Amanti Vino was one of several places where I shopped for the wines for my tasting (Crush Wine on 57th Street in Manhattan is another top German wine source).

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Our Mary Ellen Egan sat down with her this summer, and her reporting only solidified my already rampant girl crush.

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Even a game like Half-Life 2, which was probably my first big PC shooter crush, felt pretty repetitive when it came to the badguys.

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