Happy St Patty's Day! It was purely accidental that I wore green today, the small bit of green on the face of my watch, I simply had no clue it was the beer holiday. I can't remember the last time I celebrated to be honest. It may have been about three or four years ago when I joined some co-workers for a couple of beers after work, ya know, just to warm up before the big night of beer-garden surfing in downtown Portland. Before I knew it I was stumbling out of a cab at 5pm onto my front steps, and I passed out shortly after. It has always been important to drink heavily on this day in most major North American cities, especially Portland, having the "we will celebrate absolutely anything so that we can drink more beer" mentality – and please don't think I am pointing this out as a negative trait. Any city that puts great tasting beer before all else, to me is a city worth living in.