FIPS HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE DAY 2: BREEDERS

Every day for the next two weeks, Amanda, FIPS writer and creator the douchey gift blog You're Welcome will be providing you with gift suggestions that you can buy right here in Park Slope.  Today's edition is for Breeders and their bitch-ass kids.

Breeders in Park Slope have a bad reputation, mainly because of their inability to control their annoying, scooter-riding children, choosing to parent them with a general indifference to basic manners and volume levels.  But not ALL Breeders are bad.  Your parents are Breeders, right?  Okay, maybe that's not a good example.  The point: some Breeders are totally fine and cool and always down to drink because the pressures of raising a tiny person who reminds you of yourself, contradicts everything you say, and spends all of your money would drive anyone to hard alcohol.  This year, get your Breeder friends the following gifts, along with unlimited amounts of booze.     

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FIPS HOLIDAY DEALS: THEY'RE HERE

Ohhhhhhhhhhh, it's the holidays and you have to spend approximately $1 million dollars on gifts for people you love, gifts for people you hate, and gifts for people you are largely indifferent towards.

Don't worry, tiny babies!  FIPS has put together a bunch of special holiday deals and discounts especially for you.  We're talking about discounts from The Clay Pot, Gowanus Print Lab, Crop to Cup, Lion in the Sun, and way, way more. 

Head on over to the FIPS Deals page for the details.  YOU'RE WELCOME.

FIPS HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE DAY 1: BROOKLYN SNOBS

Every day for the next two weeks, Amanda, FIPS writer and creator the douchey gift blog You're Welcome will be providing you with gift suggestions that you can buy right here in Park Slope.  Today's edition is for those Brooklyn snob jerks that you know and love/hate. 

You know this guy.  He only goes into Manhattan for work.  He's broken up friendships because he refuses to meet up "in the city" on weekends.  He's a bona fide Brooklyn snob (wait, is that redundant?).  It's fine.  Embrace the self-righteous douchebaggery and help him celebrate his Brooklyn Pride with these gifts.

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YOUR BEST COMMENTS: OCTOBER

Perhaps one of the most entertaining things about writing for FIPS is reading all of the passionate (read: rude, misspelled) comments from our readers.  Who knew that a topic as simple as hamburgers could result in a threats of physical violence?  Everyone is SO MAD ALL OF THE TIME.   

So, we did a round-up of the best comments from the month of October. They made us laugh, they made us cry, they made us question whether or not we should call the police, etc, etc.

Take a look!  Note that the comments were posted as-is.  We didn't fix grammar or spelling.  Normally, bad grammar makes us [sic] (see what I did there?  A NERD JOKE), but we wanted to make sure that the commenters were represented exactly how they represented themselves, caps lock, spelling errors and all!

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DITMAS PARK COFFEE SHOP OWNER MISSING

Josh Rubin, owner of Whisk Bakery Cafe in Ditmas Park has been missing for over a week, according to police.  He was last seen leaving his Lawrence Avenue apartment on October 31. 

The Brooklyn Paper is stating that police are concerned about his mental state, citing that he may be depressed; they also state that he's under significant financial pressure due to the management of a new business.  Ditmas Park Blog has also been covering this case extensively.

The community is banding together to search for him; check the Find Josh Rubin Facebook Page for more information and how to get involved. 

Any information about Rubin’s whereabouts should be directed to the 70th Precinct’s Detective Squad at (718) 851-5553.