Seems plenty of people. SpikeTV is in town for the St. Patrick's Day Chowdown. The quarterfinals were today. Professional competitive eaters such as Sonya Thomas, Tim "Eater X" Janus, Patrick Bertoletti, "Humble" Bob Shoudt, and Eric "Badlands" Booker took part in the event. The semi-finals and finals are tomorrow. The whole event will air tomorrow on SpikeTV at 7 PM. They needed an audience and for being part of the crowd, you got a free t-shirt. I've got my free, official St. Patrick's Day Chowdown t-shirt on at the moment. After the event, Sonya and Badlands threw their cups in the audience. I got a cup, however it was a cup thrown out as a door prize prior to the competitors throwing their cups out.
I had my St. Patrick's Day today. I spent a few hours on River St. Most of the day was spent at the Chowdown. The rest of my time was walking around River. St. I did get to tour the USCGC Elm. It's in town for the holiday and is open to tours. The tour is not for the claustrophobic. It was quite interesting being on the ship. I did want to go to the parade, but I've got things I need to do before Spring Break ends that I have put off. It has to be done. I'll watch the parade on TV. WTOC is airing the parade on TV and on the web. At least I can say I did celebrate the holiday this year. 
I woke up this morning to the sounds of the Jenkins High School band performing down my street. They are perfoming in the parade tomorrow. When they practice for a parade, they use the street I live on for practice. I grabbed my camera and took some photos as they walked by. Some of the kids posed for the camera. Watching parade practice is a special treat living in this neighborhood. Not many people in this town can boast they get to see it.
Posted by Shawn at March 16, 2007 6:10 PM in Flickr Photos, Savannah.
