Word: harrods
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...DeBaer's, a Belgian patisserie on tiny William Street just off the busy Knightsbridge shopping street, where the almond croissants are tastier than in Brussels or Paris. No one should visit London without taking part at least once in the afternoon tea ritual, practiced by tourists and natives alike. Harrod's is great, but for a more authentic (and upscale) high tea, dress up and venture into the Lanesborough Hotel's palm-lined conservatory, regarded by many as the top tea spot in town...
Across the pond, in London, the Atlantic Bar and Grille played host to Harvard globe-trotters. One source told FM that some intellectually curious Harvard folks turned down an exclusive party for the Elgin Marbles. (We dig.) Freshmen, juniors and seniors rubbed elbows in Harrod's and traded stories in the Tube. But with miserable weather, arduous museum-visits and third-rate eats, Ivy League breakers needed chemical relief and patronized the local "chemist" for great U.K. drugs (unavailable in the U.S. without prescription...
...When Harrod Blank recently drove through the streets of Manhattan in his "camera van," the most common reaction from pedestrians was, "What the f--is that...
...people are psyched about the idea of ecolympics now," says Jon C. Harrod '92, a member of the committee. "But whether that will lead people to take shorter showers and keep their windows closed remains to be seen...
...Harrod admits that the House remains "about in the middle" of the Ecolympic scoreboard. "We're not doing as well as we should...