It’s all a little hazy, but from what I can recall, St Paddy’s Day in the Beaver East was epic. Everyone was in great spirits and in the mood to party hard and drink green beer and Agwa. I think a lot of people showed up drunk to their various jobs around Banff.

There was plenty of dancing after the Irish stew finished. Josh, the newest member of our maintenance team, got really into the spirit of the night when he allowed Em to paint his entire chest green. For some reason this inspired several other boys to take their shirts off and dance. I’m not sure anyone can explain that…Maybe it was in celebration, because it started shortly after Nick was named the winner of the coveted Big Rocksnowboard. Nick wasn’t the only winner for the night, RayRay was very pleased with the Sex in the Outdoors book she also won in the draw and hopes to try out some of its moves this summer – and Banff’s just the place to do it. Steve and James won drinks for their enthusiastic dance moves and after an intense limbo competition the “judges” called a three way tie between Em, Ralphie and Caroline.

I’d relay more of the stories but someone gave me a Bacardi 151 bomb and everything gets pretty vague in after that.

The Canucks going deep in the playoffs is making my liver and vocal chords hurt, but I’m not going to complain. I was in the Beaver the other night for the Canucks elimination win over the Nashville Predators. Things are a little hazy today, but i’ve recounted the event as best I can:

I came in and sat politely at the bar and ordered an ale. The Canucks scored. Then they scored again. Something arrived in a shot glass. Two more periods of hockey played. I became friends with some Aussie dudes. I think I visited McDonalds.

Hazy yes. But we won and are in the conference finals for the first time in 17 years! This calls for a celebration! To the Beaver!