Amy Sohn & Emily Gould...The Next Iron Chefs

Ok, follow along bitches cause it doesn't really get much more meta than this:

Park Slope author (and BR-ALLER) Amy Sohn, whose book Prospect Park West deliciously satirizes the nabe, makes malfatti (from a recipe by Anna Klinger from Al Di La)--a restaurant that is also mentioned in PPW--in Emily Gould's kitchen. Emily Gould used to be the editor of Gawker, a blog that previously dug making fun of Park Slope a whole hell of a lot before they got quite so big-n-important (Gawker is *also* mentioned in PPW).

Emily Gould used to dig making fun of people a lot too, until she realized that, whoops, she sorta didn't anymore. So then she quit Gawker, and wrote a controversial NYT Magazine tell all about what its like to live your life in the public eye. After that, everyone kinda hated the shit out of her for awhile, but she wasn't sweatin it, b/c she got a whopper of a book deal.

Right.

So now Emily Gould lives nearish to Park Slope--the neighborhood that, just as a reminder, is the very one Amy Sohn makes fun of in HER book PPW. And Emily kinda makes fun of people who make fun of Park Slope in her post for This Recording entitled: "In Which Emily Gould is Bored to Death of Brooklyn Cliches." And some people are kinda hating the shit out of Amy Sohn now, for further reinforcing the idea of of these Park Slope cliches by making fun of them all in her book, but she's not sweatin it because Sarah Jessica Parker optioned her book for an HBO series, AND she's already working on the sequel.

Fuckin A.

Pretty trippy, huh?

Sidenote: my fave Emily Gould memory is that pic of her (scroll down), flipping us all off in her red bathing suit. I remember seeing it on the day it was published on Gawker and being utterly fascinated/impressed/jealous of the self confidence required to not only pose for a pic like that, but to come up with the fucking idea in the first place.

So, anyway, now Amy Sohn and Emily Gould are making pasta together in Emily's kitchen and I, for one, can't look away.

If you want to cook more books with Gould, head on over to Emily Magazine.

Happy One Year Blogaversery FIPS!

Believe it or not, bitches: it was one year ago today that FIPS was born.

True confessions: its pretty embarrassing to go back now and read my first post comparing Park Slope to Paris Hilton (though I do still agree with many of the points). Unfortunately I chose to use a celebutante to make a key point who no one gives a shit about anymore, but cut me a fucking break...I'm not Sylvia Browne.

Anyway.

We're one, so yay!

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'I Joined The Park Slope Food Coop, And All I Got Was This Stinkin Shirt'

Inspired by the recent NYT article lamenting about how verry verry hawd it is to keep up with one's required Coop work shift schdule, our new blog bff Definitive Ink was called to action: behold, the Coop status shirts! You can choose between: "on alert," "suspended," "grace period," or "suspended."

[Yes, people...we a-r-e serious].

Buy the t-shirts here.

TOTALLY. FUCKING. BRILLIANT

Park Slope Sketched

Holy shit, is this cool!

So, this rad architect dude, James Anzalone, does these rockin, detailed sketches of a bunch of Park Slope landmarks, and publishes them all to his blog.

LOVE.

Cliches & Brooklyn

This Recording, a blog which I know (and love deeply), posted this piece by former Gawker editor Emily Gould: In Which Emily Gould is Bored to Death With Brooklyn Cliches.

UGH.

Seriously, gag me, people.

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Amy Sohn Controversh, Part Deux: 'Don't Hate the Player, Smartmom, Hate The Game'

Just to recap: Park Slope rez and former sex columnist Amy Sohn wrote a book called Prospect Park West that satirizes the stroller mafia, SAHM lifestyle that's so prevalent in our neighborhood. The whole book takes place in Park Slope, and all of the typical Park Slope stereotypes (helicopter moms, sexless marriages, crazies at the Coop, etc) are served up on a silver platter like a warm plate of homemade chocolate chip cookies. And yes people, it really is that delicious. I loved the shit out of this book, but others (like Smartmom, Louise Crawford) seem to hate the living crap out of it.

In fact, Smartmom hates the book so much, she recently wrote a scathing review published in the Brooklyn Paper: "Another Slope Swipe From Amy Sohn." Mind you, this was after she published a lengthy takedown of the novel on her own blog, written in a bizarre Q&A style that made it seem like she was being interviewed for the post...only she was interviewing herself. I guess she forgot that one usually tends to get interviewed after WRITING a book...not simply reading one.

Anyway.

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We *Still* Dare You To Write For Us

The last time we put out this call, we got some KICK ASS FIPS writers, who've since, happily joined the Fucked in Park Slope Circus. In fact, we're sooo into them we want more.

Here's the thing: we're lazy...and have other jobs, and in case you didn't get the memo: its fucking hard keeping a blog every day and making it interesting/relevant/timely/funny, blah, blah, blah. So we need other people like us (i.e. YOU).

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Hotel Le Bleu: GO NAKED, OR GO HOME

Image via Restless

Hey, Hotel Le Bleu: Virtually every week I read about/see some of the naked, sexy time action going on at the new Standard Hotel in Manhattan.

Virtually every NYC blog has posted pics of some naked hottie walking around, or some 60-year-old rich, fat dude getting fucked up against the glass by his 18-year-old GF. In fact, it happens so often, I barely even bother to click anymore.

But then it hit me: this is your ticket! Seriously, Hotel le Bleu...I'm not kidding.

You need to do something that will encourage people to start walking around naked in your hotel rooms! A LOT!

BOOM.

Trust me when I say, this is gonna be your key to success.

People will start hanging around your hotel, hoping to catch a glimpse of some hot side boob. Blogs will start posting "Le Bleu Le Birthday suit" watches. And reviewers will forget that you are "tucked away" by Staples and the Taxi Garage on 4th Avenue.

Make it happen, Le Bleu. You won't be sorry....

(via Curbed)

STFU Parents

Welcome to our new fave blog: STFU Parents.

They've jumped head first with a bang,  into an issue that we at FIPS touched on many months ago: Facebook = Babybook

You used to be fun. Now you have a baby. If you're being driven crazy by your friends' baby updates every time you check your status feed, please feel free to contribute to this blog. stfuparentsblog@gmail.com Also on Twitter: twitter.com/STFUParents *submissions can be text, screen capture, anonymous, etc.*

Come on, people! So far, Park Slope is severely UN-represented on this site.  Step it up!

Yet Another 'Is Blogging Dead?' Article

From this weekend's NYT:

(Here are some quick take aways):

*Blogging is VERY VERY fucking hard to do regularly, and ridiculously time consuming.

*Most people give up immediately.

*Once you start getting fame-ass, it's harder and harder to talk about your crazy fucking family and friends.

*You make no money.

*You almost never ever never get a book deal.

Sounds like beach blanket bingo, right?

Blogging: Just say "NO"...trust me.