May the Irish eyes be smilin’ on ye today as they were two years ago when my wife, Suz, and I celebrated St. Patrick’s Day and my 54th birthday in San Francisco. That was the warmest St. Patty’s Day I’d celebrated in a long time as we watched the parade in the City by the [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘St. Patrick’s Day’
March 18, 2008
TV – Take it or leave it
Roy O’Sullivan, he of Irish descent and a decent Irishman to boot, can pretty much take TV or leave it.
As the subject of my St. Patrick’s Day Ramblin’ column on Monday, we met Roy at his Hawkeyed Upholstery Shop in North Liberty and learned of his birth in Cork City, Ireland, his welcome immigration to America and how [...]
March 17, 2008
St. Patty’s Day I hit the double nickel
Today I hit the double nickel — 55. And I just keep speeding along.
Ten years ago I celebrated my St. Patrick’s Day birthday with other Eastern Iowans so blessed. We rode the birthday float in the SaPaDaPaSo parade in Cedar Rapids. Our huge newspaper-roll sized paper cakes melted in the rain, but we had a great time all the [...]
