cardi - GAP (remixed)
green glass earrings - Anthro
skirt - Ann Taylor (eBayed)
scarf - street vendor in Santiago (remixed)
sandals - Bear Tracks (remixed)
clover/hairpin - Anthro (gifted)
Guinness - sacred
So, what do we think? How did my emulation of St. Patrick turn out? Of course, I know that my hairpin has four leaves and I'm only supposed to have three in order to represent the Trinity. But I figured it was worth a shot.
Despite my dark hair and olive skin, I'm actually 1/4 Irish and SME is 3/4. We both grew up celebrating St. Patty's Day in various ways. And then we met at a university where at least 50% of the population could claim some degree of Irish descent and this day was always a crazy day full of the carnivalesque. I do remember being offered a Guinness on my way to class at 10 a.m. one year. And then there was the year that I had two beers in my bag and they were gone sometime between Mass and a late afternoon class. I'm sure the sort of behavior Irish Americans engage in on this most hallowed of days could be explained by a cultural theorist in terms of diasporic identity and traumatic memory. But I don't see the need for that. I'm always happy to put on green and drink beer with friends. In fact, I've already started: Erin Go Bragh!
Do you wear green on St. Pat's? What about you Italian Americans on St. Joseph's Day (March 19)--do you wear red?