St. Patricks Day 2013 in Cleveland Ohio

This past St. Patrick's day was adventurous and unpredictable! First of all, I'm not a HUGE fan of crowds of people. Such as those that exist at the St. Patty's day parade. I love people, I just hate the shoving, pushing, straining to see, blah blah blah…

On the flip side, I like to go to those events if I know I'll get to spend time with some friends. Plus, if I'm able to help in some way then it's so much more enjoyable. And that's exactly what happened this St. Patty's Day…

I wasn't planning on going to the parade in downtown Cleveland for the above stated reasons, but my buddy who's company was in the parade texted me in the morning and said, "Do you want to walk in the parade with us?" I was like, "Sure. Sounds fun."

My friend Megan

So as I'm moseying around to get downtown he called and said, "Joe! No one brought the pole to hold our banner! Can you bring a 10 foot pole?!" No more moseying after that! They were going to start within the next hour or two and I still had to get ready and buy the pole. Not to mention make it downtown and find a place to park in an already packed area!

Long story shorter, the catastrophe was averted! I made it downtown with a piece of electrical conduit and we were ready to roll! Maybe I didn't really "save the day" and I'm sure they would have thought of another solution, but it was fun to be a small part of the parade. Here are a few pictures of the day including a few from a rooftop I was able to take after the parade! Enjoy!

Cleveland Browns dog just doing his thing in the street.

Gathering everyone together for a picture!

The view from a nearby rooftop looking down on where the parade went through.