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The Tomato Nation advice column addresses your questions on etiquette, grammar, romance, and pet misbehavior. Ask The Readers about books or fashion today!

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The Vine: February 20, 2009
February 20, 2009 – 1:14 PM | 92 Comments

Hi Sars,
I’m after advice on a beauty issue that I hope the readers might be able to help me with, although it isn’t as fun as suggesting a new nail polish.

The Vine: February 6, 2009
February 6, 2009 – 5:58 PM | 83 Comments

Hello Sars!
I love online advice columns, hence my reading of The Vine. I’m looking for more to read, but would you believe it’s difficult? There’s boring old Dear Abby and other, rather stuffy, syndicated columnists …

The Vine: January 30, 2009
January 30, 2009 – 2:51 PM | 12 Comments

Is there any way that you can ask your readers if there’s a good “all-in-one” baby registry out there on the interwebs?   I’m looking for one sitethat searches a bunch of different stores for …

The Vine: January 23, 2009
January 23, 2009 – 12:02 PM | 17 Comments

Hi Sars,
My husband just bought new water bottles for us, because the plastic used in our current bottles is apparently the kind that’s leaching some terrible chemical into the water inside. BPH, BPA, BP…something.
Anyway, this …

The Vine: January 16, 2009
January 16, 2009 – 5:03 PM | 24 Comments

Dear Sars,
My husband and I need help with a hair product dilemma.We have both used Aveda Elixir for years to manage hair that is fine, straight and flyaway (his) and thick, curly and frizzy (mine).We’re …

The Vine: January 9, 2009
January 9, 2009 – 3:13 PM | 92 Comments

Those bastards at Proctor & Gamble have discontinued my deodorant.
No more for the Secret Platinum Soft Solid. I tried their new product the “Flawless” and it’s ill-named. It never quite, I don’t know, dries …

The Vine: January 2, 2009
January 2, 2009 – 12:17 PM | 9 Comments

Seven years ago in freshman English, we read a book that I’ve almost forgotten but am dying to reread.
A girl grows up in a small African-American community and lives with her great aunt or …

The Vine: December 26, 2008
December 26, 2008 – 12:59 PM | 10 Comments

This one is for you and the readers. Last summer I was studying abroad in Italy for a month and discovered these awesome little cookies in the grocery stores there. It’s pretty much my favorite …

The Vine: December 19, 2008
December 19, 2008 – 12:12 PM | 23 Comments

Hi Sars,
I’m hoping you and your readers will be able help me and my colleagues out. A treasured co-worker is leaving us to return home after working here in America for the last three years. …

The Vine: December 12, 2008 (Bookfest)
December 12, 2008 – 1:42 PM | 28 Comments

Hey Sars,
I’m hoping the TN readership can help me find a book I read years ago. I read it in 1998 when I was an exchange student in Germany for my English class. I would …