Blog Positivity Week - I started my blog so that I would have a place to record all the new experiences and things I was learning living in the South. Sort of like a public scrapbook that friends and family back home could also keep up with. This blog has turned into something so much more than I could have ever hoped. Not only do I have a place to record all my memories, I have also met truly wonderful people. I feel like I always say that around here, but it's true. Through blogging I have made so many friends and am inspired everyday.
With that being said.. want to see what I did this weekend?
Definitely had one of the most interesting - and fun - St. Patrick's Day.
We started the day with some free french fries at Burger King. Not the healthiest choice but hey, we love a good deal anddd it was a holiday so it's all good. Bonus, there was green St. Paddy's Sauce for dipping - aka green ketchup.
Definitely had one of the most interesting - and fun - St. Patrick's Day.
We started the day with some free french fries at Burger King. Not the healthiest choice but hey, we love a good deal anddd it was a holiday so it's all good. Bonus, there was green St. Paddy's Sauce for dipping - aka green ketchup.
![green ketchup](http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/k555/alyssaperrella/March%202012/sauce.jpg)
Then, as if we didn't have enough fast food, we went across the street to get shamrock shakes!!!!! I was so excited, we finally had found a McDonald's that had them... and it was St. Patrick's Day so it was pretty perfect.
Jeremy had never had one before. He loved it!
![Shamrock Shake](http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/k555/alyssaperrella/March%202012/meshamrockshake.jpg)
andddd I'm pretty sure this is the most liked picture of mine on Instagram - it's the simple things that make me happy.
We then headed downtown to catch the St. Patrick's Day parade down Beale.
It turned out to be a gorrrrgeous day and downtown was packed!!
I learned that Memphis has all these crazy societies with names like "The Secret Society of Boll Weevils"and "The Noble Krewe of Ptolemy".
I have no idea what any of this means. I am going to have to do some research.
I want to be in a secret society!
![Parade](http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/k555/alyssaperrella/March%202012/parade2.jpg)
![Parade](http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/k555/alyssaperrella/March%202012/parade1.jpg)
![Parade](http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/k555/alyssaperrella/March%202012/bollweevil.jpg)
This apparently is a boll weevil --- what was going on?!
After the parade, we wandered around downtown for a while. There was live music everywhere, sunshine, and great people watching.
After the parade, we wandered around downtown for a while. There was live music everywhere, sunshine, and great people watching.
![Memphis Street Music](http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/k555/alyssaperrella/March%202012/streetband.jpg)
![Jeremy and Me](http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/k555/alyssaperrella/March%202012/meandj.jpg)
We eventually ended up at the Flying Saucer, which is a bar with a great atmosphere. We were just hanging out, having a beer, and of course a parade of bagpipers marches through the bar.
![Flying Saucer](http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/k555/alyssaperrella/March%202012/saucer.jpg)
![Beer](http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/k555/alyssaperrella/March%202012/beer.jpg)
![Bagpipes](http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/k555/alyssaperrella/March%202012/bagpipes.jpg)
It was a festive and extremely fun day. I'm not even Irish but I had fun celebrating Irishness this weekend. I hope you all did too :)
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ReplyDeleteit looks like ya'll had a blast, but i have to ask.. what does a shamrock shake taste like anyway?!
ReplyDeleteGreat post! Looks like you guys had a ton of fun!
ReplyDelete1. I have GOT to find a McDonald's around here that does Shamrock shakes next year!
2. Definitely post anything interesting you learn about the secret societies in Memphis. I think that would be super interesting. (I'm kind of a nerd like that.)
3. I LOVE Flying Saucer. We have one in Little Rock...I'm assuming they are kind of a bar "chain." But, I need to make a trip to Memphis to go to that one!
4. Fun fact...the University of Arkansas at Monticello's mascot is the Boll Weevil...and I don't think anyone around there knows what a Boll Weevil is either!