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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!

The NC Double Shot Round of 32, Flight 2
May 31, 2011 · 27 Comments
The NC Double Shot Round of 32, Flight 2

Today’s write-ups by Sarah D. Bunting. Confused? Click here. Need an ingredients breakdown? We recommend Google, straight up with a twist.
1 Martini / Gibson vs. 9 Mimosa. The Martini pounded its opponent last time; I …

The NC Double Shot Round of 32, Flight 1
May 27, 2011 · 26 Comments
The NC Double Shot Round of 32, Flight 1

Today’s write-ups by Keckler. Confused? Click here. Don’t know the ingredients? Try Google.
1 Bloody Mary vs. 8 Black / White Russians. Okay, as gross as the Russians sound to me, even worse is the cocktail …

The Vine: May 27, 2011
May 27, 2011 · 100 Comments
The Vine: May 27, 2011

I am not looking for one book, but for many books. I tend to read mostly fiction, with some non-fiction thrown in. I am looking for ideas for fiction books and thought I would come …

The Vine: May 25, 2011
May 25, 2011 · 27 Comments
The Vine: May 25, 2011

I’m just going to launch right in to this one:
Six months ago my father died. Both before and after he died my mother’s brother, J, and his wife, B, made assurances to my father, mother …

Squared Up: Wilponzi
May 24, 2011 · 5 Comments
Squared Up: Wilponzi

It’s not that Fred Wilpon aired out specific players on the Mets in his comments to The New Yorker that bothers me. Rather, it’s all the things that the particulars of said airing-out say about …

The NC Double Shot Round of 64, Flight 4
May 23, 2011 · 22 Comments
The NC Double Shot Round of 64, Flight 4

Today’s write-ups by Keckler. Confused? Click here. Don’t know the ingredients? Try Google.
1 Screwdriver vs. 16 Vesper. I know the Vesper’s going down hard here and I know full well Bunting only agreed to add …

The Vine: May 20, 2011
May 20, 2011 · 8 Comments
The Vine: May 20, 2011

I’m another one looking for a YA book. I checked this one out from the public library when I was around 11 or 12 (which would make it the late ’80s) and only remember fragments. …

The NC Double Shot Round of 64, Flight 3
May 20, 2011 · 39 Comments
The NC Double Shot Round of 64, Flight 3

Today’s write-ups by Sarah D. Bunting. Confused? Click here. Don’t know the ingredients? Google, baby.
1 Martini / Gibson vs. 16 Pink Lady. I used to have a boyfriend who refused to eat potato salad because …

xoJane.com: Like A Dog To Its Own Vomit
May 19, 2011 · 52 Comments
xoJane.com: Like A Dog To Its Own Vomit

Jane Pratt has me cringing again.
Reader AMA tipped me to Pratt’s new project, xoJane.com, and wondered about my thoughts “given [my] previous takedown” of Jane Magazine, so the cringing began with my own writing from …

The Vine: May 18, 2011
May 18, 2011 · 21 Comments
The Vine: May 18, 2011

I am hoping you and your readers may be able to provide me with some advice on dealing with my mother-in-law.
I have been with my partner for almost six years. He is one of three …