Happy St. Pat's Day!

Since I was out of town when the Columbus Day Parade marched down 5th Avenue I was excited to actually be around for the St. Pat's Parade down 5th because that meant it conveniently went past the building I work in! :)

A couple co-workers and I took a short break so we could step outside and catch a glimpse. Lots of bagpipes! While we were watching my co-worker suggested we get lunch @ one of the Irish Pubs nearby (I had told her earlier that back in O, me and a friend of mine used to meet for lunch & get green beers on St. Pat's Day.)

So that's what we did! We headed over to Patrick Conway's near Grand Central. They have a very nice set up downstairs - an escape from those that didn't have to work for St. Pat's and were in full on celebration mode @ the bar above! After we had been sitting there a while someone familiar caught my eye at a table close by. Then I realized 4 of our co-workers were sitting there! It appears that many in the office were celebrating! ;)
Note: You'll see in the pic that I did not get green beer this year. I got Guinness instead. :)

After work, I met up w/ a co-star to run lines. We are supposed to be off book starting tomorrow. Eeek! I think rehearsal is gonna be rough...

Had I not had lines to cram into my head, a co-worker suggested Stout as the place to go for St. Pat's. I looked it up and it looks like a good place to go even if it isn't St. Pat's! Another destination to put on the ever growing list....

I also was asked to be a playwright for Phare Play's upcoming 24hr play festival. I was kind of on the fence about it but when they couldn't find anyone else I decided to give it a try - and maybe being "forced" to write will get the ball rolling w/ me writing new works in general... Oh, did I mention that this festival starts w/ us writing into the wee hours on Friday into Saturday, March 28th - the same day we have dress rehearsal for Office Hours and Office Hours opens on Sunday, March 29th? Yeah...it will be interesting...