Fake Patty's Day

Saturday, about 12:15 p.m. Seth and I are getting ready to go to brunch after a slow morning of waking up (attended a party thrown by two friends Friday night!) Original plan was to try a new brunch place I've been reading about online, but plans changed to instead meet up with a few friends at Sheep Station, an Australian place on 4th Ave and Douglass. Our brunch consisted of a PBR for Seth and Bloody Marys for the rest of us, a side of gherkins and olives, a couple burgers with beets, fried egg, pineapple, and a couple grilled chicken sandwiches covered with a great curry mayo.

Upon finishing brunch, we decided to head to Hoboken, New Jersey for the St. Patrick's Day celebration. This would be our first time on the PATH train and our first time in Hoboken. S and I were both excited to have some fake green celebrating, thinking it might make us forget how sad we were to be missing out on our college town's Fake Patty's Day celebration that was taking place (where many of our friends were enjoying the taste of green beer).

Hoboken was packed with green people. We missed the parade, and we had no desire to join the lines of people who were waiting in lines to get into bars that were overcrowded and packed. After hanging out in at an apartment party for a while, we decided we'd had enough of New Jersey and were ready to go home to our beloved city... so off we trekked towards the train. On the way, we stopped to re-energize ourselves with Dunkin' Donut Iced Coffees, listened to a group of children rocking it out on a street corner (3 of which were under the age of 10, I'm sure), and saw an amazing sunset.

(Something I often miss as it goes down behind the city)

Upon seeing the crowds heading under ground, we convinced ourselves a taxi might be a better idea... and upon seeing a line half way down the block waiting for taxis, we convinced ourselves that we'd find another way... Eventually we found a taxi and returned to Manhattan.

Dinner on the Lower East Side, sushi (thanks to the girls for assuring Seth he'd like it and helping him pick out the best rolls) and wine (love BYOB!) Our original plan to leave the group and head back to Brooklyn after dinner was pushed out after a few glasses of wine and we headed to Kate's Joint for Happy Hour.

Here are a few shots of the bathroom at Kate's.

A message in the middle says, Stop writing on walls and start a revolution.

After Kate's, we headed to a birthday celebration at another bar in the area. We found a spot in the back of the bar to hang out. Met a guy who informed Seth and I we didn't look like people from the Midwest and more like people from Brooklyn.

Also, enjoyed clicking a few shots of the bar bathroom mirror...

A few more drinks, some very interesting conversations, and a delicious cupcake later, we hailed a cab and headed back to Park Slope. I love the idea of hailing cabs and driving through the city night across the Brooklyn Bridge with the city shining in the background.

The rest of our night (at least until the 4 a.m. closing) was spent at LoKi, a bar on our block. We finally all crawled home to our beds, dreaming happy dreams about the warm weather we had Saturday and the many adventures we had experienced.