Want a chance to win one (1) of two (2) $25 gift cards to Seamus McCaffrey’s Irish Pub & Restaurant in the heart of Downtown? Just submit your very best Downtown-inspired (and clean) limerick. We’ll take entries all the way up until 2 p.m. on St. Patrick’s Day (3/17) and announce a winner at 3 p.m. (Just in time for the winners to start their holiday with a pint or two of Guiness and some Shepherd’s Pie).
For the layperson, a standard limerick is a five-line poem (usually funny, or at least attempting to be) where Lines 1, 2 and 5 rhyme and contain 7-10 syllables and Lines 3 and 4 also rhyme but are a tad shorter in length, usually 5-6 syllables.
Here’s an example thrown together a few minutes ago:
There once was a man from Phoenix
Who couldn’t ever find his own Kleenex
His wife called him a louse
When he sneezed in her blouse
In the garbage sits the garment in a helix
Lame? You betcha, but you get the idea.
May the luck of the Irish be with you as you craft your Downtown limerick and please do keep them clean or run the risk of being disqualified.
You may also choose to submit your limerick on the Fans of Downtown Facebook page.
Comic, late-night talk show host, author, vodka lover and self-appointed floozy Chelsea Handler skewers celebrities, friends and family alike in a 
Need to get in shape? People of all fitness levels can head to Civic Space Park for 
Martini Mondays
Come see what they have to offer on Saturday, Feb. 27 at Portland Park (next to the Roosevelt light rail station).
Looking at Oakville’s
The redevelopment of that block, a project known as the Luhrs City Center is stunning, both in how it looks and that it is actually being completed. The project respects the historical importance of this site and original structures and mixes the old art deco style with the the modern. The redevelopment is thrilling and I stand behind it. (There is talk of the “D” word, Demolition, for part of the block, specifically the 1914 Luhrs Central Building on Madison and Central.) I think that this particular part of the plan totally sucks and I’m surprised that a city like Phoenix with so few historic structures left manages to find ways to knock down the ones still standing. The promise is that there will be a new, 200 foot high hotel built on the site.
You might think of the Downtown Ambassadors as knowledgeable, charming, helpful, and orange–and they are certainly all of those things–but what you probably don’t know is that the Ambassadors are some of Downtown’s most frequently stalked and talked about public figures. In fact, Ambassador Guy gets caught in paparazzi crossfire more often than Mayor Phil Gordon.
Sounds like some peeps you’d like to party with, right? 
Festive Friday: From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, the Ambassadors will be stationed outside the Information Center [US Bank Building, 101 N. First Ave., Ste. 190] sharing sweet treats courtesy of Downtown businesses. You can also pick up coupons for FREE food items from participating restaurants to be used throughout the month. Plus, music by 
Hanny’s
Over 50 teams of aspiring filmmakers-with a range of talent and experience more expansive than the floating Hallelujah Mountains of Pandora–will converge at 
Twenty-eight teams entered that first 48-hour challenge back in 2005. Jason Francois and Big Brain Productions took fourth place in that festival, losing points for being over the running time limit, with their film 48 Hours To Go and Francois would later join non-profit A3F as assistant director. The growing popularity of A3F events (an astounding 82 teams entered the challenge in ‘07) has allowed A3F to put on a variety of challenge-based festivals through each year, including one-shot, 72-hour, all-star, and heroes and villains.
