Saturday, March 15, 2014

IRISH WEEKEND!!! Greening & Shamrock Walk 2014

This year, we decided to take a different approach to St. Patrick's Day!
We rented room #301 in the Fountainview Inn for our weekend of activities and made Fountain Square our base!

Emily took a half day from work on Friday and we met up downtown for lunch at 
Red Lion Grog House!
After some great food and a few ciders, we were ready to check into our hotel and head to the Greening!
We had a couple more ciders at the End of the Line before our room was ready.
This suite was perfect for our luxurious weekend!




Then we headed to the Indiana Historical Society for the Greening!
It was held in the late afternoon again this year.  Eunan was there and it was a great time!








After the greening, we headed back to the Fountain Square area.
We had dinner and drinks at Claddaugh before having another couple of drinks at
New Day Meadery and End of the Line!


We settled in for the night at our suite and enjoyed looking through a book of Irish landscapes! 


Our room was festive and cozy!
We added special candles, napkins, food, and other details to make it more Irish!
It was really great to have a kitchen in our room!

 

We got up in the morning and had our classic lucky charms and irish coffee to prepare for the race!

We set up the crock pot in the room and headed toward downtown!


After the race, we came back to the Inn for corned beef and cabbage lunch!

We checked out of our hotel to head home and get ready for an Irish night out!
We split up, cleaned up, grabbed our men, and met back at Rathskeller's biergarten!


Don't mess with our Irish weekend!


We had a great time spending the days together!


Great twin weekend!

Thursday, March 6, 2014

Cheiftains Concert

On this fine March evening, we headed to Carmel's Palladium to see the Cheiftains!
We arrived early to have Reuben sandwiches at the Basile Cafe inside the Palladium.

We carried our food to the Robert Adam Room because the Irish Arts Academy of Indianapolis was having a pre-concert showcase!
Also in that room, 2 Gingers was having a whiskey tasting and serving 2 Gingers cocktails!


After dinner, we picked up a couple of 2 Gingers cocktails and headed to our seats!

The Chieftains, from left, Matt Molloy, Paddy Maloney and Kevin Connett will play at the Palladium on March 6. (Submitted photo)
Cheiftains: Matt Molloy, Paddy Maloney, and Kevin Connett

The show was fantastic!  The Cheiftains are always a great time with their step dancing, fiddle playing and crowd participation!

They even invited some Franklin College Students to perform on stage with them!
It is great how they incorporate local talent when they come to town!
It really got us in the mood for St. Patrick's Day!

The link below is an excerpt to the concert!

Great twin night!  Erin go bragh!