FIPS JUICY: BEST STORIES OF THE WEEK

We surived last night's Ghostbuster sky, you guys! Time to catch up on all the FiPS news you missed out on this past week: 

 * The Park slope salad bar you may not have known about: So, OK, it's in a hospital. But STILL -- it's the only real salad bar we've got!

* A fips guide to the 5 best getaways within an hour from the slope: FiPS writer Chinae has recommends for outdoorsy-types, artsy-types, shopping-types, surfer-types and all you American History nerds.

* American Gypsies invade Park Slope: AND IT'S ON TV.

* Macy's Might move its july 4th fireworks back to the east river because of all our bitching (YAY)!: Seriously, if I have to go another year BARELY seeing the fireworks over all of those tall Manhattan buildings, I'm going to be forced to move to the Dirty Jerse. 

FIPS JUICY: BEST STORIES OF THE WEEK

In case you've spent most of the week lying perfectly still in front of an air-conditioning unit in an attempt to make your ass stop sweating, here are a few stories that graced the pages of the FiPS blog this past week:

* Brooklyn Brine: Welcome to the hood!: We got a great tour of Brooklyn Brine's Park Slope pickle palace! 

* I guess it's ok to care about thet nets now: FiPS writer Shawn breaks down all of the great things the Nets have going for them so far (even though he's a die-hard Celtics fan at heart). 

* Louis C.K. Does Park Slope (on TV)!: The newest season of Louis C.K.'s Emmy-nominated series Louis was shot in a few notable Park Slope locations, thus greatly elevating the coolness factor of our 'hood.

* An Oddist Shackled a burned-out skeleton to a tree on 4th ave... and how's your morning?: It's as weird as it sounds.

* Well done, people: we've saved the G train extension!: That's right, MTA -- straphangers are not to be fucked with. 

* Who Gives a shit: what's your go-to icy treat in Park Slope?: If you have yet to find your favorite, take a peek in the comments for some fab recommendations!  

FIPS JUICY: BEST STORIES OF THE WEEK

In case you've spent the better part of this week preparing for and recovering from July 4th's festivities or watching this amazing video of a filmmaker being interviewed by his 12 year-old self, here are some of the stories that recently graced the pages of the FiPS blog:

 * Breeder Hall of Shame: Not So Smiling Pizza: A FiPS reader had an explosive run-in with a Park Slope dad, leading FiPS writer Chinae to ignite a Breeder VS. Baller showdown in the comments section.

* Pinkberry to open in Park Slope on July 20th: FiPS writer (and snack guru) Shawn spoke with a Pinkberry rep to get the deets on their invasion into the Slope.

* The Amish Are Trying to Kill Our Children: Not really (but sort of).

* Will a Park Slope Joint win Time out NY's best burger showdown?: Choose your favorite burger from over 100 restaurants, which includes a few Park Slope joints!

* Local Man Claims he was arrested after speaking out against cops in South Slope groping incident: If local resident Donald Harrington’s accusation is correct, you’re more likely to get arrested in this neighborhood for speaking up against the cops than for groping women. 

FIPS JUICY: BEST STORIES OF THE WEEK

In case you've spent the week catching the finales of your favorite shows, here's a quick wrap-up of juicy FiPS news that has recently graced the pages of our blog:

* 50 shades of grey boosts sales in local hardware stores: (and check out the script of an imagined convo between a Park Slope couple that fab FiPS writer Jess has penned for our pleasure).

* Will the former landmark pub ever be restored?: The Magic 8 Ball here at FiPS headquarters just laughed and self-destructed.

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FIPS JUICY: BEST STORIES OF THE WEEK

 

In case you've spent the week wishing death upon HBO or wondering if goofy goggles will indeed make you eat less, here's a quick wrap-up of juicy FiPS news that has recently graced the pages of our blog:

* Hands up if you've ever had dirty nasty freaky monkey sex behind the 5th avenue key food!: This shit has gotten so outta control that someone has gone and started a blog about it.

* Park Slope Eatery Store For Rent: Commenters don't seem to be too sad about this one.

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