GAY BASH: BENEFIT TO RAISE MONEY FOR BARIE SHORTELL

I've been reading about the horrendous gay bashing incident that took place on Feb 22nd in Williamsburg to local resident Barie Shortell...and the whole thing makes me wanna fucking puke.

From Queerty:

"At left is what Williamsburg resident Barie Shortell usually looks like. At right is what he looked like after his Feb. 22 neighborhood gay bashing, which left him with a broken nose, jaw, eye sockets, and facial bones -- and 9.5 hours of corrective surgery. Shortell, writes a friend, was "attacked and on the way home one evening. He was not robbed, but the people attacking him did mock him with anti-gay taunts before they attacked him…breaking his nose, jaw and eye socket. The attack has been deemed a hate crime."

Sadly, Shortell does not have any health insurance, and needless to say, he now has a gigantic friggin hospital bill to deal with. So, some friends of his have organized a benefit to help raise money to pay for his health care and his legal bills, and they're cleverly calling it The Gay Bash.

This shit goes down on Wednesday, March 23 at the Blackout Bar, and admission is $35.

I'm bummed that I can't make it, but I just made a donation here. And yep: It would be totally rad if you could do the same. There's also a Facebook page that's been set up here. And here's more info about the event here.

Thanks to Miss Heather from NY Shitty for sending this our way.

Woohoo, A Baby Expo Is Born In Brooklyn

I had been noticing this last month that virtually every woman in Park Slope is humongously pregnant, so I guess it was only a matter of time before we had our very own BROOKLYN BABY EXPO.

Cue the excited shrieks. Or not.

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United Methodist Church Book Sale...and Bedbugs?

So, one of my fave events of the year is coming up: The United Methodist Church Book Sale.

On Saturday February 26th and Sunday February 27th, the UMC, located on 6th Ave and 8th street will hold their annual killer book sale. And trust me: this thing is PHENOMENAL. It's crowded, and people are pushy, and you will be counting the moments until you get out of there; but also it's one of the most amazing book sales my ass has ever been to.

Here's what I got last year...and here's the year before.

They replenish the supplies all day, and there are mountains of high quality, interesting, CHEAP ASS books.

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[SPONSORED] Date The Writers of FIPS...And, OK: Come To Our Singles Event!

Just because I aspire to be Heidi Fleiss-n-shit, doesn't mean you need to get all judge-y on me.

Here's the thing: Valentine's Day is almost here. This bullshit is goin down on Monday whether you like or not. And if you don't like it, I suggest you do something about it. Like at least get laid on Sunday night! After our "Who Are The People In Your Neighborhood" Party at the Bell House!

And while I can't promise you that any of these FIPS writers will actually put out, I can at least tell you that:

• They'll be at the shindig
• They *might* be open to talking to you
• And that they're all adorbs.

For real pplz: if I wasn't married already, I'd go all Sister Wives in Park Slope and marry em all.

So, yeah: get your ticket, come out and drink (free hour of booze from 7-8 courtesy of your new best friends on the planet: Solerno; and $3 Beer specials the rest of the night). Eat Whoopie Pies from Trois Pommes and maybe score a date with a FIPS hottie.

Your move.

Also: WE'RE GIVING AWAY 5 SETS OF TIX PLUS 5 SETS OF WING-MAN/WING-WOMAN TIX. I.E. YOU CAN COME WITH YOUR FRIENDZ! Just leave a comment, and tell us about 5 things any future boyfriend/girlfriend should know about you. We'll pick the 5 least scariest and send your asses emails.

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[SPONSORED] 'Who Are The People In Your Neighborhood?' V-Day Party

Valentine's Day is coming up and if you're anything like us, we're guessing that makes you wanna barf?

Well, save those vom shooters ppl, cause yet again: BK HOOKUP WANTS TO GET YOU LAID!

On February 13, we're teaming up with new dating site How About We and we're throwin another one of those fab fly freddy singles parties at the Bell House!

Everyone is gonna get a sticker that identifies them by nabe, so not only can you scope out hotties based on their hottness, you can also scope em out by geographical proximity. Cause as we all know, taking two subways and a bus to go get some tail ain't very much fun.

Here are the deets:

• From 7-8pm we'll have delicious FREE Valentine's Day cocktails provided by Solerno, the Italian Blood Orange Liqueur. 
• We've got two rounds of speed dating hooked up for those of you who are really in it to win it (make sure to purchase your speed dating ticket ahead of time via ticketweb).
• AND WE'RE SERVING WHOOPIE PIES! (do you see what we did there???) From fave Park Slope bakery Trois Pommes.
• DJ Car Stereo Wars will be on hand to hypnotize you with all his love jamz.
• $3 Beer specials will ensure you're all drunk enough to not just stand in the corner all night talkin to your bros.
• And one lucky single dude or chick will win a 3 month membership to How About We?
  

Still not convinced?

A couple who met at one of last year's BK Hookup events recently got married. And this couple is still dating. And lots of other peeps got some maje action, but none of them would let me take their picture.

Tickets are $10 in advance for general admission ($12 a the door), or $20 in advance for general admission annnnnd one round of speed dating.

BUY YOUR TIX NOW! THEN V-DAY WILL PROBS SUCK WAY THE HELL LESS.