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Everything at Electric Fetus music and gifts is discounted 20 percent through Sunday, Feb. 14, including the T-shirt Ringo Starr wore to the awards program.
Photo right: Ringo at the Grammys with wife Barbara
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Call the Rainbow Foods near you for info on FREE H1N1 shots.
Stylepoints
With Valentine's Day just around the corner, local jewelry designer Karin Jacobson has made wearing your love on your sleeve or your ears affordable and adorable.
Steals&Deals
I don't get too excited about discounts when stores announce going-out-of-business sales because the initial discounts are modest. Didn't Linens N Things start its GOB sale at 10 percent off everything? Yawn. So I thought I'd wait a couple of weeks before heading to Home Valu to check out the current discounts.
Drink cheap this week
Bar: Moto-i. If you're out really late at night, this sake brewpub near Lake and Lyndale has some great deals.
Deal: $3 house wine and tap beer. Plus, $3 veggie tempura, $3 steam buns (two for one), $5 okonomiyaki (loaded Japanese pancake) and more.
Hours: 11 p.m.-2 a.m. Sun.-Thu.
Info: 2940 Lyndale Av. S., Mpls. 612-821-6262. www.moto-i.com.
Valentine's Day dinner doesn't have to be expensive. Consider the three-course V-Day meal at Brasa.
Deep, dark and downright delicious, this California syrah is the perfect winter quaffer.
Cheap travel
Last-minute bargains this week include Chicago, Medford, Oregon, and Oakland Calif.