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Who's Ready For the Official "Gossip Girl" Tour of NYC?

Posted by Lindy Parker

Get psyched, people.  The  Sex and The City tour is old news, bring on the official Gossip Girl tour of New York City, featuring "more than 40 locations that have been used in filming the hit TV show...."

Wait, really?  Forty locations?  That's crazy because we were thinking like Central Park, and the Met and call it a day.  Okay, here's the plan: we're going to try and see how many we can come up with before we check the list of stops and see if we hit the forty mark -- Who knows? Maybe our GG knowledge is stronger than we think...

Well, we didn't get anywhere near forty -- more accurately we got to Bendels and Constance Billiard and got bored.  Here's an excerpt from the list of destinations:

  • See the hotel that is home to the Bass and Van der Woodson families where so many of the scenes from Gossip Girl take place.
  • Be "spotted" by that most ubiquitous blogger at the Constance Billard School for Girls/St. Jude School for Boys.
  • See the Upper East Side mansion that was the site of the Bass/Van der Woodsen wedding.
  • See the lavish Fifth Avenue building that Blair Waldorf calls home.
  • Shop at Henri Bendel where Blair and Serena shop.
  • Go past the restaurant where Dan and Serena have their second date.

The thing is, we presume that many of the stops are trendy NYC restaurants and clubs, which are obviously closed during the day.  Does that mean the tour is mostly just driving by closed buildings with dark windows while your guide says things like, "And on your right you'll see Butter, the restaurant that witnessed Jenny Humphrey's triumph over Blair Waldorf?"  Because if so, that's the opposite of fun. 

Previously:

Take the "Gossip Girl" Tour of NYC in the New York Post

Gossip Girl: Schmutz Happens

TV Soundtrack: Blair Waldorf Gets a Record Deal

Chace Crawford Wants Kevin Bacon's Role in the Footloose Remake


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Posted Apr 28 2009, 10:00 AM
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Comments

Teddy said:

Your coverage of "Gossip Girl" is nauseating.

Please stop.

PLEASE.

April 28, 2009 11:30 AM

Teresa said:

I have to agree with RI Lindy--this does not seem like a good time.  I'll take one of those double decker bus tours with a 40 in a paper bag in hand any day.

April 28, 2009 12:31 PM

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