Where: Local bars throughout OTR and downtown.  Some personal favorites include Arnold's, Grammer's, Kaldi's and Below Zero.  Bockfest.com has a complete list of participating bars.

When: Friday, March 14.

Cost: No cover - so your only cost is beer and bockwurst.

Last weekends blizzard was especially tough on beer fanatics in Cincinnati.  Although some braved the white death to take in the Bockfest activities, many of us didn't have that chance.  So, tonight (Friday), many of the Bockfest bars are banding together to give you one more chance to celebrate one of Cincinnati's most unique traditions, the celebration of Spring and bock beer.

What: St. Patrick's Day

Where: Your local Irish pub

When: All day and all night Monday

Cost: Probably a day of sick leave from work on Tuesday

If there is anything better than having St. Patrick's Day on the weekend, it is having it on Monday - giving us an excuse to skip work and have a breakfast of green beer and eggs.  There are numerous local pubs that are sure to be rowdy on Monday, including Crowley's in Mt. Adams, Molly Malone's in Pleasant Ridge, and any bar that has an "O' " in its name.