In the first episode of
Gossip Girl 2.0, Julian Calloway and her minion, Luna, set some
very specific guidelines for Constance Billard’s new girl Zoya: “Sant Ambroeus or Yura for coffee, Starbucks for group orders. The Met Steps or the Great Lawn to hang. J.G. Melon for burgers although they check IDs. Mezzaluna
not Serafina, Sweetgreen but for pickup only. Dumbo Hall, not Dumbo House.
Never Uber.”
Got it? Good. Because for this glamorous gaggle of over-privileged and under-supervised teens, it’s all about seeing, being seen, and social-media storying in the right places. And unlike their posh predecessors, they’re patrons of places far beyond the bougie bounds of Park Avenue (and not just to turn down their nose at Dan Humphrey in Williamsburg). “Prince of New York” Obie considers Dumbo his kingdom, while Constance queen bee Julian resides in a towering penthouse above Tribeca. Meanwhile, group outsider Zoya holes up in a rent-controlled Upper West Side apartm