Me at Coney or Nellie Bly. I know…I’m adorable.

Fucked in Park Slope was inspired by NY Magazine’s “Reasons to Love NY” and wanted to do their own version on Brooklyn. Why is Brooklyn so badass? Here are my reasons:

1. Stoops! I loves to bullshit. What better pastime is there than hanging on my stoop shooting the breeze with my neighbors?

2. Eccentrics! The big scary looking dude with the fuzzy bunny slippers. The woman with no teeth who’s always smiling. The guy who tells worst jokes in the world but makes me laugh anyway.

3. Coney Island! Astroland may be gone, but Coney Island is a state of mind. Coney. Brighton. This is REAL Brooklyn. See “Eccentrics”.

4. Diners! Forget Starbucks and trendy coffee houses. Sit for hours, listen to the jukebox in your booth, have 10 cups of coffee and tawk to real New Yawkers.

5. Food Delivery! I’ve come to appreciate this more since I spend much of my time upstate. Pick up the phone. Get a meal. It’s something I took for granted all those years.

6. Bargains! Flea markets. Architectural salvage. Ikea. Weisman’s on McDonald. Domsey’s on Broadway.

7. Sahadi’s! I’m not throwing this into a “Grocery” category. Sahadi’s is in a class of it’s own. It’s that good.

8. The Brooklyn Museum! Second only to The Met. Well, maybe The Met and MOMA. But then it’s definitely third to none!

9. Prospect Park! I think I would enjoy it even if I didn’t have dogs, but my dogs asked me to include it because they LOVE going.

10. It’s my home! No matter where I roam. No matter where I live. I AM Brooklyn and you can take the girl out but….you know. My friends and family are (mostly) still there. It’s where I grew up and where my heart remains.