30 people throw a birthday party for a random stranger in a bar. The Improv Everywhere mission was filmed with cameras hidden behind two way mirrors, and the audio comes from hidden wireless microphones (both on their agents and hidden around the bar.) Found at YouTube from ImprovEverywhere.

A time lapse video of Julian Beever creating the Aveeno Fountain of Youth chalk drawing in Union Square. Found at YouTube from pavementpicasso via Huffington Post.

I’ve been watching HBO’s new series How to Make It in America, about two enterprising Brooklyn twenty somethings as they hustle their way through New York City’s fashion scene. I like it. Found at YouTube from HBO.

1,200 New Yorkers ride the subway without pants in a snow storm. Found at YouTube from ImprovEverywhere.

I love Improv Everywhere! A free wedding reception from a bunch of strangers for unsuspecting newlyweds. Awesome. Found at YouTube via gculliss.

An explosion early Monday morning on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, possibly caused by a small bomb made from fireworks, destroyed a sidewalk bench and shattered windows in a Starbucks coffee shop. Found at YouTube.

A train, a homeless man and a case of mistaken identity. Directed, filmed, edited and narrated by Richard Calvache.