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Articles by Sarah D. Bunting

The Vine: June 28, 2007
June 28, 2007 – 3:40 PM | No Comment

Dear Sarah,
I’d love to know your thoughts about this situation.
After many years together, Sam and Laura were divorced a little over a year ago. They have remained friends, continued to live in the same city, …

“He’s a bully, is what he is.”
June 28, 2007 – 12:24 AM | 10 Comments

“Jack McGee Without Pity.”

McGee says that Leary, who declined requests to be interviewed for this piece, cultivates a public image as a bold, blunt, hands-on actor-writer-producer who loves collaboration, but is actually an insecure, controlling …

The Vine: June 27, 2007
June 27, 2007 – 8:26 PM | No Comment

Hi Sars!
 
Longtime reader, first-time writer.I’m hoping you can offer some suggestions for handling this rather awkward situation.
 
I met my friend, Janet, just over three years ago when I started working with her.We started out as …

The Vine: June 26, 2007
June 26, 2007 – 11:58 AM | No Comment

Sars,
Long story short. I’m a 28-year-old only child of a single mother. My mom’s health has been, for about the last decade, what could casually be called a clusterfuck. The latest problem to develop is …

GBC: The Reality Show
June 26, 2007 – 11:24 AM | 6 Comments

Thanks to reader Julie C. for tipping me off to this. I wouldn’t have thought to put Kristofferson in the GBC, but on the other hand…A Star Is Born.

Creamsicles Of The Crop
June 25, 2007 – 7:53 PM | 114 Comments
Creamsicles Of The Crop

 
I can’t quite pinpoint when it began, my search for the food or drink that best replicates the Creamsicle.

Guyz Nite in the Timez
June 25, 2007 – 8:32 AM | 8 Comments

Mr. S, Gen, Skyrockets, and I have been trying to get together for dinner for like a month and a half, and it fell through again on Friday…because Mr. S had to go to the …

The Vine: June 22, 2007
June 22, 2007 – 4:36 PM | 14 Comments

Dear Sars,
I have a book question. I’m trying to track down a copy of a knitting book that my mom had when I was a kid. I believe it was from the late ’50s or …

Brothers & Sisters: “An Act Of Will”
June 21, 2007 – 9:56 AM | No Comment

“Will Power Trip”:

Joe passive-aggressives that he thought “the whole point of giving up the big corporate job for the family business was” — he nods after the kids — “you know.” Well, yeah. Couldn’t have …

The Vine: June 20, 2007
June 20, 2007 – 9:10 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
I’ve never done this type of thing, so I hope I can provide you with enough information to help me with my problem.
My wife and me have been married for two years. Most …