2nd Annual St. Patrick's Day Party

We had a great time last year and decided to make our St. Pat's Celebration an annual event. The second annual party took place Saturday night and everybody had another great time.

I'm not really sure how many attendees joined us, but it was a lot. We had seating set up for about 90 people and the tables were not far from all being full. I guess when the word spreads about a party, no one is going to want to miss it.

The party started at 5:00 PM, and Stef and I worked all day to get things set up - Then the crew got here around 3:00 PM to finalize the details.

This is Lis and Elieth who made sure our guests had everything they needed. They got here early to make sure everything was ready.

This is Ana Cecilia who was in charge of "Ana Cecilia's Shuttle Service. Notice that she is driving the most dependable vehicle I own, but she is very experienced with it and handles it like a pro.

One thing that worked out great is that my neighbor Henry who owns the lots across the street from me offered to let me use his parking lot for everyone to park their car - this worked out great- people would park their car there, Ana CC would pick them up and bring them to the house. - Aren't good neighbors wonderful!





Anyway, I got Ozzie to do the DJ thing, and he did a great job again this year. By the Way - Ozzie also takes care of our pest control needs and has given us the best results since we moved here. He provided the music and later in the night, some got several brave soles involved in karaoke.(Pictures to come a bit later)  This is Ozzie on the far left with his son and his son's sweet girlfriend.





The guests started arriving just after 5:00 PM and I told Ozzie to get the music going. Within 1/2 hour, this is what it looked like.

People coming in and getting ready to see friends and have a good time. Well, that is exactly what we did. First thing - when our neighbors Don & Elaine got here, they brought some offerings.

This is Don and me getting ready to get started - you will see much more a little later. I look a little ridiculous don't you think?

Things started gearing up and this gives you a little idea of how things were going.

My theory is: As long as everyone is having a good time - I am happy and satisfied. I am happy this night! 

Now, we get to the karaoke and dancing. I started things off with a little bit of Elvis, then the talented people got things rocking. Check this out.  

This is Melani and Mercedes doing a duet

Your's truly trying to do a song, but I forgot the words,and they tried not to make it obvious.

Another famous group doing New York, New York - look at the emotions they are expressing with this song.

One girl who loves to do karaoke got going and did a great job - unfortunately, she had to leave early in order to catch a flight the next morning.







Then there was the dancing - one neighbor who said that they were not really  too sociable got to rock'n out there on the dance floor. Then, there were the others who were already wound up and rock'n.

With all this, the party kept going on and people were having a great time

And of course, my lovely wife who always enjoys a good party

Quite a few smiling faces don't you think :-)

There were burgers and hot dogs for everyone and people brought a side dish that made the meal complete. And, I want to thank Cameron and Howard for being so kind to grill them for us.

Well, we finally wrapped it up around 11:00 PM and thank God Liz and Elieth got things cleaned up. I think that everyone had a great time, and that made it worthwhile to Stef and me. - We want people to know that this is what Costa Rica is all about.

As we say goodbye to St Pat this year, below, you will see some of our loyal Irish residents, but I am not going to tell you their names...

Please join us next year...