Brooklyn Pride

If you *really* love Park Slope, you should obvs buy this $150 necklace to show it...I just bought 17.

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COUNTRY LIVING MAG WONDERS: HOW ADORABLE IS BROOKLYN??

Oh look guyz! Country Living Magazine thinks Brooklyn has lots of small town charms!

"With its mom-and-pop shops, bluegrass joints, and working farms, this borough offers small-town charm smack-dab in the middle of New York City."

BROOKLYN IS SO FUCKING ADORABLE!

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FIPS SPECIAL REPORT: WHO IS THE BAD WIFE??

photo via The Brooklyn PaperThe world is literally reshaping itself as we speak. The motherfuckin’ people have spoken and they’ve been heard.

A dictator stands down in Egypt and a dick Republican Rep from upstate is so damn stupid that he goes on Craigslist and tries to find some NSA lovin’...and USES HIS REAL NAME, AND SENDS A BARE CHESTED FACE PIC (to a chick in Texas no less). I mean: this shit is just falling from the sky into the laps of serious journalists.

So, what’s my third assignment from FIPS?

Well thanks to a reader inquiry, I was tasked with digging deeper into the mystery of why that bodega on Seventh Ave between 11th and 12th Streets is called The Bad Wife. Sure it’s a limp dick story, and sure the Brooklyn Paper has already covered it, but still: I was hell-bent on treating it with the same journalistic gravity Anderson Cooper would that second punch in the face by a government sponsored street thug.

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SING FOR YOUR DISCOUNT AT GUVNOR'S

Forget coupons. 

A new discount promotion is being pioneered over at Guvnor's Vintage Thrift (178 Fifth Ave between DeGraw and Sackett), called "Discount Karaoke." Basically, you bust out into song in order to get a 10% to 25% discount on select Winter merchandise. 

If you're concerned that the whole shop has turned into an American Idol casting call, don't worry.  This sing-a-long promotion is only good for Sundays, from 4-7pm.    

Potential public humiliation aside, if anyone was stupid enough to approve me for a loan to open up my own store/bar/restaurant/Planned Parenthood off-shoot, this is the kind of crap that I would be up to ALL THE TIME.

You want a 50% discount?  Tell me the worst thing you've ever done to someone you love.  I could play this game forrrrrrrrever.

But really, do you want 15% off of a gently-used sweater?  Head on over to Guvnor's and make a fool of yourself.  If anyone has the guts to go there and sing something ridiculous (I'm thinking "Don't Take it Personal" by Monica or "A Whole New World" from the Aladdin Soundtrack) and film it with your Flipcam, we will post it here.  And laugh.  And laugh.  And laugh.

Don't take it personal.

[REVIEW'D] Park Slope Eye

Ok, so as y'all will recall, I got my eyes lazered last year...so yeah: I don't wear glasses anymore.

Greg, however, does. And we were lucky enough to swing by Park Slope Eye a couple of weeks ago so he could get a check-up with Dr. R. "I've never been so excited by my own retinas...Dr. R emailed me close-up pics and I turned them into my computer desktop wallpaper. How meta is that???" said Greg.

HOLY SHIT DOES THAT PLACE RULE, PPL! Here's why:

1. You can bring your frigging dog! And they even have treats! They literally requested an Oliver meet-n-greet.
2. They also have booze, apparently...though we didn't drink any.
3. Everyone there is so helpful, it will literally make your head spin. Not sure what your insurance covers? No worries...they'll figure it out for you! Need a copy of your prescription? No problemo! They'll email it to you! I swear I thought someone was gonna offer to help me with my tax return or some shit.
4. They're on Facebook...and Twitter...and probs Myspace for all I know. And their reviews on Yelp make them seem like the second coming.
5. They're open on Sat and Sun.
6. Best of all, ALL of their frames are out in the open and ready to be tried onto your face. Back when I was a glasses wearin fool, I would literally refuse to go to any place that did not have their frames out and available to be tried on, cause it was soooo annoying. 

So yeah...if you are blind-n-shit, you should seriously go to Park Slope Eye.