FIPS JUICY: BEST STORIES OF THE WEEK

In case you've spent all week wiping your tears from the emotional (aren't they all?) Biggest Loser finale, or killing yourself over trying to get holiday shopping done in time, here's a quick wrap-up of juicy FiPS news that graced the pages of our blog this week:

* FiPS Holiday Gift Guides: For those who have no idea what the fuck to get for your loved ones this holiday season, FiPS' own Gift Guide Empresario Amanda has provided great recommendations for every type of person you could possibly know: brooklyn snobs, breeders, ballers, dorks, hippies, design gurus, drunks and co-workers (who might also be drunks).

* Hey Genius: Some Small Businesses *Should* close: Ben Leo tells us all why we shouldn't feel bad if a shitty mom and pop business closes *JUST* because they are a local business. 

* Park Slope Mysteries: The Case of the President Street Vibration: Things we've ruled out: the subway, someone humming really loudly and Prospect Park dragons.

* Seeking: Holiday Catering Platters That Don't Suck: NineDaves gives a few recommendations on where to get your I-can't-cook-for-shit-and-even-if-I-could-I-wouldn't-cook-shit-for-you-douchebags holiday platters, and asks for your favorite go-to places as well! 

* New Tumblr Gives Ryan Gosling's "Hey girl" the park slope food coop treatment!: My favorite so far? "Hey girl. I was paging the store about how someone had overturned the loose banana box, but I really wanted to be giving a shout-out to you." Amazing.

* A FiPS Guide to holiday movies: There are a lot of holiday movies on this time of year. The FiPS staff narrowed down our favorites for your previewing pleasure.

* With Uncle Moe's Closed, where will we get our take-out margaritas?: Woe is NineDaves. Woe is NineDaves. 

* Cool or not cool: playing christmas music allll night long?: Though Erica was pretty P'O'ed at the Prospect Garden Pharmacy for playing their weird-ass Christmas music at all hours of the night, most of you voted that it was "cool."

* Lobo closed by the DOH: It's exactly what it sounds like.