St. P-Day and Hartford USA
When you hear Hartford CT you probably think exactly what I do. Is there anything to do there? In a word…no.
But instead of one word I’ll use many…
ST. Patrick’s Day saw me returning from a weekend in Philly with the Bro. Obviously I had a good time in Philly. But Monday came, I was at work all day, working, and when I got out it was time for a few green drinks.
Which means Pratt Street downtown, Hartford USA. So I threw on some green stuff and hit up The Russell. The Russell is a bar/resultant/ballroom joint, but tonight it was the Irish country side. The band was blasting the latest Irish hits in the ballroom that has several floor-to-ceiling windows that rise over 40 feet to a balcony level which is accessed by dual wrapping staircases and from the ceiling hangs four brilliant chandeliers. It’s only one of the many gems of Pratt Street.
And for ST. P-DAY all the Irish folks come out of the woodwork. It seemed like every guy at the bar ordering had an Irish accent. Everybody wanted a Guinness, even those cats, who by looking at them, you could tell don’t really want one. I kept it USA and had Sam Adams. Experiencing the live Irish jigs and River Dance Team I just couldn’t help but be sweep away by their delightfully rich music and taken back to the prairie where I left my lassie.
So Hartford has more to offer then you might think, like a chance to connect with your Irish past. If you want to know the real deal in Hartford, CT check out. www.realartways.org and, for detailed knowledge of happenings: The Weekend Update, a blog, search for it.