There is a vaguely midwestern "hijinks" theme emerging in Williamsburg/NYC culture, maybe that's what present day fun is all about or maybe that has something to do with who is moving to Williamsburg these days (college grads from all the big schools from Maine to Monterrey -- sorry East Village, you are so 1998).

Proof?
- Pillow fights (at Galapagos)

- Dodgeball (during the summer shows at McCarren)

- Roller derby (Gotham Girls)
- Graffiti pranks (in Greenpoint and LIC)

- Square dancing (also at Galapagos)
- Shopping cart races/costume parades...

Which brings us to the 2007 Idiotarod
Williamsburg culture is racing toward LIC, literally...in shopping carts. Here is the finish line, LICNYC's favorite LIC dog run at the little 21st street playground.

The whole thing was headed up by COBRA Command (read all about the organizers here)

And here is LICNYC's official favorite team

Check it all out in the huge Flickr photostream, including the cops who hassled everyone the whole day (seriously unfun).