Being from Chicago, everything is about politics. The Irish have had a long and successful run in running the city. The St. Patrick's Day parade is a prime example of this. You will see a most bizarre collection of people walking proudly down the street.
taken from MSN weekend best
Dyeing of the Chicago River
Like the spectacle of watching Big Bird and Garfield inflate the night before the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, St. Patrick’s Day in Chicago begins with the dyeing of the river.
Saturday morning, a disturbing emerald effluvium will transform the otherwise pristine waterway into a lime-green channel. Needless to say, the parade that follows this half-century-old tradition will represent the world’s largest gathering of Celtic pride and bagpipe cacophony, as Chicago’s Irish-American community overcomes the stigma of “No Irish Need Apply” at long last. Erin Go Bragh!
The dye job is a privately funded deed, but Mayor Rahm O’mmanuel and numerous other dignitaries are certain to attend. This isn’t even the Chicago’s most impressive feat of engineering, either, as the river’s flow was actually reversed in the nineteenth century to keep gross things out of Lake Michigan.
by the way
never, ever drink green beer!
coffee time
ray
2 comments:
" disturbing emerald effluvium "
I have to say, I don't like the looks of that river - very unnatural. Disturbing indeed.
Happy St. Pat's, my friend. Hoist one for me!!
Dawn
It goes away after a day. The river now a days is quite nice. They reversed the flow of the river many years ago to keep Lake Michigan clean. A series of locks raises boats up and out.
A cold one in your honor!
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