Word: barring
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Byrne implies, Americans have co-opted the stereotypes of the reveling Irish for their own purposes. In Boston, St. Patrick's Day is celebrated mainly in pseudo-Irish bars with a younger crowd. The Harp, a generic bar across from the FleetCenter, boasts that it is "the famous Irish Restaurant and Pub in Boston, Massachusetts" but there's little Irish about this place other than Guinness and Killian's on tap. "We have sort of an Irish theme," says Stolinsky, "but our entertainment is rock and roll and we serve pretty much American food." Perhaps to cover it's faux...
...Byrne implies, Americans have co-opted the stereotypes of the reveling Irish for their own purposes. In Boston, St. Patrick's Day is celebrated mainly in pseudo-Irish bars with a younger crowd. The Harp, a generic bar across from the FleetCenter, boasts that it is "the famous Irish Restaurant and Pub in Boston, Massachusetts" but there's little Irish about this place other than Guinness and Killian's on tap. "We have sort of an Irish theme," says Stolinsky, "but our entertainment is rock and roll and we serve pretty much American food." Perhaps to cover it's faux...
...roommate Emily is the perfect companion for this excursion because she is genuinely excited about it. "Girls night out! Cheesy bar! What should we wear?" She says. Emily raises an important point: Wardrobe is essential--we need to fit in. We take our cue from the B.C. girls we remember from the Grille freshman year, and she sports black pants and a tight sweater while I choose a tank-top and jeans. Black boots all around. We are ready...
...Crimson?" she asks. I write for them, I tell her. In fact, I am only here because The Crimson's magazine sent me. She is confused. "The bar?" she says. A lightbulb clicks. I have made a major faux pas. They are talking about the Grille. "Yeah, we call it the Crimson," she says. "We go Thursday nights." She says that she is surprised that we are nice because she has found that, although Harvard men like B.C. women, Harvard women tend to give them only dirty looks and snobby sneers. We reassure our new friends that such cattiness...
...make it to the front of the line. Emily and I are both recent 21 year-olds, so being carded has become quite a thrill for us. But, they barely glance at our IDs before ushering us in. There is a $5 cover charge. A cover? For a bar? We decide this place is a total scam. However, we make our entrance, to the sounds of ABBA's "Dancing Queen...