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!

Prints: Not Charming
February 24, 2014 · 32 Comments
Prints: Not Charming

It’s not the pawprints themselves. …Well, it’s not JUST the pawprints themselves.

TN Read-Along #18: The Good Nurse
February 21, 2014 · 21 Comments
TN Read-Along #18: <em>The Good Nurse</em>

UPDATE, 3/10/14: I’m in L.A. at the moment and left the book half-read on my kitchen table in Brooklyn AND will not be able to coordinate a live chat, SO: same time next week. That’s …

The Vine: February 21, 2014
February 21, 2014 · 51 Comments
The Vine: February 21, 2014

I’m a recently divorced (boo/yay) gal in her early thirties looking for some good reads to help me keep believing in the magic of love.

The Vine: February 19, 2014
February 19, 2014 · 16 Comments
The Vine: February 19, 2014

A few years ago, my life went off the rails in a pretty spectacular fashion.

The Vine: February 14, 2014
February 14, 2014 · 14 Comments
The Vine: February 14, 2014

I’ve been buying my shoes in size 6.5 or 7, medium width my whole life (and I have a few gray hairs at this point, so we’re talking a few decades).

Tomato Nation Read-Along #18: Poll
February 13, 2014 · 9 Comments
Tomato Nation Read-Along #18: Poll

It’s been A YEAR since we all read something together? That’s terrible.

Elsewhere In The Tomatoverse: Moving The Chains
February 12, 2014 · No Comment
Elsewhere In The Tomatoverse: Moving The Chains

Football, figure skating, and France.

The Vine: February 12, 2014
February 12, 2014 · 45 Comments
The Vine: February 12, 2014

I’ve been dating my boyfriend now for about three months.

A Word From Our Sponsors: Canvas People
February 11, 2014 · 8 Comments
A Word From Our Sponsors: Canvas People

A canvas version of your loved one(s) is a fantastic Valentine’s gift: check out Canvas People’s deals today!
And no, Canvas People does not make people out of canvas (as far as I know). It turns …

Lust For Fame: The Stage Career of John Wilkes Booth
February 8, 2014 · 10 Comments
<em>Lust For Fame: The Stage Career of John Wilkes Booth</em>

The curtain fell on Romeo with a sprained thumb, a good deal of hair on his sleeve, Juliet in rags and two white shoes lying in the corner of the stage! — Kate Reignolds, Booth’s …