{"id":2852,"date":"2008-03-18T23:14:29","date_gmt":"2008-03-19T04:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/?p=2852"},"modified":"2013-03-25T11:04:56","modified_gmt":"2013-03-25T18:04:56","slug":"st-patricks-day-or-what-myles-tersnak-missed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/?p=2852","title":{"rendered":"St. Patrick’s Day (or What Myles Tersnak Missed)."},"content":{"rendered":"

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This year St. Patrick’s Day was spent at Ginger’s Ale House<\/a> in Wrigleyville<\/a> with nearly everyone I know in Chicago along with Josh, Jim and James from various corners of this vast country.\u00a0 Below you will find photographs of the day but there are a lot more located on Flickr<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I soldiered on by getting up at 10:00am, showering and heading to Ginger’s by 11:30am where I was met by Kelly and her friends. My strategy (which I’ve been plotting for a month) was to get to the bar before the soccer games end and then score a table. When I arrived I grabbed a seat at the bar across from one of the best ‘bar tables’ this side of the Ohio Rive<\/a>r. I was planning on staring at the occupants until they left, kind of creepy bit it usually works. Emily on the other hand decided to start a conversation with the occupants and thereby establishing a relationship built on trust to ensure the table. It worked. We didn’t leave the table until at least 11pm.<\/p>\n

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Throughout the course of the day people came and went and I manned the corner seat. We ended with what some people would consider the best waitress in the Western Hemisphere<\/a>. She literally was at our table nearly every 15 minutes to serve our needs. And there were a lot of needs.<\/p>\n

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A list of things we learned from the weekend:<\/p>\n

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  1. Former Cuban President Fidel Castro<\/a> loves the Irish.<\/li>\n
  2. The bathrooms at Ginger’s are set at a steady 27 degrees.<\/li>\n
  3. When girls dressed entirely in Bushmills<\/a> apparel ask you what kind of Whiskey is in the 15 shots you just purchased you should not answer Jameson<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  4. If you’re dad forces you to learn to ‘play’ the bag pipes you’re going to be busy on St. Pat’s for the rest of your life.<\/li>\n
  5. Backyard hero Brett Farve<\/a> decided to celebrate his recent retirement in style at Ginger’s.<\/li>\n
  6. Finding a hat on the street is a perfectly legit way to add to your wardrobe.<\/li>\n
  7. In many ways a Polish sport coat is better than an Irish one.<\/li>\n
  8. Don’t ever eat meat with peanut butter or it will cause you’re ear to explode.<\/li>\n
  9. Josh Furman & Jim Wallis have a way with words.<\/li>\n
  10. Myles Tersnak studies too much.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Thanks for all those who showed up on Saturday and to those who traveled great distances. I believe it was worth it.<\/p>\n

    A good time was had by all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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