The finest in neighborhood bloggery, Fucked In Park Slope, is co-hosting its second Meatup this Wednesday with partner Brooklyn Based. Held at the Bell House in Brooklyn, it's a Naughty Holiday Office Party for singles that promises free massages, hot Santas, an hour of free drinks, and ultimately an opportunity to get laid. What the heck is a Meatup? And who's going to be there? Joonbug spoke with Erica from FIPS to get the inside scoop on the party.

A Meatup is a combination of a meat market and a meet up.  For those of us that can't muster the social fortitude it takes to brave the NYC club scene on a Saturday night, the Meatup is a singles event the likes of which you've never seen. Following the success of their first Meatup in October (featuring a very successful wet t-shirt contest), FIPS is cordially inviting "all of your single-n-ready to mingle asses" to their Naughty Holiday Office Party to have a go at finding true love, hooking up, or just making new friends. But before you start raising the hem on your pencil skirt, here's what you can expect from the Meatup.

The Meatup is for those of us who are disenchanted with the lame/awkward/excruciating traditional singles events and are looking for another "fun alternative way to meet other people." Erica hopes that the Meatup is a "more casual event for likeminded singles to meet each other," and if their widespread requests for naughty photocopies to decorate the party are any indication of what's to come, the Meatup is an event for singles unlike any other that you've probably been to.

Unlike a lot of other neighborhoods, Park Slope is affected by a particularly high prevalence of families. In a land where baby slings, strollers, and wedding rings abound, singles in Park Slope often encounter difficulty trying to meet each other. However, Erica believes diversity is on its way to the neighborhood. "It's a unique neighborhood in that there's a couple different things going on," she says "The family theme is super duper prevalent here, but a lot of people are moving into the neighborhood. There's restaurants, shops, Prospect Park...More and more people are moving in, different sorts of people and couples." And FIPS is playing a big role in the development of the changing scene.

The idea for the Meatup comes from a comment left on one of their blog posts. Erica tells me that the comment came from a lamenting single from Park Slope who, despite living in a fabulous neighborhood, was frustrated by the difficulty of meeting other single people in such a family-oriented neighborhood. So FIPS set out to "start getting all these people together" and provide them with a "fun easy means of hooking up with other people." FIPS knows that people come to a singles event looking for a lot of different things. "Not everyone is looking for a long term relationship," says Erica. "Some are literally looking to hook up." And Brooklyn, being the haven for smart, interesting, good-looking people that it is, is a great place to start.

What: The BK Holiday Meatup
Where: The Bell House
              147 7th St.
              Brooklyn, NY 11215
When: Wednesday, Dec 9
            7pm
Price: $10 advance, $15 at door