The ten very best ways to spend St. Patrick’s Day this year

opening up the house to welcome guest as they come go, corned beef and lots of cabbage and potatoes, good old irish tunes, beer and of course whisky Slainte

Watch QVC and buy Irish products.

Liomsa! Beidh me ag dul ar siul sa cnog Atha Cliath, i bhad o slua mheabhar. ciaranimhurcu(needexy)! Na bi cailin dana aris. Ar ball, ciara! An bhuil tu Ciara Ni Mhurcu as Bre, Belgard no Cill Bharrog. Bhi me ag feachaint sa leabhar guthan. No an bhuil to aon Ciara Ni Mhurcu's are leabhar aighe?

I'm not native Irish, but am an Irish American who has enormous pride in my grandfather's cultural, literary and, yes, survival heritage - and food. So St. Patrick's Day afternoon, I'm having a come and go version of afternoon tea for folks on my block. There will be brown bread sandwiches, sweet scones, the soda bread with raisins Darina Allen calls Spotted Dog, and some other "treats" from her recipe book on traditional Irish cooking, and of course Barry's tea. It's not often St. Patrick's day comes on Saturday, and this gives me a chance to share with friends the truly good food of Ireland, not what usually passes for it here in the States.

Sure why dont you all just drink till you puke! That would be great craic!

Barry's Tea and Viagra.A perk me up in the morning and a perk me up at night.Great Cork inventions.Makes the invention of the wheel kinda dull in comparison.

See the greening of the canal in Indianapolis, watch the parade, check out QVC's St. Pat's special, and watch Irish videos all day, till midnight:Darby O'Gill and the Little People, Quiet Man, Finian's Rainbow, Luck of the Irish, Riverdance, and Celtic Thunder dvds, all of them!! And eat green!!!

Listen to The Clancy Brothers, watch 'Michael Collins', have a fine meal of Irish stew, soda bread and Guinness, say a prayer of rememberance and thanksgiving. My favorite movie made in Ireland is 'The Rising of the Moon' directed by John Ford. Unfortunately not commercially available on vhs or DVD.

Number 11: Stop with the excuses and come on over; experience the real thing! We're having a heatwave, nearly 60F today and the grass really is greener...

I started early. I've been enjoying the Barry's tea & soda bread for the past few days. We have the whole month now to celebrate Irish Heritage. So, come on now! Celebrate! It's great to be Irish! I'm not sure who said that line, first. It was probably and Irish-American. :-)

Make a loaf of brown bread and a loaf of soda bread ~ better yet.. make two loaves of brown soda bread!

I start out with mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral every year Then a good breakfast, Then I march with Kerry and this year I hope to have my 6 month old Grandson with me. Then he & I, unbeknownst to his mother, will down a few pints, And we'll be happy out. Beannachtaí na Féile Phádraig. (The blessings of the feast of Patrick.) Binn ach tee. nuh Faile Faw drig.

Enjoy the two-DVD collection of the Irish Tenors on an HDTV hooked up to a good sound system, while quaffing a Smithwicks or two. (After the second Smithwicks, you may become the fourth tenor!)

@irishosu, you sure have the right idea - spot on.

Start the day with a cup of Barry's Tea, Irish soda bread with Kerrygold butter. Doesn't get much better than that.