Ballet Skinny Tumbler - New Arrivals

This adorable skinny tumbler is personalized with your name and ballet slippers in light pink. The tumbler is clear with a matching straw. The tumbler is 16 oz and is made of 100% BPA-free high-grade acrylic material. It is suitable for both hot and cold liquids, however, hot liquids should not exceed 175 degrees. It is top rack dishwasher safe but hand washing is recommended for optimal product care.

— O’Malley’s Sports Pub is planning a big bash with Irish dancers on Friday and Saturday nights, plus corned beef and cabbage, drink specials Details: 2135 Old Middlefield Way; 650-965-1162. — Molly Magee’s is a dark, atmospheric pub where the beer and whiskey will be flowing on the holiday. No food is served, but you’re welcome to bring in take-out food or order dinner delivery from a nearby restaurant. They’ll open early, at noon, and will have two DJs starting at 4 p.m. Details: 241 Castro St.; www.mollysmtnview.com.

OAKLAND: Less than a year old, Slainte (prounounced slahn-cha) near Jack London Square has the soul of a long-established Irish pub, what with the portrait of James Joyce over the fireplace, the Oscar Wilde books and ballet skinny tumbler the singing toasts, For Slainte’s first St, Patrick’s Day, look for a menu of Irish fare to nibble on while being entertained all day long by dancers, bands, a vocalist and a roving bagpiper, Details: 131 Broadway; www.slainteoakland.com, PLEASANT HILL: If you want to get started early, you can get your Irish on at Farrington’s Bar at 7 a.m, (yes, they open at that hour 365 days a year), For the holiday, they’ll be cooking up corned beef and cabbage and offering drink specials, Details: 1938 Contra Costa Blvd.; www.farringtonsbar.com..

SAN FRANCISCO: Sure, there are Irish pubs galore in the city, as well as the Buena Vista’s famous Irish coffee, but we thought we’d suggest a dose of history this year too. You don’t have to be Irish or a club member to drink and dine at the United Irish Cultural Center of San Francisco, located near Ocean Beach and the zoo; all comers are welcome here. You can celebrate early with lunch or dinner on Thursday or Friday, join the crowd on the 17th … or join the even bigger throng on Sunday, March 18, when they close down 45th Avenue (at Sloat Boulevard) for a street party with pipers, dancers, food, vendors and children’s activities. If you miss the holiday week, keep in mind that the UICC serves corned beef, Guinness stew, full Irish breakfasts and Irish coffees year round. Details: 2700 45th Ave.; www.irishcentersf.org.

SAN JOSE: At San Jose’s San Pedro Square downtown, O’Flaherty’s Irish Pub and its sister bar around the corner, Five Points, ballet skinny tumbler will celebrate St, Patrick’s Day all week long, An Irish Stew Cook-Off kicks off the festivities at 8 p.m, March 12, and an Irish Coffee competition will be held at 8 p.m, March 14, Live music Tuesday-Saturday, On the holiday itself, O’Flaherty’s will open at 7:30 a.m, for breakfast and the Ireland-England and France-Wales rugby games ($20 cover), From noon till closing, you’ll find Irish food, music, dance; VIP tickets available, 25 N, San Pedro St., and 169 W, Santa Clara St.; www.oflahertysirishpub.com..

— Also downtown is Trials Pub, a British pub in a cool 1894 building that packs in St. Patrick’s Day celebrants for pints, shepherd’s pie and Irish BLTs. 265 N. First St.; www.trialspub.com. — Rosie McCann’s, a large restaurant with bar and patio, carries the flag at Santana Row, with a 9 a.m. start that day. Expect live music by the Kavanaugh Brothers Celtic Experience, bagpipers, a menu of traditional Irish food, green beer, face painting for kids, plus a DJ and dancing late into the night. 355 Santana Row;  www.rosiemccanns.com.

SAN MATEO: The festivities will start early — 6 a.m, — this St, Patrick’s Day at O’Neill’s Irish Pub, located just a short walk from the Caltrain station, Green beer will flow, and bagpipers will come through during the day, Customers can order corned beef and cabbage from Bill’s Hofbrau across the street, Details: 34 S, B St.; www.oneillssanmateo.com, ballet skinny tumbler Related ArticlesSF Bay Area busting out with Irish dance and musicThe 5 best places to drink Irish coffee in the Bay Area8 sensational St, Patrick’s Day events around the SF Bay Area5 fab recipes for St, Patrick’s Day, from corned beef to Guinness cupcakesAmerica’s Test Kitchen’s ultimate corned beef recipeSUNNYVALE: The oh-so-appropriately named restaurant row of Murphy Avenue is home to three Irish pubs, so you can easily make a pub crawl of the day and evening — then take Caltrain, Lyft or Uber home..

— At 8 a.m. the Ireland vs. England rugby match goes up on the telly at Lilly Mac’s (187 S. Murphy), followed by Irish bands and dancers from 11:30 a.m. until midafternoon. After that it’s time for a traditional Irish menu and pints. Details: 187 S. Murphy Ave.; Facebook.com/LillyMacspub/. — At Fibbar Magee’s they’ll serve corned beef and cabbage all week leading up to the holiday. On St. Patrick’s Day, the doors open at 11 a.m. and the menu will also include traditional faves such as shepherd’s pie, Irish stew and fish and chips. Details: 156 S. Murphy Ave.; www.fibbars.com.

The organizers of March for Our Lives San Jose are solidifying plans for the March 24 event and hope to enlist as many as a dozen volunteers to speak at the anti-gun violence rally that follows the march, If all goes as planned, the march will start at San Jose City Hall at 11 a.m, Participants will then walk to Arena Green, across from SAP Center, for the rally, March for Our Lives San Jose is being organized by a group of Saratoga ballet skinny tumbler students from Prospect High School. Junior Julie Son said she got involved after watching Parkland, Florida students on television following the Valentine’s Day school shooting that left 17 dead..

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