THE NYT IS Obsessed With Us

Well, not "us" as in FIPS, but "us" as in Park Slope.

A recent perusal of the Grey Lady nets out:

• A tell-all on the infamous Park Slope Food Coop.
• That weird marathon story about the dude who walked around his Park Slope block 75 times with his hawt Basset Hound.
• A Bloomberg close election (!) piece in which only residents of Park Slope and Prospect Heights are quoted.
• A real estate piece (The Hunt) featuring an adorable little Park Slope fam who needed a new place after the addition of their 2nd bebe.
• A prominent shoutout in a story about dating people who live annoyingly far away from their fuck buddies.

The NYT Picker, a blog all about the goings on at the venerable newspaper, smelled a rat (or a mouse in the cheescake display case at Juniors) and wanted to get to the bottom of shit and decided to find out why the NYT has such a hard on for Pslope: "Now we know why, and it's the saddest and most obvious of reasons. It turns out the NYT's Metro editor Joe Sexton was born in Park Slope, and has lived there his entire life!"

SON OF A!!!

Needless to say, while we don't disagree with the NYT Picker (and commend them for gettin to the bottom of things), we also don't really give a shit cause...uhm...we're Park Slope obsessed too.

Isn't everyone?

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.

VIDEO: Westboro Baptist Church Pwned by Park Slope

Thirtysecondlife put together this touching video documenting this morning's Wesboro Baptist Church v. Park Slope showdown.

I cried (agggain).

The Park Slope vs. Westboro Baptist Church Smackdown

I just got back from the hate parade that the Westboro Baptist Church staged this morning in front of Temple Beth Elohim on Garfield and 8th Avenue. There's a bunch of shit that I want to tell you about it, but basically this was my take away:

• As much as we may bitch around here, I'm so grateful and proud to live in a community that totally gets that these people are hateful, pathetic idiots.
• These people are hateful, pathetic idiots.
• Fuck yeah, Jews!
• Fuck yeah, Fags!
• Fuck yeah, counter protesting!

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Retail Report: 1 of A Find

If you're like me: then you totally fucking hate Beacon's Closet. Like REALLY, REALLY hate it.

True, I hate almost all the crap they sell. But more than anything, I hate the nasty, preening, tasteless gaggle of "buyer girls" who hang out in the back of the store sitting court, and seem to be allergic to any garment possessing any tiny shred of style, chic-ness OR sophistication.  But if you've got a shitload of H&M or Wet Seal crap to sell, they should most definitely be your first stop.

Anyway.

1 of a Find is like the polar opposite of Beacon's Closet. They're like Beacon's closet after a colonic, some green tea, and a Winona Ryder exorcism. They have a rockin, beautifully edited selection of vintage clothes and accessories that will, I promise, make you swoon.

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