Adios from FIPS

It’s so hard...to say goodbye...to y-e-s-t-e-r-d-aaaaaaaa-y --Boyz2Men

So as you may have noticed, things have been pretty darn quiet around these parts lately. I sat down to write this post about 146 times between the end of last year and now, and either it *really* is hard to say goodbye to yesterday, or I’m a lazy asshole. I’m pretty sure it’s a combo of the two.

Anyway, after 7 years and hundreds of posts including restaurant takedowns, Target takedowns, movie theater takedowns, loads of other crap, and more angry comments than we can count (yes, i mostly mean you, Vienna11215), it’s time to say adios to our good ole pal FIPS.

As much as we’ve “embraced the hate” around here, I have to say that I can pretty much trace most of the good shit in my life straight back to this here blog. And truth time: there would never have been a blog without all you amazing SOB’s who read this damn thing, and all you super awesome, fantabulous writers who wrote this damn thing. You all rock, and I’ll always be insanely grateful for each and every one of you.

Don’t worry: you can keep following us on Twitter (so FIPS is not totally dead...think of it more as on life support with little hope of recovery). And if by chance you’re some sort of crazy person who wants to buy a blog with the word “fuck” in the URL, send me an email at effedinparkslope@gmail.com

Otherwise, peace out everyone...and try not to have too much fun being fucked in Park Slope without us.

--Erica

Big time thanks to all of these mofos, who each contirubted to the awesomeness of FIPS (in no particular order): 

The FIPS OG's

• Ben
• Greg
• Kerri
• Amanda
• Shawn
• NineDaves
• Foreign Dude

All the others FIPSTERS

• Karen
• Mike
• JHack
• Kate S.
• Felicia
• J. Charles
• Emily
• Roshow
• Kate
• Jim
• Sarah
• AJ
• Chinae
• Mehera
• Veronica
• Daniel
• Jonny
• Ursula
• Kim 
• Kymmie P
• Meredith
• Thomas
• Vee
• Shit, did I forget anyone???

And all these mofos too:

• Notorius BIG
• All the Park Slope Co-op members who sent us scoop
• everyone else who sent us scoop
• every baby in every bar
• Amy Sohn
• everyone who stopped me on the street to pet Oliver
• the Park Slope opera singer
• the Q train and the B train
• NOT the G train
• The rooftop at Hotel Le Bleu, R.I.P
• The Pavilion movie theater, and all of the bed bugs that reside there
• Hunan Delight which I am officially nominating for fastest Chinese delivery in Park Slope
• The Mildred
• The North Park Slope Basset Association

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Whassup: So This Is Chrimbus Edition

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Here's a Brooklyn Christmas treat for you: Brooklyn's finest set of depressing indie droners, The National, get transmogrified into Christmas ornaments on every nerd's favorite cartoon, "Bob's Burgers" (you know that show is set in Brooklyn, or NYC at least) -- trans-bob-grafied, if you will. All so they can sing Linda Belcher's "Christmas Magic." I expect that should get you Brooklyn hipsters into the holiday spirit, just enough to earn a place on Santa's so-naughty-let's-just-not-even-talk-about-it list. Oh yeah, and Merry Christmas. Welcome to Whassup: So This Is Chrimbus Edition:  

* ALL WINTER: Bartel-Pritchard Greenmarket: The corner of Prospect Park, at 15th Street and Prospect Park West, has hosted a produce and seafood market summers and falls, and will now stay open for the winter. So, go get some greens to put inside you while the whole city is white. (That was a snow comment, not a racial thing. Don't make it political.) Open Wednesdays, except Christmas and New Year's Eves, 8am-3pm.

* CHRISTMAS: Traditional Jewish Christmas (Chinese Feast), Mile End (Boerum Hill): If you're Jewish, or if the Bumpuses' dogs nosh your turkey (sonsabitches!!), you might be in search of a "traditional" Xmas meal of Kung Pao, Generl Tso and the like. Boerum Hill's Mile End Deli gets all fusion with it, fixing up Chinese-Jewish fare like "corned beef and kraut wontons." Email catering@mileenddeli.com or call 646-494-9508 for reservations. Also happens Dec. 26. $65 reservations. 

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