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Entries in around NYC (4)

Tuesday
Sep202011

CONFIRMED: Jackson Heights *Is* The New Park Slope

These posters declaring that Jackson Heights was the new Park Slope were plastered all over the nabe a few years ago, but I haven't really thought about them since. That is, until I received the following missive from a former Park Sloper, now Jackson Heightser, who has come to realize that her new neighborhood ain't much different from her old one. She forwarded us a post penned by a disgruntled neighbor from her Jackson Heights Family Listserv, which she says is kind of similar to Park Slope Parents:

"I just returned from a mildly unpleasant experience at our local Green Market. First, my path was blocked by the customers of the usual hot food vendor on the corner. Usually I use the bike lane to walk around her, but today the situation was compounded by the presence of the ice cream truck [which, thankfully, was NOT playing a jingle,] so I threaded my way through the clumps of customers. Then, I had a mildly annoying wait to make a couple of small purchases at the Ronnybook Dairy table. A woman was engaging the vendor in a prolonged conversatation, and I could not maneuver to the other side of her because a group of four adults had congregated a couple of feet from the table, blocking my access to the other end of the table. As I had not yet made any purchases and was carrying nothing but an empty shopping bag containing empty plastic bags, this was not a big deal.

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Sunday
Feb202011

DOUCHEBAG ALERT: A Porsche Named Recession

Yes, I ventured onto the island of Manhattan yesterday and frankly, it's starting to feel more like Long Island every day. Above, another timely reminder to file in my "why Park Slope doesn't suck as much as Manhattan" folder.

No matter how bad BK gets, the city will always, always, always outdo(uche) us.

Honestly, this poor dude (because I KNOW this cannot possibly be anybody but a guy), must have had to downgrade from his Lambo.

I'm running your plates, fucker...right after I finish watching more youtube vids of the Bieb play basketball.

Friday
Feb112011

BREAKING: Union Market Opening in Manhattan

image via Park Slope Lens

Yep, Union market is opening up...IN MANHATTAN!

They're going into a 6000 sf space in the E. Village on the corner of Houston and Avenue A...kinda right up the street from Whole Foods, no?

Honestly, Union Market: your star might be on the rise thanks to Jake Gyllenhaal-n-Tay Tay, but Manhattan? Really? Why not continue your reign of overpriced gourmet dominance in Brooklyn? Your bags were on the cover of US Weekly, yes, but also: GET THE HELL OVER YOURSELVES.

Sheesh.

(via Diner's Journal)

Monday
Dec202010

Tenant To Children: STFU; Stuy Town, We Salute You!

Well, well, well.

Looks like Park Slope is not alone when it comes to whiny assed misbehaving children.

Our BALLER comrade over at Lux Living, a blog about life at that gigantic NYC apt megalopolis Stuy Town, received a plea from an angry resident about some gregarious, loud-mouthed kids:

"FOR WHATEVER REASON parents feel the need to get their hostile and annoying children OUT of their apartments and INTO this "playground" first thing in the morning on weekends. How do they pass the time? They scream! At each other. At the squirrels. At their parents, who mostly ignore them because they have become desensitized to how awful their children are.

Parents, nobody likes your kids. THEY ARE ONLY CUTE TO YOU. Keep them indoors, tied up, gagged, drugged, WHATEVER, and stop letting them loose at 8AM on Saturday mornings."

Some pretty sage advice if you ask me.

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