Pepper couldn't remember the last time she felt so harried. Planning something this large on what was essentially short notice would have been taxing back home, but was all the more difficult on the island, which lacked most of the conveniences that made party planning actually enjoyable ( Read more... )

There had never been a shortage of magazines on the bookshelf when Serena checked it. Real books, even good ones, cropped up, too, but magazines had been plentiful from the start. It was kind of silly, she guessed, reading up on fashions she couldn't follow and people she hadn't seen in ages, but somehow all the spun fantasy of things like Vogue ( Read more... )

It was a whole 'nother year, and he was a year older. It probably shoulda meant more to him than it did, especially considerin' he probably would never have one again back home, but he never celebrated it much back home an' the tendency sorta bled over onto the island. In fact, it was a pretty regular day in general in the beginnin'. He got up, got ( Read more... )

Dated August 24, 2009:
Spotted: Our favorite Upper East Siders making their way back home. Serena was seen out and about in Manhattan with Beat, news that left Lonely Boy more than a little displeased. Good thing, then, that he had his hands full with Little J's tales of island living. Meanwhile N had his hands full, waking up with K at his side. ( Read more... )

In New York, there would have been a party - a catered event, a room filled from end to end with classmates, family, friends. Serena would have pulled on some fabulous ensemble at the last possible minute and swanned around the room, laughing, drinking champagne, enjoying her last real birthday before college began. Or maybe they would have been in ( Read more... )

When all was said and done, it looked like something out of a storybook ( Read more... )

Dated June 15, 2009:
With things calmed down, Beat finally collects on the date he bidded for with Serena.

[ HERE | Ongoing | PG-13]

Dated June 16, 2009:
Spotted: Eric van der Woodsen, turning sweet sixteen in the company of friends and family over at the Winchester. But with K, V and N in attendance, will there be fireworks before the cake?

[ HERE | Some threads ongoing | PG]

Sometimes, when he wasn't busy, Bridge liked to play with himself ( Read more... )