Luck of the Irish

One March Saturday, I was feeling unusually feisty so I went to the beach with Z and still I needed to do something out of my ordinary. Then I remembered it was St. Patrick's Day, an excuse to wear ridiculous amounts of green and drink beer. Z was excited for some of Willy's pizza so after we rinsed off our sand and salt, we headed not to far down Jiankang. There was a small group of green clad foreigners already beer buzzing from their green beers (they probably were of Irish descent, they cheered me and Z with a group, "Happy St. Patrick's Day, wooo-hoo!"). I ran into my old friend Gregorio and after we finished our pizza, played a long game of pool. It had been years since I played and after he beat me, he and Z played against me (I still lost.)

I was heading out the door, when Z and some boys starting throwing darts with a kind gentlemen teaching them how to play. It was kind of scary seeing her with real darts but she was in good hands and having moved a few inches from the dartboard, finally hit the bull's eye. I made some new friends, the  boys' father was Robert creator of the Tainan Bulletin (where would Tainan be w/o it) and the man teaching the kids darts is the Lion's new pitcher all the way from Iowa, Eric.  Bumped into Eric a few times since, he starts this Sunday (Go Tainan Lions!)




Eric and Z

 


me with Robert

  We ended the night going to the flower night market on the other end of Hai-an street, Z wasn't too thrilled about that, hating the crowds, but an all together lucky St. Paddy's Day.