FRIDAY:

Odds are good you will be imbibing a beer or 12 this evening in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, so please write down this number in big, bold letters and stick it in your wallet right now: 1-800-200-TAXI. That’s the number for SoberRide, which will be in operation from 4 p.m. today until 4 a.m. tomorrow morning. If you’re over 21, the SoberRide program will pay for a taxi (up to $50) to pick you up and take you home (they will not take you to another bar, so don’t ask). You have to call when you need the taxi (no reservations) and you have to call from a DC, VA or MD area code — that means you pretentious bastards who refuse to give up your New York cell phone numbers will need to borrow a friend’s phone to use the service.

>>If you’re still trying to decide where to make your Paddy’s Day stand, we’ve got our suggestions here and Fritz Hahn at the Post has a list of all the Irish Pub parties for your perusal. Can’t make up your mind and want us just to tell you where to go tonight? Why not head over to the National Geographic Society’s St. Patrick’s Day concert with DANÚ, an honest to goodness Celtic band (no offense to the local lads in Scythian, but everybody knows those guys are more Ukrainian than Irish) who were named “Best Band” by the 2004 BBC Radio Two Folk Awards. Tickets are $27, or $23 for National Geographic members, with two shows — one at 7 p.m. and one at 9 p.m.