It’s been a busy week, and it’s just getting busier.
Tomorrow, St. Patrick’s Day, is a major holiday here in Savannah. It is also one of the Poolman’s big social events. Since 2002, we have gone down to one of the downtown squares well before dawn and set up a tailgate party in one of the squares along the parade route. We plan to do the same tomorrow.
The day will start around 3:45 am when the alarm goes off. We will need to be downtown by around 5:30 am. The police and park service keep everyone out of the squares until 6 am. Then they blow a whistle and the stampede to get to the choice spots starts. Initially, we were in Chippewa Square (where bus-bench scenes from the movie Forest Gump were filmed). However, it just got to be too much of a madhouse, especially after the parade. We moved a few blocks away to a square very early on the parade route. There are still plenty of people, but it’s not crazy.
Mrs. Poolman and I will set up our canopy, tables and chairs and await the sunrise and our guests.
Our site in Chippewa Square before the parade 2008.
A couple of years ago, Mrs. P became disgusted with the condition of the public porta-potties that are placed around the historic district. She came up with Mrs. Poolman’s Personal Pick-Up Porta-Potty. She rents a port-potty and has it placed in the back of a pick up truck.
Mrs. Poolman's Personal Pick Up Porta-Potty
We park it on the street near our square and it remains a fairly clean source of relief for our family and friends. Mrs. P is famous and well appreciated in our limited circle for this concept.
The parade will run from a little after 10 am until around 1:00 or 1:30 pm.
Watching the parade in 2008.
We hang out and socialize for awhile, but we are usually home and recovering by around 3 or 3:30 pm.
All told, it is a good day. We see a bunch of friends and neighbors who stop by for either a short visit or the entire day. Our two grown children are usually part of the crowd (if they are not working) with some of their friends.
It should be fun. I’ll report on the outcome later.
Another Beautiful Day in Paradise! 
Hope you had a GREAT time!
The extent of my celebration was to wear a green sweater to work and bring in some goodies to share. When I left the office, I was vaguely aware of all the additional people downtown, walking back to their vehicles after the parade which started at noon and was obviously done by 3:30 when I headed home.