Spend St. Patrick’s Day in Chicago

“This year was the first year I was unable to do so, having social engagements at State and Randolph and Milwaukee and Wood. I expected the worst from the novelty-shirt hellscape, and got it. Aside from the usual—two women trying to keep their male companion from drunkenly stumbling into traffic on Milwaukee at 4:30 in the afternoon, a man trying to high-five passers-by on State as his friends filmed him with an iPhone—two thirty-something dudes on their Damen Avenue stoop loudly harrassed my wife as we walked by.”

“I’ve just spent an unforgettable day submerged in a world where every corner whispered tales of emerald magic. For the longest time, I've seen pictures and heard stories about Chicago's transformation into a green wonderland for St. Patrick’s Day, but witnessing this spectacle firsthand today was like stepping into a fairy tale come alive.”