We eat local... shop local... why not date local?

Park Slope resident and comedian Scott Rogowsky is tired of dating girls who live in the Manhattan. So he decided to hit the streets to see if he could find himself a match right here in his own neighborhood. Screw online dating - Rogowsky is here for "offline dating." And he's making some pretty great promises, including:

• Dinners at Talde!
• Lunches at Bierkraft!
• Brunches at Du Jour!
• FroYo at Culture!
• Walks in Prospect Park!
• Comedy shows at Union Hall! 
• Concerts at The Bell House!
• Movies at The Pavillion!
• Thrifing at Housing Works!
• Netflix in my apartment!

We'll skip 'Movies at The Pavillion," but not bad, eh?

Rogowsky continues: "We can also do laundry together, go food shopping together, start a paleo diet together, do yoga together, read the Times together, watch Girls together!"

Seriously - this sounds too good to be true. 

See how Slope residents reacted:

Pixar's Biggest Fans Make Full-Length Live Action Toy Story Movie

Man, and I thought memorizing all of the dialogue in the first thirty minutes of Tootsie was movie devotion.

19 year-old Jonason Pauley and 21 year-old Jesse Perrotta are such HUGE fans of Pixar that they recreated all one hour and twenty minutes of Toy Story -- shot-for-shot -- as a live action film. Despite the predictably wonky movements of the action figures used, it's really entertaining to watch. 

You can read more about them HERE.

Tis the Season for a Great Toddy Recipe

9 months out of the year I'm a gin & tonic kind of girl. It's a light and refreshing drink that never weighs heavy in my stomach like beer tends to do. But during the winter months, all I crave are spiked ciders and hot toddies that can warm my chilly ass in the first sip or two. Recently, I stumbled upon this recipe that combines the two in a hot apple-ginger toddy -- a great, warm cocktail perfect for winter dinner parties and supper clubs. If you want to give it a whirl, here's the recipe!

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Who Gives a Shit: Should Landlords Disclose a Recent Death in the Apartment to prospective tenants?

Because there are so many old buildings in Park Slope, there's a pretty good chance that of the thousands of tenants that came before you, one of them kicked the bucket within the walls of the place you call home. Whether or not the souls of the dead haunt your 100 year-old cast iron clawfoot tubs isn't the real question here, though. It's whether a landlord should disclose the information to prospective tenants when the previous one has JUST passed away inside the apartment. We recently received this email from a loyal FiPS reader who wonders the same thing about a unit in her own building:

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Park Slope Parents: How Do You Explain Not-So-Easy-to-Explain things to your kids?

Recently, I was walking down 5th Avenue when I witnessed a young boy, maybe 5, ask his father what food poisoning was. The dad scratched his chin. "When your stomach is upset," he explained, "it cries out of your butthole." 

The boy shrugged in a way that said, OK, sure, that makes sense, and then asked if they could go for frozen yogurt. He didn't ask his father why we cry out of our butts, or what could possibly upset our stomaches.

Park Slope parents, I ask you: How do YOU explain not-so-easy-to-explain things to your kids? Like sex, for example? Or unnatural bodily functions? Are you completely straight with them? Or do you make shit up?