Baseball

“I wrote 63 songs this year. They’re all about Jeter.” Just kidding. The game we love, the players we hate, and more.

Culture and Criticism

From Norman Mailer to Wendy Pepper — everything on film, TV, books, music, and snacks (shut up, raisins), plus the Girls’ Bike Club.

Donors Choose and Contests

Helping public schools, winning prizes, sending a crazy lady in a tomato costume out in public.

Stories, True and Otherwise

Monologues, travelogues, fiction, and fart humor. And hens. Don’t forget the hens.

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!

Brooklyn Diners, Brokelyn-style
August 24, 2009 · 8 Comments

My piece for Brokelyn on top-five diner plates around the borough; great pix by their staff photog, too.   Stay tuned to Brooklyn Diners tonight for a review of the Emphasis in Bay Ridge.

Support Local Biz: August 24, 2009
August 24, 2009 · 3 Comments

My great good friend Hud is Director of Development at an organization called Freedom Calls; the foundation’s mission is to deploy the latest technology to keep servicemen and -women in Iraq in touch with their …

The Vine: August 21, 2009
August 21, 2009 · 62 Comments

Hi Sars,
Here’s an unusual Mystery Book for you, or your legions of readers, to puzzle over:
I was an insatiable reader in middle and high school; the downside to this is that ten years later, almost …

N Cookie AA: Pepperidge Farm Prelim Polls
August 20, 2009 · 39 Comments

Lotta Ps there.Lotta choices, too, so we apologize in advance for slow load times.Clearing your browser history usually solves any problems with the poll itself.
You may vote for as many selections at once as you …

N Cookie AA: Preliminary Housekeeping
August 20, 2009 · 13 Comments
N Cookie AA: Preliminary Housekeeping

Greetings, snacklings! Please give Wing Chun a round of applause (or clink your spoons on your bowls) for her excellent co-captaincy of the N Cereal AA.
It’s already time to do it again.   The N …

The Vine: August 19, 2009
August 19, 2009 · 68 Comments

Dear all-knowing Cat Lady,
I have a problem with my kitten and it’s making me crazy. No one has been able to help me so I’m hoping someone out there could give me some advice.
I have …

All the ormolu that’s fit to print: Works of Edith Wharton
August 17, 2009 · 36 Comments
All the ormolu that’s fit to print: <I>Works of Edith Wharton</I>

Works of Edith Wharton does not contain all of Wharton’s works — to fit the novels and the gardening/architecture stuff and the erotica and the letters and all the other “and”s into one volume obviously …

The Vine: August 14, 2009
August 14, 2009 · 52 Comments

Sars,
Okay, I have a lost TV show from my youth that has been driving me bonkers for years:
It was a Saturday-morning show, I think.Live action.It followed the lives of a bunch of bugs (who were …

The Vine: August 12, 2009
August 12, 2009 · 55 Comments

Hi, Sarah —
I’ve found the perfect job opportunity — a museum curatorial and research assistant position in a musical subject area. I have a BM in music and a BA in theater, curatorial/research summer positions …

It’s just a bill…
August 11, 2009 · 14 Comments

My piece for Monkey See on The Art of Making Money: The Story of a Master Counterfeiter, and the frustrations of being a currency nerd.   The short version: it’s a good book; I spend …