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The Vine: July 13, 2006
July 13, 2006 – 10:34 AM | No Comment

Okay, I need some advice from a generational peer on this situation. I’m 26 and I’m starting to have all kinds of icky, very adult realizations about myself and my life. Chief among these is …

The Vine: July 11, 2006
July 11, 2006 – 10:16 AM | No Comment

Sars,
I would go to a shmancy jeans boutique or maybe a Nordstrom — the reader didn’t say where she lives — and ask where they send their customers for hems. Since 95% of us have …

The Vine: July 5, 2006
July 5, 2006 – 3:43 PM | No Comment
The Vine: July 5, 2006

Hi!
I’ve never cooked with key limes, but I would think the reader could squeeze each lime, put the juice of each into an individual ice cube compartment in a tray, freeze it, pop out and …

The Vine: June 22, 2006
June 22, 2006 – 4:28 PM | No Comment

Number one, she shouldn’t bother with the thigh machine, as it’s useless. Seriously. Send her over to stumptuous.com to check out real weightlifting for women with Mistress Krista (no, it’s not going to turn …

The Vine: June 21, 2006
June 21, 2006 – 4:09 PM | No Comment

Prenatal vitamins are good for nail and hair growth.I don’t know what is in the suckers but they really helped me.Beware, they give some people gas in which case no one will come close …

The Vine: June 20, 2006
June 20, 2006 – 4:03 PM | No Comment

Used to work in a vet’s office, and we went through this all the
time.The problem is that flea eggs can lie dormant for long periods
of time, so an infestation just keeps coming in waves, …

The Vine: June 14, 2006
June 14, 2006 – 2:31 PM | No Comment

Hi Sars,
This is for the Vine Reader moving to Brooklyn, looking for a cheap gym.
The city parks may be a very good idea.Many parks have indoor “fitness centers”; you do have to pay a …

The Vine: June 13, 2006
June 13, 2006 – 2:22 PM | No Comment

Hi Sars,
The show your reader is thinking of is, I think, Hull High.
http://www.jumptheshark.com/h/hullhigh.htm
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098826/
http://epguides.com/HullHigh/
I’ve never seen or heard of it, but I get paid to find things on the
Internet (essentially) and, like any good researcher, can’t …

The Vine: June 8, 2006
June 8, 2006 – 1:35 PM | No Comment

Dearest Sars,
I tried to pare it down as much as possible, but this doesn’t just involve one boy, it involves two.And they’re twins.
A couple of weeks ago, I went out with B, a guy I …

The Vine: June 7, 2006
June 7, 2006 – 12:55 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
I have a friend problem.
Brief backstory: my friend Kim was one of my English professors in undergrad, and we currently live 12 hours apart. The problem: Kim is terrible about keeping in touch and …