Friday, the weekend!

Work went really fast on Friday. Apparently there was a demonstration that many people could hear from their high rise offices, but I didn't know a thing about it until I got home and heard more about it. It was a protest/demonstration by immagrants to the US because president Bush was passing a law about immagrants that day. There were protests in DC and New York as well. There were many signs in the garbage cans and also many trash bins turned over and garbage all over Monroe and Dearborn streets.
Friday was also the beginning of many St. Patricks Day celebrations...you're probably thinking, This Friday? It was only the 10th! Yes, I know! These people like to celebrate! We'll have more next weekend! Pam and I celebrated the celebration by going shoe shopping up on north clark street. We also found Ulta, a big makeup/beauty store with potential good deals! (and I can find 'em!) We stopped for a chat at Cariboo Coffee and then took the bus back to the apartment.
Ang had some friends over from Michigan and Indiana, and they stayed in to watch Goonies, but Pam and Kate and I wanted to do something. We wanted to get out and go somewhere. So I borrowed one of Ang's friend's drivers licence (hey, I don't want to drink, I just want to get in!) and we went to check out some of these fabulous irish pubs we hear so much about. The street was packed full of people milling from bar to bar. There were cops all over and there were loud and excited people all over too. People were talking all over. Kate and Pam didn't want to fork out a couple bucks cover charge so we found a bar that we could get into for free. We found Rebecca and Monica there so we danced with/around them for a while. Us three girls walked down state street a bit, stopped in and listened to some karaoke, chatted with some people on the streets before heading back to the apartment.
One thing we realized immediately was how we smelled like smoke. In BC, it depends on the bar, but many places have banned smoking in the bars. Many in Ontario have done the same thing so it was different for me to smell so bad after being there for less than an hour. The place we went to was packed! There were fans going full blast everywhere and the windows to the street were wide open and people were joyously celebrating the remembrance of St. Patrick. And with all the ventilation, we still smelled bad.
It was a fun night.