St. Pat’s party goes green in many ways

It was all about the green on Sunday at the Orange County Market Place in Costa Mesa as the swap meet hosted the ninth annual St. Patrick’s Day Celebration and Green Festival.

The six-hour event featured Irish dancing, music and food and drink such as fried green tomatoes, green beer and green lemonade.

It also promoted environmental themes with displays of eco-friendly cars, crafts and other products, plus an appearance by The Bag Lady, a 9-foot-tall stilt walker dressed in trash and plastic bags.

—Rob Vardon