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Articles by Sarah D. Bunting

The Vine: June 14, 2005
June 14, 2005 – 2:29 PM | No Comment

 
Well-endowed readers wrote in by the dozen to suggest foundation-garment solutions for the big-breasted — and nearly half of them, independent of one another, voted for Bravissimo as a life-saving resource. It’s a UK-based company, …

Good Humor
June 13, 2005 – 10:10 AM | No Comment

I can understand how the recent heat wave might have caught the deli owners of the city unawares in the ice-cream-novelty department. After all, March lasted approximately two months longer than it’s supposed to, and …

The Vine: June 10, 2005
June 10, 2005 – 2:07 PM | No Comment

Sars:
I feel I’ve regressed back to the fifth grade, which is why I’m writing to you.
To explain: fifth grade was basically the nadir of my existence.I got braces and glasses the same year, was brainy …

The Vine: June 9, 2005
June 9, 2005 – 1:49 PM | No Comment

Hi Sars,
I have a quick question — on a recent commercial offering a free trial period
on Product A, the voice-over and screen say, “Try it free!”
This…seems wrong. Shouldn’t it be “Try it FOR free”? I …

The Vine: June 8, 2005
June 8, 2005 – 1:13 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
So I come from a moderately religious background, with extended family
who tends more towards religious and less towards moderate.My cousins
host an annual huge party, to which the whole family is
invited, and I was all …

The Vine: June 7, 2005
June 7, 2005 – 12:49 PM | No Comment

Sars —
This is for Nipple McMom.
I used to get naked on my naptime cot when I was about four years old.My mom is an early-childhood education expert, and even she had a hard time figuring …

Dear Retail Fashion Industry
June 6, 2005 – 10:09 AM | 4 Comments

Dear Retail Fashion Industry,
I want to stay together. I do. I want this relationship to work. It’s because I want it to work — and not merely out of laziness, as you may reasonably have …

The Vine: May 27, 2005
May 27, 2005 – 12:57 PM | No Comment

Some reading suggestions:
David Allen, Getting Things Done
Julie Morgenstern, Organizing from the Inside Out
Julie Morgenstern, Time Management from the Inside Out
Haven’t read her Making Work Work, but I’m sure it’s also good.
Julie gets a bit into …

The Vine: May 26, 2005
May 26, 2005 – 2:12 PM | No Comment

Hi. A friend tuned me into your site — awesome, if I may say so — after she got some great advice from you, and I was hoping you could do the same for me.
See, …

The Vine: May 25, 2005
May 25, 2005 – 2:19 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars and Dare,
Sars is completely right — there’s nothing wrong with
eating the rind. Camembert and Brie are known as a
“soft-ripened” or “bloomy rind” cheeses. Over the
aging process (or affinage), the rind naturally
grows all velvety …