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Basically, the problem is: What are your criteria?
Here are my thoughts on the best wine lists in town:
For Napa Valley reds: Manny’s Steakhouse.
For French wines: Vincent in Minneapolis, and Meritage in St. Paul.
For Spanish wines: Solera]]><![CDATA[Pleasantly Surprised by the Seafood Palace Buffet]]>tag:www.midwesthomemag.com,2008-08-25:32812008-08-25T12:59:06-06:002008-08-25T12:00:00-06:00<![CDATA[Finally, A Critter You Can Eat To Extinction—With Pride]]>tag:www.midwesthomemag.com,2008-08-18:32302008-08-18T01:01:29-06:002008-08-18T12:00:00-06:00<![CDATA[$5 Off All The Organic Wine You Can Drink]]>tag:www.midwesthomemag.com,2008-08-13:32232008-08-13T04:50:00-06:002008-08-13T12:00:00-06:00<![CDATA[The Oldest Recipe?]]>tag:www.midwesthomemag.com,2008-08-12:32222008-08-12T03:14:00-06:002008-08-12T12:00:00-06:00<![CDATA[Illegal Sneak Peek: The New Manny’s & Prohibition]]>tag:www.midwesthomemag.com,2008-08-07:32212008-08-07T10:59:00-06:002008-08-07T12:00:00-06:00<![CDATA[Quail—for Fido?]]>tag:www.midwesthomemag.com,2008-08-04:32162008-08-04T10:36:00-06:002008-08-04T12:00:00-06:00<![CDATA[Fifteen Minute Meals—or Shameless Self Promotion?]]>tag:www.midwesthomemag.com,2008-07-29:32142008-07-29T08:38:00-06:002008-07-30T12:00:00-06:00<![CDATA[Pierre’s Last Stand?]]>tag:www.midwesthomemag.com,2008-07-24:32012008-07-24T01:47:00-06:002008-07-24T12:00:00-06:00<![CDATA[Bayport Cookery’s New Wine Bar]]>tag:www.midwesthomemag.com,2008-07-18:31732008-07-18T11:06:23-06:002008-07-18T12:00:00-06:00<![CDATA[Buffets That Are Really Good, And Not Just Good “For a Buffet”]]>tag:www.midwesthomemag.com,2008-07-15:31662008-07-15T05:00:35-06:002008-07-16T12:00:00-06:00
Yuck.
It had about two-and-a-half years of accumulated notes, ideas, phone numbers, and other such valuable but disorganized stuff on it, and I’ve been trying to move everything into a more organized way of being. Why? Because I seem to have joined the cult of people who follow David Allen and his book/personal productivity lifestyle, called Getting Stuff Done. Don’t ask—just read about it on Wikipedia if you want.
I’ve kind of gotten to a point in my life where—with all these projects, with all these children—something needed to change. And yes, I only have two children, but I’ll tell you, with toddler and the infant there are moments where I think:]]>