FIPS DAILY ALMANAC: Monday, March 5, 2012

 Park Slope pic by Deepti Sahrawat

Rise and shine, FIPS'ters! Welcome to your day! In international news, Vladimir Putin and his plastic surgery are President of Russia again. In celebrity news, LiLo sorta' sucked on SNL. 

Up next: Your Park Slope weather, "On This Day in BK History" and "On This Day in Fips'tory:"

PARK SLOPE WEATHER (VIA WUNDERGROUND):   

10% Chance of Precipatation

Temp:   46  / 28   oF

Sunrise:  6:22 AM 

Sunset:   5:52 PM

ON THIS DAY IN BK HISTORY (1928):

Oh, the 1920's! Here's a story about a high roller who lived in the Bronx. He went gambling in Manhattan, was beat with a tire iron and dumped in Red Hook. His father lived Park Slope. 

 

 [READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN THE NEW YORK TIMES ARCHIVES] 

ON THIS DAY IN FIPS'TORY:  

• 2011: Here's Park Slope: Goodbye Soup Bowl, Hello Culture
• 2010: Cool or Not Cool: Leaving Your Dog's Shit Allllllll Over Park Slope?
• 2009: MISS TRANSIT AUTHORITY: Homo, Euro or Auto(Cad): A Study in Generalizations