MOVIN' ON OUT...MAAAYBE?

So, the time has come: I think I'm looking to move. But don't cry, Park Slope--I will still be in you, and actually, I'm trying to stay within a stone's throw of my current place. (Though access to a fucking express train would be the stuff dreams are made of.)  And so I need yer help, friends.

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FIPS Food Throwdowns: The Burger Edition [Suggestions, pleaze]

Many of you may or may not be familiar with our monthly series, FIPS Food Throwdowns.  Basically, this is a battle royale of the take out world.  We judge on ordering ease, delivery time, price, taste, and how the food held up in transit.  We've done Asian, Mexican, and now, in honor of the beginning of BBQ season—we're doing burgers.

There are tons of restaurants around here that offer up a-m-a-z-i-n-g burgers, but a burger in a restaurant is a whole different ball game than a burger that's delivered to you.  So many things can go wrong!  For one, if it's shoved in a styrofoam container, the bun will almost certainly be soggy and gross.

So, what two places should we try out for the ultimate burger smackdown?  Remember, they HAVE to deliver.

Help a sister out?

SMALL, COOL....Vote!!

Ok, ppl.

The polls are open, and I need your votes more than Nancy Pelosi did on the day of the Health Care vote.

Help me crush Jessica, Eli and their brown dog in Cambridge (who could not *possibly* be as cute as Oliver! You know I'm right!).

VOTE FOR MY ASS! (it's the pic on the right with the "Art" painting and the brown banquette. It says "Erica in BK").

Yes, you do need an Apartment Therapy account to vote but:

1. Apartment Therapy is pretty fucking cool, so you may as well have one anyway.
2. I will love you forever if you vote...and forever is a really long time.

Let's go!

(merci mes amis!)

HAPPY ENDINGS: Cocker Spaniel Was Found!

FIPS reader Tom sent this update from the FIDO newsletter from the parents of the missing cocker spaniel whose sign we posted about last week. He was found! Check it:

"We were lucky enough to have a ton of media coverage in the last couple of days - radio, TV, newspapers and blogs (including yours) - and as a result we got a very specific tip-off last night from someone who thought they had seen him in Red Hook.  We headed down there early this morning hoping to catch a sighting on his morning walk, and sure enough a few hours later we saw someone walking our dog in the Red Hook projects.

We called the NYPD and when they turned up two minutes later, we knew which building and even what apartment he was in (as I said, the tip-off was very specific).  It turns out that the people there had bought him from a guy on the street last week - he was bought as a family pet and had been well cared for.  We headed with the police over to the vet clinic on Warren and Smith where his microchip positively identified him as our dog.  Case closed!

Thanks so much for all your help with our search.  We're so thankful for how everyone in our community - friends, neighbors and strangers - have supported us and our mission to find our boy."

Thank gawd.

Sidenote: who the fuck BUYS A DOG off of someone on the street. I mean, I appreciate that the people were taking good care of him, but that's also the stupidest fucking thing I've ever heard of.

Anyway.

Glad the little dude is back home with his fam.

SMALL COOL, PART DEUX

Thanks to all of your clickity click clicking, our asses made it past round one in the Apartment Therapy's Small/Cool contest!

Yay!

Now we gotta deal with a sudden death elimination round in order to move on and the only things standing in our way are Jessica, Eli and one brown dog. Needless to say, I want to CRUSHTHEMCOMPLETELY.

Voting will start again tomorrow (still not sure if that means midnight or whenever the Apartment Therapy editors wake up, but I'll keep you posted).

Needless to say, we'll need your help again. If you don't already have an Apartment Therapy account and shafted us on the last vote, now would be a good time to get one (you'll need one in order to actually vote). If you *do* already have one (b/c, you know, you rule and love us more than all those other mean people), get ready to clickity click AH-GAIN!

Stay tuned (and THANK YOU!).