March 17, 2022 - St. Patrick's Day Activities

St. Patrick's Day morning we headed to the Madeira Beach American Legion Hall for a corned beef dinner, view of the water, and live music. Upon arriving we found lots of revelers dressed in green.

Everyone was there to have a good time. Here are Kelly and Marianna in front, and Janet and Jean in the back, posing for a picture with their St. Patrick's Day special drinks. I don't know what the drinks were but none of them ordered a second.

Only Marianna ordered the corned beef dinner. She reported it was cold and wasn't very good. The rest of us ordered the corned beef Rueben. It was plain to see it wasn't made with fresh corned beef but with some kind of processed (and sliced like bologna) corned beef. It tasted all right but wasn't what we expected. We were all disappointed. The Legion food is usually quite good.

After a couple of hours at the Legion we decided to go to Mahoffer's, a bar that takes great pride in being the rattiest, nastiest bar near the beach. Kelly, Marianna, and I had never been there before. It definitely lived up to its reputation. Thousands of people have stapled dollar bills to the walls and ceiling, and many donated bras and underwear to be hung up as well. You have to see it to appreciate how bad it is. We elected to sit outside.

Of course, we had to write our name on a dollar bill and staple it to the wall, as did Jean and David, and Marianna. Tradition must be respected! A close-up view then one further back.

If we ever come back, we will see if our bill is still there. David and Jean stapled one up last year and it is still hanging there. The inside of the place is worse than the outside and George said it has been greatly cleaned up since he first came here (probably by order of the city). David, Jean, and Kelly stop for a picture inside.

David and I are waiting for our drinks at the bar under the underwear. Lovely.

Kelly and I ordered Bloody Marys. They were more like a lunch with multiple meats, cheese, and veggies on top.

We got back to the park in time to watch the St. Patrick's Day Golf Cart Parade, which was followed by a dinner of "Shepards' Pie", and disc jockey music. We skipped the dinner but David and Jean went up and danced to the music.  It was a beautiful day and we enjoyed ourselves.