Who would have thought that Sunday's Saint Patrick's Day parade would have turned out to be as great as it did. I say that only because the initial early morning grey skies and snow flurries made the day look like it was going to remain cold and ominous. Then, a few hours before the celebration the sun broke through the skies and people took to the streets in all of their fashionable green attire. Recollections of the parade include the seas of people and the Shamrock hockey players dropping their sticks and stirring up the cheering crowd.
Now we're winding down this Saint Patrick's Day Monday... we just did that with a visit to Gene McCarthy's Irish Pub and Eddie Brady's Tavern hours ago. Not having a lick of Irish in me, I do enjoy the Saint Patrick's Day celebrations that we have in Buffalo. Next year I am determined to get over to the Old First Ward to witness the 'other' parade held on Saturday. I hear that it was another big success this year.