St Patrick's Day is a really big event for Chicago - it's featured in the movie The Fugitive for those who aren't familiar. Though I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, I'd never actually attended the famous Chicago River dying. The bad joke in Chicago is "If they can dye the river green on St. Pattie's, why can't they dye it blue the rest of the year?"
After filling up on green pancakes and mimosas, Jenny, Heidi, Matt, and I headed down to the river decked out in various shades of green. We hopped up on a bridge to try and get a glimpse of the river - it was completely packed, as you can somewhat tell from the picture below.
There were several guys in mini kayaks doing tricks to entertain - which was crazy for three reasons: the river is cold and they were getting soaked....the river is dirty...and the river was green! Not sure how long these guys were leprechauns for before they were able to was off all the dye.
I couldn't get a great shot of how they dye the river, but thankfully there are plenty of sources on the Internet. Basically they've got small boats that dump the dye, then come back and circle around to mix it up.
And then it was off to more festivities around the city....Erin Go Bragh!!
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