St. Patrick's Day

Which local beers are your favorite?

There's only two places in Yakima that are named after the Irish (that we can think of right off the top), but if we renamed a few places in town, we'd surely have a whole lot more!

Happy St. Patrick's Day! I am here to make you GREEN with envy with my knowledge of Irish slang words. Feel free to use any of these on your unsuspecting co-workers.

When I was growing up it seemed like everyone wore green on St. Patrick's Day whether they had any Irish heritage in them or not. Recently, though, I've had people tell me, "I didn't know you were Irish," when I'm not, but still wear green out of tradition. Am I alone on this?

Today is St. Patrick's Day, honoring Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. I saw a Facebook comment about someone being frustrated and offended when folks refer to St. Patrick's Day as St. Paddy's Day. I didn't even realize this was an issue, but it does make for a good poll!

With St. Patrick's Day coming up, maybe you fancy yourself braving visiting a bar or pub on a Friday night this year. Yakima has its share of great locations, but MetalFloss looked at each state to find their favorite. Where do you think it is?

Like any holiday, St. Patrick's Day might mean eating food originating from Ireland. Foods like corned beef and cabbage, shepherd's pie and, of course, plenty of green beer. HighSpeedInternet.com found the most popular searches in each state. Do you think you know what Washington's favorite is?

Washington state is known for a lot, but when it comes to St. Patrick's Day, it seems like, once again, we're a state that gets it right for St. Patrick's Day.

Leprechauns and rainbows and lucky charms aside, we all know why everyone loves St. Patrick's Day. It's the beer -- green or not. Where to go on St. Patrick's Day in Yakima? Check out any of these places for an assured great time.

Along with St. Patrick's Day comes the great Irish food. A lot of meat and potato-type dishes but one menu item that pops up from time to time is something called bubble and squeak. What's that all about?

Since it's St. Patrick's Day, we want to know what your leprechaun name is. Find out here.

One of my co-workers thought it'd be funny to make his own 'shamrock shake' being that St. Patrick's Day is on Sunday. He wouldn't tell me what was in it until I took a drink. Although nobody was brave enough to actually try it, I decided to give it a try. What's the worst that could happen?