Ideas Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

In Montreal, we have a big St. Patty’s day parade every year, and it’s always marked Spring for me. People don’t hibernate in Montreal, they just learn how to deal with the winter. So outdoor activities still exist year round. Most recently, it was Nuit Blanche, which is an outdoor snow festival. After you’ve gotten used to chilling outdoors in -30 for a few months, the thought of zero seems warm – even downright hot.

Today, it’s 9 degrees out and people are wearing shorts outside. I may not be wearing shorts, but I am on my way to have St. Patty’s day drinks on an outdoor terrace.

Forget Groundhog day. St. Patrick’s Day is my personal sign that Winter is coming to an end, and Spring is right around the corner.