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Save Your Pennies By Making Your Own Shamrock Shake at Home

Danny Gallagher — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 10:00:33 +0000

McDonald’s Shamrock Shake usually comes once a year around St. Patrick’s Day, but as the holiday passes, so does the elusive tasty beverage. Now you don’t have to be in March (or Irish) to enjoy one year round. The cool part is you don’t have to just stick with the normal sugar-laced treat. There are [...]

St. Patrick's Day Beer Battle – Green Beer or Guinness? [POLL]

BJ Ragone — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 11:46:23 +0000

It’s that time of year again where the beer turns green, or you can get the kind that totally sticks to your insides. When hot for the St. Patrick’s day fun, which beverage to you prefer? When it comes to St. Patrick’s Day, you see people primarily drinking beer. Usually it comes down to the [...]

10 Things You Didn't Know About St. Patrick's Day

Kathy Landin — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 10:00:08 +0000

Everyone enjoys putting on their best green clothes on March 17th and being Irish for a day. We’ve all heard there was a saint and something to do with snakes in Ireland and now we have parades and drink green beer. But what do we really know about St. Patrick’s Day? While everyone is claiming [...]

10 Signs You Are Too Excited About St. Patrick's Day

Danny Gallagher — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 09:25:08 +0000

There are few holidays that create more excitement and festiveness than St. Patrick’s Day. All over the country, people crowd the local pub in green clothes where they guzzle a ton of green beer, only to puke it back out in a green mess and wake up the next day in a green haze.

Of course, just like the crazy uncle in your family who thinks he’s Santa Claus in July, some people can take a good thing way too far. These are the trigger signals that you need to de-green yourself.

Let St. Patty's Day Begin

BJ Ragone — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 14:32:53 +0000

It is almost a week away from the actual holiday but today is the day when most of us head out, Irish or not, to celebrate. So March 17 is officially St. Patrick’s Day, but the big parade in Albany takes place the weekend before. We have about 2 years before the actual holiday falls [...]