9 Questions: Seryn, The Co-Owner of Flirt

9 Questions is our semi-regular column in which attempt to get to the heart of someone's down-n-dirty "Brooklyn-ness," (or lack thereof), with the same nine simple questions.

Meet Seryn: the co-owner of one of our fave, favorite-y, favorite-ist Park Slope stores: Flirt.

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An Apple Store In Park Slope Would Rule My Fucking Face

Before today, I had no earthly clue who Philip Elmer-DeWit was. But as of today, I'd like to nominate his ass for the brand new (cause I just thought of it right now) Park Slope Genius Award.

In his recent piece for Fortune Magazine Elmer-DeWit brings our attensh back to a Racked post from late last year that delves into guessing where Apple might be spreading its retail wings in the BK. 

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OPEN: Park Slope Farm

F-I-N-A-L-L-Y.

Park Slope Farm, the new bodega (ish) on 7th between Union and President, is open for business. BOO YA!

Anyone who lives on our side of the N. Slope hood knows that we were in dire straits for a place like this, espesh with the ongoing suckitude of Ace Supermarket.

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Peeing in Your Boss's Snapple is: a. Hilarious b. Disgusting c. Inevitable?

(image via Brooklyn Paper/Allyse Pulliam)

Urban Alchemist has been running an art exhibit called Dirty Secrets. Basically you write down a deep/dark/dirty secret on a piece of paper and then they hang it in their front window.

1. Rad!
2. Which one of our FIPS readers "felt so put upon by his bosses that when they went on vacation, he urinated in their Snapple bottles and then watched in glee when the bosses drank from them days later?"

(Daily Intel via Brooklyn Paper)

Why Save On Fifth Rocks

(photo via kaytor)

Overheard at Save on Fifth (i.e. one of the best stores in Park Slope and/or, perhaps, the entire United States of America):

"Stay warm. How's the year so far?"
"Very good, thank you. Hope the same for you!"
"Everything's good. Hey, do you miss Bush?"
"Not a bit!"
"Me neither." [Gives me Obama fist pump.]

(via Brooklynian)