10 Spot: Baltimore St. Patrick's Day Parade and nine more of our favorites this week

One of my friends just proposed that March should be called Drunk History Month. Sorry, Women's History Month, but she's right. Particularly in Baltimore, where the St. Patrick's Day-related drinking events keep on coming. Sunday's parade features dancers, bagpipers and the usual Irish-related things to cheer. Plus, there's the Shamrock 5K, your chance to cheer on runners while you say to yourself, "Man, I should try that next year. But right now I need another Guinness." Shamrock 5K starts at 1:15 p.m., Charles and Franklin streets, Mount Vernon. Parade begins at 2 p.m. at the Washington Monument and continues to Pratt Street and Market Place. irishparade.net (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)