Unlike the endless phalanxes of cops, firemen, and marching bands that make up the St. Pat's parades in the other traditionally Irish capitals of Boston and New York, Chicago goes carnival for this shit.
But it is expensive, so here's one way to cut costs: Don't go during Carnival, New Year's or during other big events (say, the Confederations Cup soccer tournament in June), when hotel prices soar.
With only a week to go before carnival, a camp like South Connections will be attracting around 100 people a night - a rare focal point for relaxed inter-generational mixing.
It was the rise of social media, together with the proliferation of alternative right-wing news sites, that enabled Trump to build a movement of angry, alienated voters and, ultimately, go from carnival barker to President.
I am not what's called a thrill-seeking personality: I am too scared to go on carnival rides and can only imagine that if I were ever to go ziplining, bungee jumping or skydiving I would turn instantly to stone with terror, a short-lived meteor.
While she doesn't eat meat, the superintendent will be sure to have some rice and peas, washed down with something tropical (non-alcoholic, she hastens to add), and possibly fish "because you can't go to carnival and not have something with jerk seasoning".
In the other scenes, we had to swim and go on carnival rides.
"We want to make sure that people don't go to Carnival, that they stay in the streets".
"We want to make sure that people don't go to Carnival, that they stay on the streets".
"We want to make sure that people don't go to Carnival, that they stay in the streets," Eduardo Barreto, a student from Valencia, told VICE News.
Unfortunately, you can't go to Carnival without occasionally feeling the eyes of poshos burning into you and your natty, front-facing rucksack from their white stucco balconies in the sky.
