St. Patrick's Weekend: Day Two

03/19: Update: Filling in links and photos.
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When I have the occasional weekend with friends, there are some absolutes about me:

• I don't drink beer.
• I snore like a train in the hotel room.
• I'm the first one up every morning.

Well when I woke up this morning, two of those three absolutes were still true: I snored loudest and woke up first.

After the (necessary) morning showers, Bradd, Lee and I made our way over to Bad Ass Coffee. There we had exotic flavors of java and warm croissant breakfast sandwiches.



As we ate the parade came by and we were able to watch it, first from the window of the restaurant and then, from the sidewalk bustling with attendees.





As we wandered through the event we saw all manner of interesting things.






This is how close we were able to get to the stage for 3 Days Grace:



At it's peak, the place was PACKED.



After the last band played we headed back to the hotel for a short while to let the crowds thin. This was a distinct advantage over most others who had to make their way long distances back to their cars and such. After a rest and reload we headed back out for a quick dinner and then Delaney's Speakeasy. There we were able to get considerably closer to the music.



At 2am they close things up so we headed back to the hotel to crash.

• I drank a few beers (never got more than a gentle buzz.)
• I snored like a freight train in the hotel room.
• I'll be the first one up tomorrow morning.