smacky and bucky

A quiet but enjoyable St. Patrick's Day. We took the dogs on a long walk, then found the NYC St. Patrick's Day parade on TV and had it on as background for 2.5 hours. I had a Guinness, then a Smithwick's (pronounced "Smitticks"). Yes, I linked to a beer. It's that good. I first had it on tap at one of our million area Irish pubs. (This particular pub is about the most authentic, as it actually brings folks over from Ireland and gives them jobs. No, it's not slavery! That's something else entirely.) Guinness only started importing Smithwick's to the United States in 2004, and now it's available at grocery stores across the region (here at least. Harris Teeter, Giant, and Safeway all have it). YUM. To quote Benjamin Franklin: Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.