St. Patrick's Day...bitter, the heck, cold. Had breakfast in the hood this morning, then hoofed it over to REI. T wanted earmuffs and a jacket. They were sold out of earmuffs. I ended up buying this years version of my NB minimalist tennis shoes. My feet are EXTREMELY grateful tonight. After bringing our packages back to the apartment, we took the subway up to 57th and Lexington. We stopped in the UGG store and them to FAO Schwartz for K to get some things for the boys. We watched a bit of the parade from 57th. I love those bagpipes. Seeing all of the veterans, current military, NYPD, NYFD marching is very moving. We then headed back to 9th avenue and had some delicious pizza for lunch. We found a super nice Gastropub to hang out in for a while. There were some idiotic high schoolers that are a part of an Irish gang. They wore green silk jackets with "Shamrock Club" in big letters on the back. They were drunk and obnoxious, messing with everyone around. The leader of the pack was about 5'5" and weighed 105 soaking wet. We were inside watching them and laughing. The cops came and ran them off several times. I wanted to give them some "counseling" but decided against it. LOL it was funny. From there we headed to Blue Smoke/Jazz Standard. We had wonderful Texas style rubbed, smoked beef ribs and I hate cole slaw, but theirs was incredible. Blue Smoke is the BBQ restaurant above Jazz Standard. The Mingus Big Band plays there on Monday nights. They are a Grammy award winning jazz band that plays the music of Charles Mingus, under the management of his widow, Sue. It was very good and I met some guys that gave me some great tips on other venues to try out next time. Tomorrow is our last day. I am praying that it is a little warmer so we can walk out on the Brooklyn Bridge and spend some time at Central Park. It was entirely too cold today to even think about that.
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