{"id":2850,"date":"2008-03-17T21:45:21","date_gmt":"2008-03-18T02:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/?p=2850"},"modified":"2013-03-25T11:11:43","modified_gmt":"2013-03-25T18:11:43","slug":"st-patricks-primer-the-dark-horse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/?p=2850","title":{"rendered":"St. Patrick&#8217;s Primer: The Dark Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/2341582273\/\" title=\"IMG_0400.JPG by bronder, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2415\/2341582273_394109309a_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"IMG_0400.JPG\"><\/a><br \/>\nTo kickoff the St. Patrick&#8217;s Day weekend we headed over to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.darkhorsechicago.com\/\" title=\"The Dark Horse Tap &amp; Grille.\">The Dark Horse<\/a> waiting for the arrival of Jim Wallis.  There were several drinks shared,\u00a0 a couple of North Shore friends and the uneventful trip to the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wiener's_Circle\" title=\"Wikipdia:  Wiener's Circle.\">Wiener&#8217;s Circle<\/a> where a &#8216;Double Chocolate Shamrock Shake&#8217; was spotted.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike <a href=\"http:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/?p=1832\" title=\"Black Hand Productions:  St. Patrick's Day 2007.\">last year<\/a> there was no snow,  everyone who was coming actually made it and the Airline&#8217;s more or less cooperated.<\/p>\n<p>A good start to the weekend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/2341569881\/\" title=\"IMG_0381.JPG by bronder, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2178\/2341569881_90635ccff8_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"IMG_0381.JPG\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/2342421050\/\" title=\"IMG_0410.JPG by bronder, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2113\/2342421050_561e6da7f1_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"IMG_0410.JPG\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/2341593211\/\" title=\"IMG_0412.JPG by bronder, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2231\/2341593211_ac5f453acd_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"IMG_0412.JPG\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/2342431856\/\" title=\"IMG_0423.JPG by bronder, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3265\/2342431856_bfddd1a87c_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"IMG_0423.JPG\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/2342398130\/\" title=\"IMG_0379.JPG by bronder, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3050\/2342398130_e5a237c03f_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"IMG_0379.JPG\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To kickoff the St. Patrick&#8217;s Day weekend we headed over to The Dark Horse waiting for the arrival of Jim Wallis. 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