{"id":20463,"date":"2016-03-17T04:18:46","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T08:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=20463"},"modified":"2019-11-26T07:20:24","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T12:20:24","slug":"erin-go-arrgghh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2016\/03\/17\/erin-go-arrgghh\/","title":{"rendered":"Erin go ARRGGHH!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?attachment_id=20465\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20465 noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20465\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2016\/03\/17\/erin-go-arrgghh\/charred-van_side\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/charred-van_side.jpg?fit=800%2C485&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,485\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;COOLPIX P50&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1426337427&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;8.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;74&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0088495575221239&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"charred-van_side\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/charred-van_side.jpg?fit=640%2C388&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20465\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/charred-van_side.jpg?resize=640%2C388&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"charred-van_side\" width=\"640\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/charred-van_side.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/charred-van_side.jpg?resize=300%2C182&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/charred-van_side.jpg?resize=768%2C466&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>On my way to <em>Saint Rita&#8217;s<\/em> on Broad Street this past Sunday I was dismayed to find what looked like the remains of a <em>Saint Patrick&#8217;s Pub Crawl<\/em> that went very badly.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I could find nothing in the local news about the incident until later in the week. It turns out it was a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phillymag.com\/news\/2016\/03\/14\/party-bus-fire-broad-street\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bachelorette party that went up in flames<\/a>. Fortunately nobody was hurt.<\/p>\n<p><em>Besides, don&#8217;t they say that bad bachelorette parties usually mean good luck for the future bride and groom?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>No, they don&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?attachment_id=20464\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20464 noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20464\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2016\/03\/17\/erin-go-arrgghh\/charred-van_front\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/charred-van_front.jpg?fit=800%2C596&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,596\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;COOLPIX P50&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1426337660&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.7&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;64&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0088261253309797&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"charred-van_front\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/charred-van_front.jpg?fit=640%2C477&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20464\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/charred-van_front.jpg?resize=640%2C477&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"charred-van_front\" width=\"640\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/charred-van_front.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/charred-van_front.jpg?resize=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/charred-van_front.jpg?resize=768%2C572&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>Nobody seemed to be in a real hurry to haul away this crispy husk. The burned out carcass sat there as a reminder to passers-by and parishioners of the wages of sin and how you may want to vet your limousine service a little more thoroughly before you hand over hundreds of dollars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On my way to Saint Rita&#8217;s on Broad Street this past Sunday I was dismayed to find what looked like the remains of a Saint Patrick&#8217;s Pub Crawl that went very badly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,104,3809],"tags":[2410,3843,284,3846,1137,3708,3844,3845,1867,1216,354,3669,3841,480,3842],"class_list":["post-20463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-philadelphia","category-south-philly-safari","tag-alcohol","tag-bachlorette-party","tag-booze","tag-booze-cruise","tag-broad-street","tag-church","tag-drink","tag-drunk","tag-fire","tag-party","tag-pennsylvania","tag-philadelphia","tag-saint-patricks-day","tag-usa","tag-van"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-5k3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25436,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2019\/06\/13\/on-broad-street\/","url_meta":{"origin":20463,"position":0},"title":"On Broad Street","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"June 13, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Saint Rita of Cascia","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Looking South&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Looking South","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/looking-south\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Saint Rita of Cascia","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48054815698_7ccc201a4c_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48054815698_7ccc201a4c_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48054815698_7ccc201a4c_z.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12256,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2013\/03\/23\/sole-of-the-boot\/","url_meta":{"origin":20463,"position":1},"title":"Sole of the Boot","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"March 23, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Rumor is that they're renovating to reopen, but it's quiet.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Philadelphia&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Philadelphia","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/philadelphia\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Boot and Saddle","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8387\/8543316530_c72e79e69f_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8387\/8543316530_c72e79e69f_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8387\/8543316530_c72e79e69f_z.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":22691,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2017\/10\/08\/getting-to-church-early\/","url_meta":{"origin":20463,"position":2},"title":"Getting to Church Early","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"October 8, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The center aisle of Saint Rita of Cascia on South Broad Street off of Ellsworth in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Looking South&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Looking South","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/looking-south\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Saint Rita of Cascia","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4459\/37312915980_efa1dfc9c4_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4459\/37312915980_efa1dfc9c4_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4459\/37312915980_efa1dfc9c4_z.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":19096,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2015\/06\/23\/still-no-sign-of-the-sign\/","url_meta":{"origin":20463,"position":3},"title":"Still No Sign of the Sign","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"June 23, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I had recently written about the refurbishment of the iconic electrified boot that adorned the facade of the Boot & Saddle Bar only to be disappointed a few days later by the mysterious disappearance of that sign. 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