We had anticipated the premiere of new YA book-based series 'Gossip Girl' so hotly! And now it is upon us. How to even begin to catalog the things we enjoyed about this exquisite blend of O.C. and U.E.S.?

  • We love that the actress who plays heroine Serena Van Der Woodsen so closely resembles a young Ellen Barkin. But not that young! Like, 30!
  • Also we love how she is always talking huskily around her teeth. This always means a character is an alcoholic.
  • Speaking of teeth, the actress who plays Blair Waldorf has insanely sexy teeth.
  • There was that really incesty scene where Hot Dad Who's In A Band who Used To Do It With Blair's Mom is like "My little girl is a woman now! You look so much like your mother." Wasn't your skin crawling?
  • The scene where the guy was wearing a stripey scarf reminded us of My So Called Life. Not because the dialogue was brilliant, just the scarf reminded us of the 90s.
  • We do have some complaints.
  • As our one-time Manhattan-private-school-attending pal Jennie put it: "Oh. My. God. Except they left out the hard core shroom and acid use, also? the random beatdowns from public school kids and hot threeways. oh, and the coke. and the bulimia, and that one talking heads album. and the random incest. but other than that? pretty much nailed it. can't wait till they brave the park to go to the upper west side. then it's ON."
  • Next week's episode will probably be even more crazy and wonderful!