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The Vine: November 19, 2010
November 19, 2010 – 8:18 AM | 56 Comments
The Vine: November 19, 2010

Dear Sars and The Nation,
I have baby-fine, stick-straight hair, and I’ve learned over the years that I want to work with it, not against it. A new stylist who cut my hair at the beginning …

The Vine: November 10, 2010
November 10, 2010 – 10:38 AM | 25 Comments
The Vine: November 10, 2010

A while back I asked for curly-hair-friendly products that wouldn’t affect my asthma or my sensitive skin. And something has happened recently that makes me want to warn all my TN peeps about self-diagnosis. …

The Vine: October 15, 2010
October 15, 2010 – 11:37 AM | 21 Comments
The Vine: October 15, 2010

I live in Wisconsin and the weather is already starting to get colder. The past few falls/winters/springs I’ve worn low-rise capri-length tights under my dress pants and various CuddlDuds tops layered under sweaters. The CuddlDuds …

The Vine: September 15, 2010
September 15, 2010 – 10:30 AM | 40 Comments
The Vine: September 15, 2010

Dear Sars,
For all of high school, I’ve felt like a fraud. I’m supposedly really, really smart, but I’m lazy and worthless. I scrape by with Bs and A-minuses, but the amount of work I …

The Vine: August 13, 2010
August 13, 2010 – 8:50 AM | 36 Comments
The Vine: August 13, 2010

Oh Wise Nation,
After spending two days of my honeymoon with hives, and another day half asleep from Benadryl, I need help.
My go-to facial moisturizer/sunscreen for years (years!!) has been Oil of Olay for oily/combination …

The Vine: July 30, 2010
July 30, 2010 – 8:31 AM | 104 Comments
The Vine: July 30, 2010

Sars,
I just had a seriously depressing epiphany about myself, and, as a result, went spelunking in your archives, unsuccessfully. I seem to recall a Vine within the last couple of years where folks went off …

The Vine: July 7, 2010
July 7, 2010 – 11:49 AM | 81 Comments
The Vine: July 7, 2010

Hi Sars! To cut directly to the chase (so to speak):
About four years ago at age 28, I started running, basically from scratch (although active, I was unfit and overweight and could only run for …

The Vine: June 11, 2010
June 11, 2010 – 8:40 AM | 28 Comments
The Vine: June 11, 2010

I’ve been trying to remember the name of a movie I rented back in the day and it is making me crazy. I’ve tried all the usual searching tactics with no luck. So, since TN …

The Vine: May 14, 2010
May 14, 2010 – 11:05 AM | 39 Comments
The Vine: May 14, 2010

Dear Sarah,
After wearing a seat belt, my shirt gets two rub marks in the middle of my chest where it got pushed against the tips of my underwires. Not pretty.
I usually wear 100% cotton t-shirts …

The Vine, Anniversary Edition: April 29, 2010
April 29, 2010 – 3:41 PM | 80 Comments
The Vine, Anniversary Edition: April 29, 2010

Dear Sars,
Would love a little help figuring out what the heck I am remembering here.
It’s something I saw as a kid in the mid-to-late eighties on a children’s program. I’m pretty sure it was a …