Call it simple ignorance, but every year when St. Patrick’s Day rolls around, I find myself asking the same question, “Why do people drink on St. Patrick’s Day?” Is it an actual tradition genuinely associated with the holiday? Is it because the Irish just really like to drink? Or is it some widely received misinterpretation [...]

While there are many parades held throughout the world on St. Patrick’s Day, the best ones can actually be found in Ireland itself. Here you will actually find a lot of great parades to enjoy but the top 7 best ones include:

Dublin hosts a very vibrant and colorful parade that attracts thousands of people each [...]

The United States, the United Kingdom and Ireland are not the only countries to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Canada also gets into the act every March 17. Each year hundreds of thousands of Canadians descend to their local bar and partake in the festivities of green beer and wild times. Evan Canadians are Irish on [...]

I’ve joked about it before with friends over the hours wasted exploring the world of Azeroth as we accumulate items and armor and weapons and gold; “It’s nothing but a game that rewards greed” I would joke. “A spring board into the very depths of debauchery and damnation, and every player on World of Warcraft [...]

The last day of April. Somewhere outside of the Twin Cities. The sun was shining and the weather’s boring. I was on my way to the 2004 Minnesota Folk Festival, an immaculate beacon of hope amidst a series of self-destructive, world-loathing summer festivals.
The origins stem all the way back to the beginnings of time. An [...]