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The Vine: March 22, 2013
March 22, 2013 – 11:17 AM | 47 Comments
The Vine: March 22, 2013

Two authors, two cocktails, cannot find out how to make them:
In one of the Fletch novels, Gregory McDonald has Fletch call down to the hotel desk for a Bath Towel (which they turn out not …

The Vine: March 15, 2013
March 15, 2013 – 11:22 AM | 43 Comments
The Vine: March 15, 2013

Maybe you and Red Cloudsource can help me find a bra! I’m looking for a 36G (or equivalent) bra that must have:

Underwire because “wirefree” bras offer me neither lift nor separation
No padding at all because …

The Vine: March 8, 2013
March 8, 2013 – 9:35 AM | 46 Comments
The Vine: March 8, 2013

I’m in search of a short story that I first remember reading in junior high (early 1980s FWIW, but I’m sure the story is much older) — we were given short stories to act out …

The Vine: March 1, 2013
March 1, 2013 – 9:07 AM | 45 Comments
The Vine: March 1, 2013

I’m looking for a reusable, portable, leak-proof container in which to transport fruit juice to and fro in the world. I specify the juice part because apparently that makes me an oddity amongst the coffee-/tea- and …

The Vine: February 22, 2013
February 22, 2013 – 9:06 AM | 28 Comments
The Vine: February 22, 2013

I’m looking to buy a new swimsuit, mine is all stretched out. Here’s the particulars: I live in SoCal, so I can and do swim pretty much year-round. The pool at my apartment is chlorinated …

The Vine: February 15, 2013
February 15, 2013 – 10:06 AM | 32 Comments
The Vine: February 15, 2013

I need a bag.
This is for a friend. She likes this bag. Well, she likes the size, and she likes the style, the way it’s designed to rest against the body. She really doesn’t like …

The Vine: February 8, 2013
February 8, 2013 – 8:59 AM | 40 Comments
The Vine: February 8, 2013

There’s a historical romance I’m looking for. I can only remember some parts of it. I read it in the early ’90s.
It starts out where this girl is with her father in this field (United …

The Vine: February 1, 2013
February 1, 2013 – 9:53 AM | 12 Comments
The Vine: February 1, 2013

I’m hoping you can help me track down a book I loved as a kid so I can give it to my nieces. It was a collection of fairy tales (predominantly European), set up so …

The Vine: January 25, 2013
January 25, 2013 – 1:00 PM | 52 Comments
The Vine: January 25, 2013

One for the great Red Cloudsource: I watched a movie when I was very young and only remember bits and pieces, but it is now bugging me as I cannot remember the name and I am …

The Vine: January 11, 2013
January 11, 2013 – 1:00 PM | 21 Comments
The Vine: January 11, 2013

When I was young, I read a couple of kids’ books that were way older than me. Probably published no later than the ’60s, possibly quite a bit earlier. A family purchased an old estate …