Holy water on the bar of The Olde Triangle Pub in downtown Wabasha, Minnesota.
I POSSESS NOT AN OUNCE of Irish blood and I am not Catholic.
T-shirts on the pub ceiling.
But green is my favorite color.
The Irish national flag flies outside the pub.
My Uncle Robin hails from Belfast, Northern Ireland. He married into a family of Germans.
The Olde Triangle’s hearty Irish stew.
I like potatoes. And Irish stew.
The pub’s fish and chips.
My husband likes fish and chips. And beer. Me, too, but not whiskey.
I have no idea what “the year of Kathleens” means. Anyone care to enlighten me?
My name, Audrey, of course, is not Irish. But I know a lot of Kathys and a few Kathleens.
Performing at The Olde Triangle Pub Sunday afternoon.
I can’t dance an Irish jig nor name an Irish tune. However, I enjoy music in an Irish pub.
The pub’s Triquetra, Celtic (Trinity) knot, symbolizes three parts of a good life: friendship, food and drink.
And I’ll return to The Olde Triangle Pub. Sunday marked my second time dining here on a visit to Wabasha. I love this cozy, and I do mean cozy, spot in the heart of this historic Mississippi River town.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day, everyone, Irish or not!
Copyright 2014 Audrey Kletscher Helbling
Minnesota Prairie Roots 
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