FIPS JUICY: BEST STORIES OF THE WEEK

In case you've spent the short work week watching an 8 year-old sing hardcore rap over and over because it's the most adorable thing EVER -- here's a quick wrap-up of juicy FiPS news that graced the pages of our blog over the last 5 days:

* Review'D: Talde: After much anticipation, Chef Dale Talde and friends finally opened the doors to the Asian-American restaurant and bar on 7th Avenue and 10th street. The FiPS crew checked it out and raved about the Hawaiin buns, heirloom squash & silken tofu salad and Korean fried chicken. 

* Cool Or Not Cool: Asking neighbors to pay your back taxes?: Unable to make payments on a loan taken out to pay back-taxes, the owners of a decrepit and empty building on 7th Avenue are turning to their neighbors to keep from losing the place. 

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FIPS JUICY: BEST STORIES OF THE WEEK

In case you've spent the week following the First Lady's new tweets, or celebrating last night's long-awaited return of 30 Rock, here's a quick wrap-up of juicy FiPS news that graced the pages of our blog this week:

* Park Slope Has Its Very Own Hip Hop Group: I just... you have to see it for yourself.

* Talde's Menu has arrived (and they'll be opening this sunday): Erica put it best: "Our long expressed dreams for Korean fried chicken in the nabe are f-i-n-a-l-l-y coming true."

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FIPS JUICY: BEST STORIES OF THE WEEK

In case you've spent all week freezing your ass off by day and reading a good book watching the new season of The Bachelor by night, here's a quick wrap-up of juicy FiPS news that graced the pages of our blog this week:

* Jay-Z and Beyoncé Rang in 2012 in Brooklyn: While rumors swirled that Lady Beyoncé was spending her final moments of pregnancy and 2011 in a delux luxury birthing suite at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital, she was actually getting her foie gras on at local joint Buttermilk Channel. 

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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).

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FIPS JUICY: BEST STORIES OF THE WEEK

In case you've spent all week wondering when The Office is going to get cancelled, or taking your ass to see The Muppets for the third time, here's a quick wrap-up of juicy FiPS news that graced the pages of our blog this week:

* Is This dude on the f train a hopeless romantic, or total creep?: With the help(?) of his fellow commuters, a man wearing a personalized sandwich board desperately tries to win his girlfriend back.

* Was there a crackdown on bikers in prospect park on saturday?: The tickets were almost as plentiful as your comments, readers.

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