St. Patrick's Day in Minneapolis!

This city is full of funny surprises! This St. Patty's day, N & I met a couple friends at our favorite Minneapolis pub, Town Hall Brewery. It's a micro-brewery with awesome beers from all over the world, and exceptional house-made stuff. The food is also great: best fries that we've had!

On our drive back home, we noticed a parked luxury bus, with 30+ kilt-clad bagpipe players getting off the bus and entering a bar! PULL OVER! We went inside for a brief, free, completely hilarious concert of 20 bagpipes and 10+ percussionists, all in plaid skirts and funny hats. I'm not much of a fan of bagpipes, but who can resist, in a setting like this!? The concert was over after a few songs, and the Scottish band loaded back into the bus to drive over to 1st Avenue, a big bar in downtown Minneapolis who hosts a bagpipe concert every Patty's Day.



We got back in the car to head home. . . A few minutes down the road we noticed another parked luxury bus, with a different bagpipe band, offloading into another bar. PULL OVER! This was an anarchist-type bar with lots of caucasian dreadlocks and people with tattoos on their face; but everyone was quickly distracted by the band! It was an Irish bagpipe group of around a dozen musicians and an Irish dancer. This group wore mustard-colored skirts, funny hats, Irish flags, and shoes with giant leprechaun buckles. After a few songs these guys dissolved into the crowd, drinking merrily with the rest of us.

What a funny, randomly delightful night! (Sorry for the poor-quality pics on my cell phone.)