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The Vine

The Tomato Nation advice column addresses your questions on etiquette, grammar, romance, and pet misbehavior. Ask The Readers about books or fashion today!

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The Vine: March 29, 2013
March 29, 2013 – 10:16 AM | 5 Comments
The Vine: March 29, 2013

I could use your and your readers’ help finding a book. It’s a YA book, about a girl that loves to dance, but her mother doesn’t approve.
Bits and pieces I remember: The girl dances with …

The Vine: March 27, 2013
March 27, 2013 – 10:18 AM | 41 Comments
The Vine: March 27, 2013

I’m on the brink of turning thirty-one years old. As much as I claim to be a misanthrope I’m actually super-duper nice to about 99% of the people I encounter. A lot of them happen …

The Vine: March 22, 2013
March 22, 2013 – 11:17 AM | 47 Comments
The Vine: March 22, 2013

Two authors, two cocktails, cannot find out how to make them:
In one of the Fletch novels, Gregory McDonald has Fletch call down to the hotel desk for a Bath Towel (which they turn out not …

The Vine: March 20, 2013
March 20, 2013 – 9:47 AM | 53 Comments
The Vine: March 20, 2013

I am 38 and have two gorgeous sons, the eldest of which is three and pretty much the most awesome kid ever to have graced the planet (not that I’m biased). My younger son was …

The Vine: March 15, 2013
March 15, 2013 – 11:22 AM | 43 Comments
The Vine: March 15, 2013

Maybe you and Red Cloudsource can help me find a bra! I’m looking for a 36G (or equivalent) bra that must have:

Underwire because “wirefree” bras offer me neither lift nor separation
No padding at all because …

The Vine: March 13, 2013
March 13, 2013 – 9:54 AM | 20 Comments
The Vine: March 13, 2013

My partner is pregnant with twins (yay!) and her mother’s friends are throwing us a very fancy shower, and invited all of their fancy friends. Although I don’t know most of them very well, I …

The Vine: March 8, 2013
March 8, 2013 – 9:35 AM | 46 Comments
The Vine: March 8, 2013

I’m in search of a short story that I first remember reading in junior high (early 1980s FWIW, but I’m sure the story is much older) — we were given short stories to act out …

The Vine: March 6, 2013
March 6, 2013 – 9:53 AM | 26 Comments
The Vine: March 6, 2013

I’m attending a local community college and working in a student leadership position. I met a younger guy about nine months ago in a class I was a TA in last winter quarter. We got …

The Vine: March 1, 2013
March 1, 2013 – 9:07 AM | 45 Comments
The Vine: March 1, 2013

I’m looking for a reusable, portable, leak-proof container in which to transport fruit juice to and fro in the world. I specify the juice part because apparently that makes me an oddity amongst the coffee-/tea- and …

The Vine: February 27, 2013
February 27, 2013 – 2:26 PM | 43 Comments
The Vine: February 27, 2013

I need some dating guidance. I recently opened an online dating profile and hit it off right away with one of my matches. We had been communicating on the site for about a week when …