http://disqus.com/by/mslu/enTue, 09 Mar 2010 23:06:48 -0000http://www.fuckedinparkslope.com/home/you-know-you-want-it-breast-milk-cheese.html#comment-38809631<p>as someone who is currently nursing and pumping 3x a day in addition to nursing 3x a day, whoever is using their milk to make cheese for the masses is a f*cking freak of nature. the only reason i can tolerate the pump &amp; the damage to my girls is for the health and lvoe of my baby. anyone who personally subjects themselves to making milk to make cheese is one sick f*ck. </p>msluTue, 09 Mar 2010 23:06:48 -0000http://www.fuckedinparkslope.com/home/who-gives-a-shit-best-coffee-in-park-slope.html#comment-37699032<p>damn...if i paid my nanny only six bucks an hour maybe i could afford some boutique coffee!</p>msluTue, 02 Mar 2010 18:20:59 -0000http://www.fuckedinparkslope.com/home/who-gives-a-shit-best-coffee-in-park-slope.html#comment-37698659<p>another vote for southside here. their capps made me cry.</p>msluTue, 02 Mar 2010 18:18:31 -0000http://www.fuckedinparkslope.com/home/i-asked-the-united-methodist-church-book-sale-to-marry-meit.html#comment-35603288<p>just don't get caught in there in a fire! or go if you're claustrophobic. my husband, an architect, seethes at the lack of exits and the ridiculous amt of people crowding around pages of dusty, old books. yes, great cheap books, but i about hyperventilated in there. </p>msluSat, 20 Feb 2010 01:27:24 -0000http://www.fuckedinparkslope.com/home/fips-cares-xena-the-pussycat.html#comment-34165474<p>hi flognoth, xena got her kitty self stuck in a boiler room behind our apt for 3 weeks (!) (during which i had baby #2) and after she was found we had a crazy wicked expensive physical done on her and no thyroid issues, at least as of september. we took her back when this hair-licking started and they said stress. but thanks for info...</p>msluSun, 14 Feb 2010 00:09:06 -0000http://www.fuckedinparkslope.com/home/fips-cares-xena-the-pussycat.html#comment-33343797<p>toilet duck--thanks for the back up even if you can't take her. please keep your ears/eyes open for me/her. </p>msluTue, 09 Feb 2010 21:16:44 -0000http://www.fuckedinparkslope.com/home/fips-cares-xena-the-pussycat.html#comment-33343637<p>believe me, armyofme, my two year old has spent more time in "time out" for xena abuse than any other toddler infraction. and, i am hyper aware of bratty slope kids, as i work with a bunch of african american folks who are constantly asking me if i'm going to raised a spoiled white brat b/c i won't spank.</p><p>not all of us in the slope have 24/7 nannies and utterly horrid children, believe it or not.</p>msluTue, 09 Feb 2010 21:14:25 -0000http://www.fuckedinparkslope.com/home/almondine-bakery-whos-got-scoop.html#comment-32115716<p>i went this week after some friends brought over two kinds of super yummy bread on sunday night for dinner. i got there at 7:45 to find it didn't open until 8am. decided to chill (it was before the temp dropped to freezing this week) b/c i was in no hurry to get to work and was rocking out to my ipod. the super nice guy, who had a real french accent, saw me, let me in, sold me a PERFECT almond croissant (colson: take that effing powdered sugar of your almond croissants! nasty!) and had super sweet conversation with me, let me back out and locked himself back in.</p><p>i love it! </p>msluFri, 29 Jan 2010 22:40:48 -0000http://www.fuckedinparkslope.com/home/calling-all-bumpaholics.html#comment-15505801<p>totally hear you. try having a late miscarriage while teaching a group of seniors, 7 of whom are pregnant. i was practically suicidal. </p>msluThu, 27 Aug 2009 21:11:16 -0000http://www.fuckedinparkslope.com/home/calling-all-bumpaholics.html#comment-15467661<p>as a high school teacher who has an increasing handfull of students preggers each year, i have wondered how the growing celeb status of pregnancy has affected kids' perceptions of getting knocked up. haven't read a good anthropological/research-based take on it yet...maybe i should write one...</p>msluThu, 27 Aug 2009 10:13:33 -0000http://www.fuckedinparkslope.com/home/review-prospect-park-west-by-amy-sohn.html#comment-15421542<p>ps: can i borrow your copy? too broke with pending unpaid maternity leave (from the ever-so-family-friendly dept of ed) and the library will certainly have a waitlist a mile long....</p>msluWed, 26 Aug 2009 10:57:33 -0000http://www.fuckedinparkslope.com/home/review-prospect-park-west-by-amy-sohn.html#comment-15421471<p>there are probably a few more self-aware breeders out there than you think, we're just tainted by the lunatics running the asylum over here.</p><p>and, lots of folks just have NO sense of humor. we call our breeder twins clones--oftentimes we'll be walking down the street with the same stroller, kid wearing same shoes, adults wearing practically the same clothes, holding same phone or same ice cream. my husband and i always greet them with a sarcastic "hello, clones" and they look blankly at us. i mean, seriously, can't we all just laugh at how unoriginal we all are?</p><p>can't wait to read the book. after 3 mo of maternity leave with babe #1, i was about to rip my head off it i had to walk down 5th or 7th ave again. i much preferred the evening/weekend culture of the slope. can't say i'm jazzed about maternity leave for #2...esp with a 2 yo and i'll be trapped in the slope during daylight weekday hours. help!</p>msluWed, 26 Aug 2009 10:56:21 -0000http://www.fuckedinparkslope.com/home/the-ice-cream-man-is-ruining-lives.html#comment-15154927<p>as a public school teacher who works with a lot of folks who live in 'hoods that are NOT the slope, i get asked all the time if i'm going to raise my kids to be brats like those "yuppies" in the slope. NO.</p><p>i'm not going to spank them, but a no and a melt down that's embarassing and makes others look at you like you're the worst parents on earth are worth it to me when i think of my coworkers comments on the asshole children in this neighborhood.</p><p>where's the Diktionary term for a bratty slope kid? (or cobble hill, carroll gardens, growing part of ft greene--not like this area is the only one breeding undisciplined brats).</p>msluThu, 20 Aug 2009 21:11:25 -0000http://www.fuckedinparkslope.com/home/who-gives-a-shit-do-you-like-living-in-park-slope.html#comment-15063632<p>ps: the only time i HATED living here was after a pretty gruesome miscarriage. then i felt that every pregnant woman and every family was taunting me. i think this would be a hard place to live if you were struggling with baby issues. each time i have been pregnant since the miscarriage i have wondered who was hating me as i waddled down the street.</p>msluWed, 19 Aug 2009 11:19:17 -0000http://www.fuckedinparkslope.com/home/who-gives-a-shit-do-you-like-living-in-park-slope.html#comment-15063278<p>i have lived in the slope 10 years--2 single, 6 as a DINK, 2 as a breeder and it has been a great place for of those phases of my life.</p><p>i love that you can walk everywhere. i have had a lot of friends move out since having kids (just not the socio-economic class to buy in this 'hood) and now they're park slope commuters who all have to have cars. i'm smooshed in a 1 bedroom with a second kid coming in 5 weeks and i'm staying put. i'd rather live like this and in the slope than elsewhere. and the park...used to make out/smoke weed in it, now i chase my daughter around it and feed the over-aggressive geese. it really has stuff for any/everyone.</p><p>i agree with the snobbiness post. didn't really feel it hard until i became a mom and met some of the real rich folk around here while on maternity leave. i guess i thought we were all teachers and social workers and renters--nope. </p>msluWed, 19 Aug 2009 11:13:39 -0000http://www.fuckedinparkslope.com/home/fips-cares-roommates-heroes.html#comment-15013773<p>oliver--are you at 260 17th street? if yes, you're renting my old room. :) regardless, i'll keep my ears open. i live on 8th street now (same block) where my neighbors are mostly snobs and annoying.</p><p>i miss the folks on 17th b/t 5th and 6th. i'm sure "anthony!" is all grown up and hope mrs. silva is okay (had diabetes problems). just ran into the domican teacher who lives in the first house after the fancy apts on the right the other day and he remembered me. i moved to 8th street almost 8 years ago and few people here are chatty and/or kind. love that block you're on. nice people.</p>msluTue, 18 Aug 2009 11:30:32 -0000http://www.fuckedinparkslope.com/home/this-chick-is-gonna-be-one-helluva-milf.html#comment-13980738<p>love the move when she pulls down her skirt to show her tramp stamp. and the product placment.</p><p>please, she ain't gonna mother that child. her mom is. i teach high school in bklyn--i know this shit. </p>msluWed, 05 Aug 2009 11:21:59 -0000http://www.fuckedinparkslope.com/home/stoop-sale-how-to.html#comment-13451421<p>our last two stoop sales have been honestly stoop sales, everything $1, ring our bell and give us a $1 for everything you take if you're honest. we made about $50+ bucks each time and didn't have to do anything except answer the door while we did other stuff. of course, there were those sketchy guys who made off with two whole boxes of architecture books and literature, but at least now i don't have to donate them anywhere...</p>msluTue, 28 Jul 2009 12:32:11 -0000http://www.fuckedinparkslope.com/home/the-one-and-only-thing-that-could-ever-get-me-to-consider-a.html#comment-13091168<p>i secretly look him up on the coop computer and have to resist stalking him. also, the boxer guy from the wire is a member. not as quinoa-doable, but....</p>msluTue, 21 Jul 2009 23:01:20 -0000http://www.fuckedinparkslope.com/home/who-gives-a-shit-what-do-you-do-and-how-much-do-you-get-paid.html#comment-12713169<p>high school english teacher. 10th year teaching and *almost* have doctorate (which means i'm maxed out ed.-wise for more pay). make 75K. hubby, who is architect for firm that does city work, makes same. </p>msluWed, 15 Jul 2009 16:25:19 -0000