Saw the Mystere show at Treasure Island. WORTH IT!!
It sounds like you guys had a great honeymoon!! We also had a long one (3 weeks) In Ireland, London, and Edinburgh last July. WONDERFUL!!! I want to do it all over again!
That is just crazy! Its a small world!!
Oh cool!! We wanted to see a Cirque show alright but time just got away from us! On our last night we went to Phantom at The Venetian, it was phenomenal!! Think it was one of the highlights of our whole trip
Love London, been there once before, but never to Edinburgh! Heard its meant to be excellent - that's definitely on my to do list!!
Bearing in mind I have a qualification in history lmao. I do hate the Royal Mile though, full of pubs and sovenier shops, two things I can't stand! I've never been to Greyfriars Prison though, never heard of it that I can recall. According to my OH the hill your on about is Colton Hill! The biggest hill is Arthur's Seat, good for labour inducing I hear! Fancy popping back the day before your due haha!
