Looking for a low-key St. Patrick’s Day? Here are some tips to make your St. Patty’s Day as Irish as you please.
Start your lucky day off right by making some green eggs and ham or pour yourself a bowl of Lucky Charms, complete with milk dyed green.
Don’t have enough green threads to rock? Dye your extra white shirt green by purchasing green fabric dye. Tint it your favorite shade or look up simple instructions for how to tye-dye it. While at the store, why not grab some green nail polish! Sea-foam and Mint green nails are the hottest trend right now.
Listen to some Irish tunes to set the theme. Bands like Celtic Thunder, Enya, Dropkick Murphys, or John Mayer’s “St. Patrick’s Day” are a few of the options available.
Everyone loves food. Try some of these Irish-inspired goodies:
• Irish Soda Bread: Here’s a simple recipe to make your own homemade
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/irish-soda-bread/
• Munch on some green M&M’s
• Bake green cupcakes with the help of boxed mixes and green food coloring
• Drink Green River, a popular soda developed right here in Chicago!
• Grab a Shamrock Shake since it is here for a limited time only
Entertainment to watch at home:
• The Black Donnellys on Netflix. It’s a drama set in New York about four young, Irish brothers involved in criminal activity
• Leap Year, a Romantic Comedy starring Amy Adams and Matthew Goode in which an Irish tradition states a man proposed to on Leap Day must accept.
• P.S. I Love You, our must-see pick of the season. It’s an incredible movie, but a for-sure tearjerker.
• Netflix offers numerous Irish films. Find them located under Foreign Films, and select Irish.
Best of luck creating your very own St. Patrick’s Day!