First unofficial day of Spirng 2023: March 17th. Saint Patrick's Day.  we once spent that festive day in an irish pub, at least on two occasions, in our 27 years together, BJG and I. There was also a NEZ ZEALANDER friendship house in the Annex , in Toronto, where bands played too. These are about the only cultural tradition of country origins we ever visited in bars. 

bad french pop is playing. Neighbours are doing building...they are always infinitely noisy those neighbours. It is very unfortunate.