FIPS DAILY ALMANAC: Thursday, March 8, 2012

Park Slope pic by Flickr User Heather P

Rise and shine, FIPS'ters! Welcome to your day! Get out those umbrellas because we're having a HUGE ASS SOLAR STORM today that will most likely disrupt shit. In sports news: could we have the other Manning on the Jets next season?

ON THIS DAY IN BK HISTORY (1856):

This was found in the "Gossip" column of the March 7, 1856 edition of Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Apparently poor, crazy Nancy Conway was locked up in the loony bin on Flatbush and, in an act of desperation, fashioned a makeshift rope from of her apron and undies, which she used to hang herself. When the keeper opened the door "as is his custom" (I'm so glad he doesn't just walk into doors) he found her "quite nude." I wonder if that means her ankles where showing?

Favorite line: "No precautions were taken to prevent the occurrence of this nature." So go for it Nancy, it's just one more free bed. 

[FROM THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE ARCHIVES] 

ON THIS DAY IN FIPS'TORY:  

• 2011: Now I Wanna Know Who The Fortunato Family Is Too...

FIPS DAILY ALMANAC: Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Park Slope pic by Park Slope Lens

Rise and shine, FIPS'ters! Welcome to your day! In politics: it was a super duper Tuesday, and in celebrity chef gossip, Paula Deen said something not so nice (and this time a stick of butter may not get her out of it). 

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

PARK SLOPE WEATHER (VIA WUNDERGROUND):   

0% Chance of Precipitation 

Temp:   63 / 45    oF

Sunrise:  6:21 AM 

Sunset:   5:53 PM

ON THIS DAY IN BK HISTORY (1974):

"Hello, Mr. Lloyd, I'd like to put in an offer..."

[FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES ARCHIVES] 

ON THIS DAY IN FIPS'TORY:  

• 2011: CHEEBURGER IN PARADISE: The FIPS Liveblog

FIPS DAILY ALMANAC: Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Park Slope pic by Flickr user Ben Rubenstein

Rise and shine, FIPS'ters! Welcome to your day! In national news: A heartwarming story coming out of tornado- raved Indiana. And in local news, the Knicks are raising their ticket prices next season as Lin-puns continue to plague our city's papers.  

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

PARK SLOPE WEATHER (VIA WUNDERGROUND):   

0% Chance of Precipitation 

Temp:   45 / 39    oF

Sunrise:  6:21 AM 

Sunset:   5:53 PM

ON THIS DAY IN BK HISTORY (1872):

Those pesky lady Principals. 

 [READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE ARCHIVES] 

ON THIS DAY IN FIPS'TORY:  

• 2009: Raccoon To Park Slope: OH Yes, You Will Be Mine

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

FIPS DAILY ALMANAC: Friday, March 2, 2012

pic by Flickr User Michael Pearce

Rise and shine, FIPS'ters! Welcome to your day! In national news, a tornado ripped through a poor town in Illinois. In celebrity goss... Demi finished rehab (I never liked that Ashton Kut-chner for her) & a breastfeeding-at-the-lunch table Beyonce would feel right at home in Park Slope. 

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

PARK SLOPE WEATHER (VIA WUNDERGROUND):   

30% Chance of Precipatation

Temp:    48 / 45   oF

Sunrise:   6:29 AM 

Sunset:    5:47 PM

ON THIS DAY IN BK HISTORY (1900):

It's balloon day breeders! Bring the kiddies and check out the hot new toys at the Abraham & Strauss (now the Macy's in downtown BK). I'd like to know what the game Flip Flop entails? 

 [READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE ARCHIVES] 

ON THIS DAY IN FIPS'TORY:  

• 2011: What Matters To Park Slope?
• 2010: Hey Brooklyn [Episode 44: Stomping Ground]
• 2009: If You Own A Snuggie, I Automatically Like You