Word: younger
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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...
...Even The Harp may have an Irish band playing for the occasion. Amid this authentically enhanced ambiance, the college set comes to party. "As the night goes on, the crowd gets a little younger," Stolinsky says. "We try to keep them from getting rowdy a much as possible. Everyone thinks they can drink a lot more on that day. A lot of times we have to ask people to leave, but we try not to let it get to that point...
With Oasis tunes serenading the patrons andwaitresses drinking Starbucks instead of Harp, TheField caters to a younger crowd...
Parents with big purses may want to stay--or dine at least once--at the Plaza, well known to the younger set as the residence of Kay Thompson's mischievous Eloise, whose portrait (by Eloise illustrator Hilary Knight) overlooks the hotel's Palm Court. There, modern-day urchins can order kid-friendly delectables like Home Alone Sundaes and s'mores...
...aged in years and saw signs that my ubiquitous smiley face would not keep me cute forever, one of my consolations was that I was, and always be, two days younger than Macaulay Culkin, who, of course, the world will always see as a 10-year-old. But then he screwed everything up by getting married, and I realized then that I too would one day have to admit defeat, forget about my Peter Pan tendencies and grow...