The snow has melted, the torrential rain has subsided, and the weather is GD beautiful up in NYC.  This is a good thing, mainly because I’ve been able to crawl out from underneath my crippling case of Seasonal Affective Disorder (it’s called SAD for a reason, people!).  I want to wear shirts without sleeves!  I want to drink in a courtyard!  I actually want to go out after work rather than heading immediately home to eat a block of cheddar cheese!  I want to LIVE, Park Slope!

So, where do I go with my new-found desire to interact with humans?

We’ve compiled a round-up of some of the best happy hour drink specials in Park Slope (WITH outdoor drinking areas)*, so you guys can get your drink on and maybe nail down a Spring fling or two.  Hey, it could happen, right?

See youse guys at the bar. 

*Some places, while they may have a great patio or good specials, have been eliminated because they suck when evaluated against all other criteria.  Deal.  

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Usually, I look for any excuse to drink.  Weekends, weeknights, good days, bad days, football games, baby showers, funerals—you know how I roll.  

But there's something about St. Patrick's Day that categorically terrifies me.  The crowds! The brawls! The leprechauns!

I just want to get through today without seeing or smelling vomit anywhere.  If I do that, I win.

So, are you going out?  Or are you staying in to avoid the puke-covered ruckus? 

[photo via CNN]

Oh, snap, bitches!  We're on CNN!  Our multiple (read: incessant) posts on the babiez-in-barz issue has FINALLY got us noticed as the shining beacon of journalism that we are. 

We think it's kind of redundant, too, but if the same topic keeps cropping up, it means someone SOMEWHERE is still interested, right? 

Are YOU interested? 

Probz not, but who cares?  We're national now.  Get ready for FIPS t-shirts-n-shit.