Uisce

In honor of the day, I'm posting a picture from Bellingham's first annual St. Patrick's Day parade. As does most of the United States, here in Bellingham we ignore all religious and political roots of the holiday and use it as an excuse to dress silly, drink green beer, and throw a parade.

These folks are from Uisce Irish Pub. Our English word "whiskey" is actually an anglicized pronunciation of the Irish term for it: "Uisce beatha," or "water of life."

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

St. Patrick's Day Parade

Yesterday Bellingham held it's first St. Patrick's Day parade. The parade was sort of a grass-roots affair so it didn't have the all the polish of your standard parade, but it did have much more interesting entries than you would normally see. This roguish group of bicyclists were all riding some great custom creations. I want one!