17 Mar. 2012: MIXED BAG ON PAT-RICK DAY

We're not saints, but today is Pat-Rick Day all over the world ---- kiss anybody with those famous names! But there's so much going on here, it's like an Irish Stew of flavour and filler. If you're an Irish-Jewish Harley Owner on Spring Break at the Farmers' Market, you've covered all the local festivities on this Saturday.

Bike Week continues in full thunder, plus a premier 200-mile race at the Speedway. Custom bikes are as awesome as ever. Green hats, beads, shirts, and beer. A motorcycle parade resurrected after 7 years, with a familiar flag in the procession. Free boot polishing --- too bad I was wearing sandals! Acres of bikes absolutely everywhere -------  100,000's in number, billion$$ in value. Licence plates like you've never seen them before. And don't look back ---- even in the mirror they're gaining on you!