Chalk this one up to "sh*t that was cooler when I was a kid." I think it was cooler mainly because I still believed in Santa Claus or didn't wonder how and why stores would stock all the stuff they do and why American consumers feel so inclined to buy as much stuff as they do...
Took the GF here this weekend and I was disappointed. We had some good food but the overall Old Town experience was lacking even at the best of the galleries and sh*t shops.