PICTURE THIS

By Adam Duerson

March 20, 2006

If you love dirty water, go to Boston and gaze upon the harbor. If verde water is your thing, head to Chicago, where every year the city's plumbers' union tints the Chicago River in honor of St. Patrick's Day. Last Saturday two kayakers paddled their way through the emerald waters--you could say the luck of the dye-rish was with them--in a slightly smaller procession than the Second City's St. Patrick's Day parade, which was held that morning.