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!

Who’s that double-chinned dude wearing my shirt?
August 10, 2007 · 25 Comments

Oh, wait. That’s actually me wearing my shirt as I win the Bryant Park Project’s TV-theme-song game (on a My So-Called Life cue, no less!) Now that I’m up on the podium I’d like to …

A pitch meeting I wish I’d attended
August 9, 2007 · 23 Comments

I just saw an ad for Celebrity Bull-Riding on CMT.Why, Lord?

The Vine: August 7, 2007
August 7, 2007 · No Comment

Hi Sars,
I met a guy through an online dating site, and we emailed once or twice a week for a few weeks. Two weeks ago, we decided to meet in person and see if we …

Maxed Elvis Standing!
August 6, 2007 · 13 Comments

It’s a meetings-and-deadlines shit show at work for the next few days, so it’s bite-sized content until I can get my breath, but until then…
 
Maxed Out doesn’t break much ground as far as the documentary …

The Cape Cod Retail/Location Name-O-Matic
August 4, 2007 · 25 Comments

You never know when you might find yourself in Cape Cod, struggling to christen a new restaurant, antique store, street, or cluster of swayback-roofed pale blue motel cottages. It’s a lot of pressure, but help …

It’s not a good time for bridge puns, so let’s not
August 3, 2007 · 5 Comments

Minneapolis reader, COPS-book lender, and all-around fine fellow MG sent me some links to good online resources for the latest on the bridge collapse; I’ve listed them below.MG himself is fine, but as of when …

The Vine: August 3, 2007
August 3, 2007 · 35 Comments

Dear Sars,
 
My friend recently asked me to be one of her bridesmaids, and since I live in the city — and she’s in Ohio — she wants my help in finding dresses for the …

The Vine: August 2, 2007
August 2, 2007 · No Comment

Hi Sars,
My younger sister recently got in a knock-down, drag-out argument with a TV journalist friend of hers regarding a phrase he used in a Facebook message. Because I am widely considered the language geek …

More odds than ends
August 2, 2007 · 2 Comments

…If you missed the last Guyz Nite show, I’m bummed for you; it was rad.Thankgodfully, you can attend the next one, this Friday August 3 at Don Hill’s (511 Greenwich at Spring in the 212).Even …

The Vine: August 1, 2007
August 1, 2007 · 49 Comments

Dear Tomato Nation:
 
I am a single parent living in Brooklyn with two young children (aged 9 and 3) and two cats (aged 15 and 14). About five years ago, after a long period of …