Sunday, March 20, 2011

St. Patty's Day in Manaus

One of the fun parts of living in New York City used to be celebrating St. Patrick's Day. It was always amusing to see how much people (meaning Jay and his friends) looked forward to getting together and going out to celebrate, especially if it fell on a weekend. The last year we lived in the city, Jay and I even marched in a band in the big St. Patrick's Day Parade up 5th Avenue.
As the big day approached here, we didn't really have any plans. Despite this being a country with lots of saint days and holidays, Patrick did not make the cut. I guess not everyone fully appreciates a guy that rid Ireland of its snakes! 
At basically the last minute, we decided to get together with our friends Mark and Debora for a traditional Irish dinner. I made an Irish beef stew, and we put it over mashed potatoes with chicken sausage. We couldn't find any proper Irish beer at the grocery store for the stew, but we managed just fine with some expensive Brazilian made Scottish ale. 
We all dressed in green and listened to hours of traditional Irish music while we cooked and then ate til we could eat no more. It turned out being lots of fun, and Debora got to celebrate her first St. Patrick's Day! 

Cooking the stew, 33wks

Yummy Irish dinner

Don't mind the crazy hair- it gets hot cooking here ;)

Debora and me 

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  1. UnknownMarch 21, 2011 at 3:47 PM

    Dear Jay and Sassy, I wish that couple strenght, and I know that you have enough. If you met Rodrigo Andrade Silveira, tell him you have contacted his Tio Richard (uncle Richard). That's how he calls me. His mother is my older sister Liana(the same name of our mother, his grandmother). Stay well and relax, you're already a MOTHER. Best regards, Richard Andrade

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