LAist: St. Patrick's Day: Gentlemen, Start Your Livers

Zach Behrens

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:02:12 -0800

Sure Tristen, I bet you'll be taking the day off of work and lining up at that hour.

tristen

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:43:06 -0800

I was being sarcastic about Timmy's opening at 4am....

Donna Lethal

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:03:35 -0800

You went to Catholic summer camp?! That's even scarier than my childhood!

jrb

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:39:47 -0800

Geeze! I just went to the Casey's link. They're talking about starting what they call, "St. Patrick's Day Weekend" tomorrow, (Thursday)! Start your livers indeed!

jrb

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:35:48 -0800

"Green beer is scary Catholic voodoo if you ask me." Any beer light enough to look green after adding food coloring probably doesn't have much flavor. "...and why did the nuns at camp have hypodermic neeedles?" Diabetic, (one hopes).

Elise Thompson

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 06:56:51 -0800

When I was in CATHOLIC summer camp, the nuns once injected food coloring into the milk cartons, turning the milk pink, and they told us the fairies did it. So that kind of cast doubts on all of the miracles of Lourdes, Padre Pio, crying and bleeding statues too. ...and why did the nuns at camp have hypodermic neeedles? Green beer is scary Catholic voodoo if you ask me.

jrb

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 06:32:24 -0800

Never have been able to drink green beer. Somthing just not right about green food coloring in beer. That said, McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurant, 633 West Fifth Street, 4th Floor, downtown L.A. always has a killer St Patty's day menu, and cheap too!

samkim

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:36:31 -0800

just drink absinthe.

Elise Thompson

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:16:21 -0800

Yeah, I like the Irish pipes - smaller and with a higher pitch and more melodic sound. Now, the Scottish will break out the bagpipes at the sight of a campfire, haggis, parade, or any time they notice, "Hey! there are my bagpipes!"

Caroline on Crack

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:52:46 -0800

Actually McMurphy's opens at noon but they apparently have corned beef dishes, bagpipers, and Celtic Rock. And regarding bars celebrating on Saturday, these bars are actually celebrating on Monday the 17th.

Donna Lethal

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:49:57 -0800

Well, there are such a thing as Irish bagpipes (my great grandfather was in a Fife and Drum Corps), but we tend to reserve them for parades and funerals!

HeathBiter

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:12:30 -0800

Timmy Nolans is great. But I don't think they can legally open before 6am. McMurphy's in Pasadena probably has something going on too.

tristen

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:46:18 -0800

Damn you forgot Timmy Nolans in Toluca Lake! I think they're opening at 4am :)

Carrie Meathrell

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:05:49 -0800

wait...Elise...you have an adopted Irish brother?!?!? I am Irish so I am already drunk all of the time anyway.

Elise Thompson

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:28:42 -0800

Green beer isn't Irish? Neither are bagpipes, Donna, at least not the big Scottish ones that will be everywhere. I've never seen real Irish bagpipes at a St Pats party once. It has nothing to do with what is Irish or not. It's about people getting really, really drunk and vomiting green! My adopted Irish brother won't even go out on St Pat's because he gets so much shit from drunk girls accusing him of faking his accent. So let's just make a big vat of potatoes, drink some whiskey, write tragic ballads, read The Dead and complain about the government.

Kokrra

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:19:39 -0800

what is this green beer? WHy??? Or is just a illusion after too many drinks? Look I can go with the Green Bushmills!

Donna Lethal

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:36:12 -0800

Okay, not only am I Irish, my father was the bartender at the Gaelic-American Social Club ... GREEN BEER IS NOT IRISH!

Elise Thompson

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:27:45 -0800

Thanks for the round-up! It's not St Pat's unless you are wasted by noon!

annamunkey

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:23:22 -0800

Is it actually worth mentioning that this year St Patrick's Day is on the 15th due to St Patrick's Day (the 18th) lands in Holy Week? So get your booze on Saturday!