Trendspotting 101: Anatomy of a Williamsburg Trend Story  In the
cutthroat market for Trend Stories Centered in Williamsburg,
Brooklyn, it pays to be the early bird. Not only does the
neighborhood, populated by desperately trend-hungry fauxhemians,
constantly cycle through the very latest microtrends; but its
status as America's prototypical "hip neighborhood" means that
even the merest hint of a new Williamsburg microtrend is almost
immediately packaged and distributed by the equally trend-hungry
media, to be feasted upon by the voyeuristic, trend-hungry
public.  Indeed, Williamsburg's iconic status means that it's no
longer necessary to adopt the traditional "three's a trend"
journalistic rule. Virtually any behavior in Williamsburg can be
put forth as a trend, and it will be accepted by credulous
readers eager to gawk and point, as well as recycled and
repackaged by us, the voracious meta-media, always ready to
plumb the depths of Williamsburg trend behavior for laughs,
unconcerned with the veracity of sai