Wall to wall green! Wow, another crazy St. Patrick's Day weekend! The weather was a bit chillier than recent years, but you wouldn't know it from the size of the crowds. It seems that the festivities, from CASI's Annual Race to the St. Patrick Society's Grand Parade XXXII, continue to grow each year! The morning crew before the craziness ensued | Some of the special menu items for the day One new thing we incorporated this year was a VIP giveaway. We roped off our front bar w

Here's a little behind-the-scenes look at our decorating process for St. Patrick's Day. Luckily, we have been collecting Irish mementos and all things green for many years, so there's a lot to go around! Since we're closed on Sundays, we take that opportunity to spend 10 uninterrupted hours to spread everything out and go to town. This year, we got it done the last weekend of February so we could enjoy the decor for the whole month of March! The whole family helps on this day

What a week - St. Patrick's Day festivities last much longer than a day around here, but we welcome the craziness! With two years of experience under our belt, we were a bit more prepared going into the holiday this time around. Our very own St. Patrick (Craig Smith) watching the parade over the crowd. The St. Patrick Society's annual Grand Parade falls on the Saturday before St. Patrick's Day, and the collective Quad Cities really turns out for the celebrations! We're very f

We're making the final preparations for our high holiday, St. Patrick's Day! Our family looks forward to the parade and corresponding festivities all year long! With the St. Patrick Society's Grand Parade XXXI just one week away, it's down to the wire to make sure we are ready for a busy weekend. While we've always appreciated our Irish heritage and took St. Patrick's Day as an opportunity to celebrate that, our obsession really took hold when Billy's dad, Dr. John Collins (o

The past few weeks have gone by in a flurry! Between Valentine's Day, the HAVlife Martini Shake Off, and planning for St. Patrick's Day festivities, it's been hectic to say the least. So I'll keep this short and simple today with a little recap of recent events. Valentine's Day, with reservations and a special menu, went pretty well! We ran into a few kinks but overall we were happy with the results. It didn't hurt that there was a nice article in the Quad-City Times about ou