[LINKED] A NYC Facebook Site & Rats on the Subz

+ Brooklyn's Best New Designers. (Refinery 29)

+ Literally alllll my dreams come true at Fetch Club...a new NYC nightclub where you can bring your dog. OLIVER CAN COME DRINK WITH US! (Gothamist)

+ Mayor Bloomberg thinks NYC deserves its own Facebook site. I agree. If only for the opp to post complain-y shit on the MTA's "wall"...the idea of that gets me kinda hard. (Huffington Post)

+ Brooklyn gets serious about comedy. (WSJ)

+ If this doesn't make you wanna barf, you have a VERY strong stomach: dude sharing a plate of pasta with his rat on the subz. (Gothamist)

+ 10 Best Brooklyn Brunch spots (though for the record: I STRONGLY disagree with the Dizzy's mention, based on the kid factor and lack of alcohol options). (Brokelyn)

+ Building a Friendlier Bike Shop...a great profile on 718 Cyclery. (Brooklyn Based)

+ 36 Hours in Brooklyn. (NYT)

[LINKED] Rats In Ur Toilet & 'Poop Skating'

+ What do do if you find a rat in your toilet...you know: aside from immediately commit suicide (Gothamist).

+ How not to be a douchey NYC real estate agent (Brick Underground NY).

+ How has all this snow bullshit been affecting Brooklyn's Live music venues? (The L Magazine).

+ Fuck off and die conversation hearts? Dream big, ppl: This is How Valentine's Day Works in Works in Williamsburg (Racked).

+ Shit to do this weekend...other than watch the Superbowl (The Skint).

+ Speaking of the Superbowl, for those of us that hate the shit out of football, we've got our own reason to celebrate: THE PUPPY BOWL! (URLesque).

+ Ballin' on a Budget: Best Brooklyn Pool Halls For Your Money (Brokelyn).

+ "Poop Skating" is now a thing....annnd, I'm gonna go throw-up about it (STFU Parents).

+ Is Eastern Parkway about to get a makeover? (Brownstoner)

[LINKED] Prospect Heights and Dating On The Subway

+ Prospect Heights: it's not all Brownstones--some cool pics and historical facts about our neighbors (casaCARA).

+ One door opens: Soigne is officially open; and another door closes: Little Buddy Biscuit Company is offiically dunzo. (Here Is Park Slope).

+ OH, and Ricky's is finally open on Bergen street! (Here is Park Slope).

+ A new website/app is out that is hoping to help you find ppl to date on the subway...or the train. So now you can stop flashing people! (bumped.in).

+ HEY CHRISTIAN PPL: Mulchfest 2011 is goin down on Jan 8th and Jan 9th so bring your xmas trees on down and watch it get pulverized! (NYC Dept of Parks & Rec).

+ Richard Meir's building is FINALLY half way sold...though the developer has pretty much resigned himself to to making his money back sometime around 2087 (Cubed NY)

[LINKED] Christmas Haters; & Voting For Robicelli's Cupcakes

+ How you know you live in Park Slope (Neurotic Girl).

+ If you've always dreamed of going to see a flute rock band, you should check out Bike Lane...you know, named after the PPW bike lane controversh. And if you think I'm kidding, you really don't know me at ALL (Brooklyn Paper).

+ There's a dude who hates Christmas and guess what: he lived in Park Slope! (City Room).

+ Great roundup of movies shot in Park Slope (What You Don't Know Because You're Not Me).

+ I'm loving these Brooklyn-centric tshirts (BQT).

+ Robicelli's Cupcakes are up for Best Cupcake Shop in NYC...even though they don't have a shop. You should vote for them (Serious Eats).

+ Speaking of fancy cakes, if you want to make em, apparently Brooklyn is the place to be (NYT).

+ Dispose of your Xmas trees humanely...trees have feelings too (Youtube).

+ Ok, that tragedy on the G Train last week was all sorts of horrendous, however, this blogger has got it pretty right on: How the hell did the guy manage to get hit by a G train!? "It’s like jumping out a plane over the middle of the North Atlantic, and being impaled on the tusk of a narwhal...it runs with the frequency it takes Neptune to circle the sun, and the predictability of Zelda Fitzgerald" (Ink Lake).

[LINKED] The NYC Nomad & Baby Hard Ons

image: NYT+ Ok, so Gothamist called Ed Casabian a "house hopping hipster" but I hate hipsters...and I srsly liked this dude (he's also single, ladies). But the NYC Nomad, *does* move to a diff part of the city every week and sleeps on people's floors (NYT and Gothamist).

+ South Slope: still not as cool as North Slope, but getting there! (fave line from article: "As many as 80 strollers can be lined up at the armory on any given day...") GAAAAAAH. (WSJ).

+ I'm so glad parents are finally comfortable enough to talk about their kid's boners...it's ridiculous that they have felt stifled all these years! Say it loud and say it proud: my kid's well hung! (STFU Parents).

+ Some great winter dog tips from FIDO. Here's our tip: don't tie your dog up outside of Ace Supermarket...his coat will probs get stolen (FIDO).

+ Speaking of dogz, I'm in love with this blog: A Brooklyn Dog's Life (via @ParkSlopeGossip).

+ A new restaurant called Soigne is opening up in the old Magnolia space on 6th ave and 12th street.Obvs I totally hate the name, but I'll give it a shot cause the couple who's running it looks pretty cute (Park Slope Patch).

+ The Park Slope 100 list came out. Allison was on it, but the rest of it bored me to tears. You? (Only The Blog Knows Brooklyn).