Try the house-made corned beef from this Wheat Ridge meat market on St. Patrick’s Day

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I was born on St. Patrick’s Day, which is both a blessing and a curse.

It’s a blessing because people tend to remember to wish me a good day. In fact, you’d be surprised how many birthday cards you can find for people born on specific holidays.

It’s a curse because it also happens to be one of the biggest party days of the year in this country.

When I was in my 20s, this made it a lot of fun. Green beer in plastic cups. Pints of Guinness (or of Longmont-based Left Hand Brewing’s Nitro stout) and shots of Irish ...