The Return of the Ring

Gossip Girl: Good morning, Upper East Siders. How do you look today? You know image is everything. But under those perfect clothes and perfect smiles, everyone has their not-so-perfect secrets. Chuck: I take it you’ve decided to have Lola move in for the summer. Nate: She sleeps here every night, I want to see her […]

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All the Pretty Sources

Gossip Girl: A shower is supposed to make you feel fresh and clean, but on the Upper East Side, they’re where I get the most dirt. And B’s bridal shower tonight promises to be an absolutely filthy affair. The only two people left off the list? Number one? Chuck: Girls, I have been trying very […]

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I am Number Nine

Gossip Girl: They say the road of life is long and winding. So it’s important to mark the milestones along the way. from picking your bridesmaids—. Dorota: So many minions. How are you ever going to decide? Blair: Tryouts begin after breakfast. Diana (Liz Hurley): Nate. Can I add one more thing to your to […]

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While You Weren’t Sleeping

Gossip Girl: Mick, Keith and their questionably-costumed cohorts said, “You can’t always get what you want.” But that doesn’t mean it’s okay for anyone else to have it either. Serena: Sorry if we kept you up last night. We were playing Scrabble. Ben (David Call): She fell asleep to avoid losing. Dan: Since when do […]

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The Kids Are Not All Right

Gossip Girl: It’s a cold New Year, Upper East Siders. Time to donate that fall wardrobe to the help and to present the world with a better version of you. Which could mean facing your future… and forgetting past mistakes. Or finally settling on a brand new path. But a new year doesn’t wipe away […]

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War at the Roses

Gossip Girl: Rise and shine, Upper East Siders. It’s officially fall. And when the leaves start to turn, we know it’s time for B’s birthday. We hope Serena will be there to celebrate, but we hear she’s having her own private party with a professor. Serena: So you’re from Maine. Colin (Sam Page): I grew […]

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Easy J

Gossip Girl: They say waking up is hard to do. Especially when you’re not alone. Blair: What have we here? Bed: unslept in. Hair in… missionary disarray. And yesterday’s dress with today’s shame all over it. Serena: No shame. For your information we just stayed up talking. Blair: Oh. So does this chatty insomniac have […]

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The Undergraduates

Gossip Girl: Under Construction Blair: I don’t understand. How can Gossip Girl be down my first day at Columbia? Dorota: Maybe Gossip Girl get kidnapped. Unstable ex-boyfriend lock internet— Blair: Dorota! What did I tell you? No more watching Law and Order: SVU while you’re breastfeeding. No, unlike those plebeians at NYU the students at […]

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Remains of the J

Gossip Girl: Mornings are simply more fun on the Upper East Side. Our favorite things to wake up to? The sun in the sky, the Nikkei on the rise, and a wake-up call from your lover. Or your best friend. Rufus: Lily’s doing breakfast today. She wants to talk to us. Dan: Ominous. Jenny: Or […]

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The Age of Dissonance

Gossip Girl: On the Upper East Side all the world’s a stage, and the men and women merely players. But once a year, Constance/St. Jude students shed their usual roles and take on new ones for the senior class play. This year’s pick? The Age of Innocence. Dan: I just can’t believe this is a […]

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Carnal Knowledge

Gossip Girl: While Upper East Siders are hitting the snooze button, Blair Waldorf had a rude awakening when the rooster crowed at dawn this morning. Blair: Never, in my 16,982 hours of schooling, have I ever been sentenced to detention. Serena: I can’t believe you added up all the hours of class we’ve had. Makes […]

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Gone With the Will

Gossip Girl: When most people lose a parent, they inherit sorrow, loss and a closet full of outdated clothes. But on the Upper East Side, death’s sad chapter comes with a silver lining. Or a gold one if your relatives invested wisely in precious metals. Blair: Morning Jack. Jack Bass (Desmond Harrington): Blair. Blair: Chuck […]

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In the Realm of the Basses

Gossip Girl: Gossip Girl here, welcoming you to the New Year. When Manhattanites who flew south for the sun return to their Park Avenue perches. Which means I have a lot of catching up to do. Word is, Serena van der Woodsen tangoed in the New Year in the plazas of Buenos Aires. Guess that […]

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It’s a Wonderful Lie

Gossip Girl: Winter in New York: A Gossip Girl Checklist to Surviving the Cold. Cashmere stole for ice skating at Wollman Rink. Jacques Torres hot chocolate for window shopping the holiday displays. And the perfect date to the senior snowflake charity ball. Penelope (Amanda Setton): Oh. Hello Weird Documentary Girl. Vanessa (Jessica Szohr): Bye Sad […]

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Desperately Seeking Serena

Gossip Girl: There are three things we do alone: we are born, we die, and if we’re a high school junior headed for college, we take the SATs. And while the test is said to measure our best traits, preparing for it inevitably brings out the worst. Humility becomes self-doubt. Striving becomes obsession. Some are […]

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The Blair Bitch Project

Gossip Girl: Wakey wakey, Upper East Siders. Spring Break is done and I’m starved for a dish. Were you sunning in Crete or sinning in Croatia? Give me the deets. And has anyone spotted our ex-Queen B? Where does the dethroned royalty vacation these days? Dorota Kishlovsky (Zuzanna Szadkowski): Club Bed is over. First day […]

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The Thin Line Between Chuck and Nate

Gossip Girl: “What’s the difference between gossip and scandal?” So glad you asked, UESForever. Anyone can commit a minor indiscretion and generate a day’s worth of buzz. But in order to birth a true scandal, it requires the right person to be in the wrong place. Take one It Girl on a pedestal. Add a […]

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