There’s nothing new here. W.A. Frost has been winning awards for years: from Wine Spectator, Gourmet, various local publications, and Zagat. The newest honor is from Wine Enthusiast Magazine — an award of "unique distinction" for Frost’s nearly Bible-size wine list. And it’s well-deserved. But what strikes me about this restaurant is that. . . … Read more
BOOKSWe Really Are as Dumb as Vonnegut Suggests Bottom line: We lovely, brilliant people — however lovely, unlovely, brilliant or unbrilliant we may be — continually refuse to acknowledge our own stupidity and, therefore, perpetually threaten our own existence. There’s just no denying this. We continue to destroy our environment. We continue to exhaust our … Read more
A couple of books have arrived in the mail recently -and set me to thinking about the role of critics – Zagat’s America’s Top Restaurants 2008, and Food & Philosophy: Eat, Think and Be Merry, edited by Fritz Alhoff and Dave Monroe (Blackwell Publishing). I opened the Zagat guide and turned to the Minneapolis-St. Paul … Read more
I submit my good friend Andy Goldman Gray’s thoughts on his beloved Aztek, supposedly penned while he was flying on Nyquil. He is VP Marketing at United Way, so contribute some of your thoughts (even money) in a professional capacity. When has something so maligned caused such a devoted following as the fateful Pontiac Aztek? … Read more
NY Times media columnist David Carr told a sad tale today. It started out with him telling how the city of Chicago had just paid out $20 million to settle lawsuits by four former condemned men who had been tortured by police. He mentioned that, in essence, because of these men being tortured into confessing … Read more
increase your dik sizepenile enlargement Clearly, the word has leaked out: I do not have a large penis. It’s true. But do I really need to be reminded every day by numerous emails? The initial sting aside, it’s quite touching (hands off, buddy!) to have countless strangers out there so terribly concerned about my sex … Read more
Well, at about 6:45 p.m. on Saturday night, in the midst of a classic Seinfeld, my husband and I got out of our warm cocoon to get ready for the night — a holiday soirée for the Franconia Sculpture Park, hosted at Abitaré Design Studio. Now, understand, Howard works a lot, and a long time … Read more
Well, one highlight of the weekend was stopping by Anna Lee’s Ruby3 trunkshow. As I mentioned previously, Ms. Lee is best known for her sculptural, showgirl-style hats, like this one, which she made of Big Bird feathers leftover from a production of Sesame Street Live: By the way, that’s the lovely Ms. Di Medlock … Read more
My younger brother Leo died of cancer this past Halloween. He was bedridden the last couple of months, but my aged parents and I were somehow able to keep him in his rather small 1-bedroom apartment in North Central Iowa until the very end. We wanted him at home where he could be with his … Read more
Our new guest blog kicks off this week with vices, loss, and weird shit by Mark Hull. Some of you may know Mark from his existing blog, Hulles — sardonic postmodern humor, or from our August 2007 Rakish Angle, "Down and Out in West Saint Paul." We hope you’ll find his writing as witty and … Read more