I recently got engaged to my awesome boyfriend, and we are starting to plan a wedding for next year.Even though I am not much of a planner (or maybe because I am not much of …

Hi Sars,
I’m looking for a book I read about twelve years ago; I’m not even sure it was a good book, but it’s bugging me. It was in the section of my school library as …

Dear Sars,
My apologies up front for the length of this email and my thanks in advance for any advice you have for me.
I am a 32-year-old female. My brother (let’s call him George) and his …

Hi there,
I thought you and the readers might be able to help me out with this.A few months ago, I saw a pair of great sneakers at DSW (the one in Union Square in NYC, …

I’m on the road today, so until I get back to Brooklyn airspace, I’m leaving you with an Ask The Readers of my own about a book I read 25 years ago — part of …

Hi, Sars. I have a question for your readers about pasta-makers.
I have a manual, hand-crank, metal pasta-maker and…it’s broken. I feed dough in, and it gets stuck in the rollers, rather than emerging from the …

How do you alphabetize a list containing items starting with numbers? I remember learning back in the day that you do it as if you were writing the number out. So “5th” goes under F, …

Hi Sars,
I’ve been wracking my brain for weeks, now, trying to remember this book I read when I was a little kid. I’m really at an impasse, as my memory of it is pretty patchy, …

Hi Sars,
The story is this: I am a 21-year-old high-school graduate who has spent about four years on a two-year degree because of lack of focus, lack of money, and lack of “motivation.”
Oh, also home-schooled …

Dear Sarah,
I am currently living in London but will be moving back to the good ol’ U.S. of A this summer.My Irish boyfriend is set to follow and, being the thoughtful and intellectually curious person …