10 Things You May Not Have Known About MLK JR.

Most of us have the day off from work, yes? Whether you spend the day brunching with friends or holing up in your apartment in an attempt to avoid frost bite of the entire face, let us remember a leading figure in the advancement of civil rights. Here are ten little-known facts about Martin Luther King Jr.

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WHO GIVES A SHIT: WHEN THE HELL ARE YOU PEOPLE GONNA TAKE DOWN YOUR CHRISTMAS TREES?

It's true I'm a Jew and am unschooled in the ways of Christmas-n-new testament Jesus and shit, but can someone please explain to me why the fuck you guys keep Xmas trees up for MONNNNNTHS?

It's strange slash annoying enough already that the national Christmas avalanche pretty much just get dumped on all of our faces the day after Thanksgiving, but I've been peeping into all your Brownstones and apartments, Park Slope...and like 50% of you btchz still have your Christmas trees front and center in your windows!? And it's January 7th?! Let me do the math for you: Santa was climbing down your chimney 13 days ago. 

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Drop Your Balls in the Slope: A FiPS Guide To New Year's Eve

via demotivationalposters.org

The year is almost over, fellow Park Slopers, and that means it's time to look back in pride at all of your accomplishments, kept promises, hard work, and sacrifices -- it's a chance to take stock of how far you've come over the last year. I'm just shitting you. It's time to forget your own and the world's vast shittiness by getting shit-faced in the funnest neighborhood around. Don't stay home watching balls drop like some suburban hausfrau. There's plenty going down in Slope-area establishments, so hit the town like the Baller that you are. The world's ending next year anyway, so live it up. Here's the FIPS run-down of Slope New Year's happenings:

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CHINESE RESTAURANT FINALLY GIVING THE JEWS THEIR DUE ON CHRISTMAS

Merry Christmas, everyone. And Happy Chanukah too.

(via Happy Place)

WHO GIVES A SHIT: WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR CHANUKAH SUPPLIES IN PARK SLOPE?

Photo via ninedaves. And yep, these Fish's Eddy "heroes of the Torah" glasses DEF make fantastic Christmas gifts.

Hey chosen people: there are only a couple of more days until the festival of lights, aka Chanukah, aka Hanukkah starts on Tues night, and if you're anything like my lazy ass, you've done absolutely nothing to prepare. 

Well, fear not lazy Jews!

There are quite a few spots around Park Slope that you can hit up to get your Heeb on AND keep it local. 

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Reminder: Tonight is the No Office Holiday Party At Littlefield!

Hey guys! Just a reminder that tonight is the No Office Holiday Party, which will be hosted by FiPS, Brokelyn, The Skint and Brooklyn Based! It'll be going down at Littlefield @ 7:30PM and costs $5 at the door (which you can also purchase here). As previously mentioned, the night will include:

• A "Hot Santa" Shootbooth Photobooth
• spiked holiday punch ($3 for the first hour, $5 beyond)
• Secret Santa (bring a gift to get a gift!)
• Local comic Kurt Braunohler
• Live band Karaoke with Bunnie England + The New Originals
• A dance party with DJ Colleen Crumbcake
• A free holiday punch if you sign up for Scoutmob, who will be circling the party looking for folks who love local discounts and free food.

COOL OR NOT COOL: PLAYING CHRISTMAS MUSIC ALLLLLLL NIGHT LONG?

Have you ppl noticed that that drugstore on the corner of Union and 7th Ave, Prospect Garden Pharmacy, has some bizarro Christmas music meets American Horror Story xylophone soundtrack playing on a loop all fucking night long??

Yep. 

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