Lives with: children Serena and Eric at The Palace Hotel
Likes: Philanthropy and volunteering, photography, horseback riding, room service, weddings, Murakami, expensive art and furniture, shopping
Dislikes: Tacky decorating, 99 cent stores, being bored, Brooklyn, her past, dirty tour buses, tap water
Best Friend: College roommate from Brown University
Current Crush: Bart Bass
Favorite fashion accessory: Oversized sweaters
Favorite places in New York: Bergdorf Goodman, Nobu, Tavern on the Green, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Carlyle
Favorite Music: Nine Inch Nails, Lincoln Hawk, Lucinda Williams, Cheap Trick, L7, Davie Bowie, The Pretenders, REM, Peter Gabriel
Favorite Authors: Gabriel García Márquez, Barbara Kingsolver, Wally Lamb, Joyce Carol Oates, Jonathan Franzen, Carson McCullers
Favorite Movies: When Harry Met Sally, Working Girl, Hannah and her Sisters, Grease, The Sound of Music, Sabrina, Gone With The Wind, Hairspray
Favorite designers: Chanel, Burberry, Dolce and Gabbana, Ferragamo, Fendi, Hermes
Favorite TV Shows: CSI, Brothers and Sisters, Dynasty, Oprah, House Hunters, Murphy Brown, Once And Again, Golden Girls, Notes From the Underbelly
Heroes: Linda McCartney
Motto: “That was then and this is now. No need to rehash decades past.”

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Lives with: his dad, Howie aka The Captain and mom, Anne in a townhouse
Likes: Sailing, lacrosse, mac n cheese, taxis, California, fly fishing, his Juke phone, Snickers, Frisbee in Central Park, maps, Cliffs Notes
Dislikes: Confrontation, lying, geometry, schedules, grape flavored Jolly Ranchers, being bored, blemishes
Best Friend: Chuck Bass
Girlfriend: it’s complicated with Blair Waldorf
Favorite fashion trend: cashmere sweaters
Favorite places in New York: Sheep Meadow, John’s Pizza, Maritime Center at Chelsea Piers, Chinatown, Butter, Loeb Boathouse, Grand Central
Favorite Music: Kanye West, Jay-Z, Talib Kweli, The Roots, Timbaland, Pigeon John, Outkast, Common, Mos Def, TI
Favorite Authors: Jack Kerouac, Jon Krakauer, Jack London, Tom Perrotta, Ernest Hemingway, Kurt Vonnegut, Hunter S. Thompson
Favorite Movies: The Godfather I & II, Dead Poets Society, The Shawshank Redemption, Batman Begins, Wedding Crashers, The Graduate, Match Point, Shaun of the Dead
Favorite designers: Brooks Brothers, J Crew, Paul Stewart, Trovata
Favorite TV Shows: Weeds, Seinfeld, Entourage, The Simpsons, Friday Night Lights, Lost, Beauty and the Geek, The West Wing, 24, The Fishing Line
Heroes: Christopher McCandless…he died but still…
Motto: “I’m just trying to do what’s right.”

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Current song playing on iPod: “That’s Not My Name” by The Ting Tings
Current Book on the nightstand: Youth In Revolt by CD Payne
Ideal Vacation Destination: Tokyo, Japan
Childhood Crush: Woody Allen
Favorite Afterschool Activity: Student TV Station
Favorite School Subject: Film History
Favorite Website: MetaCritic
Favorite Food: Pierogies
Favorite Video Game: Rock Band
Favorite Magazine: Village Voice (does that even count?) or New York Magazine
Favorite Reality Show: No thanks
Phone of Choice: Silver EnV
Dream Job: Independent Spirit Award winning filmmaker

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Current song playing on iPod: “Guilt By Association” by Louis XIV
Current Book on the nightstand: Rules of the Game by Neil Strauss
Ideal Vacation Destination: Turks and Caico
Childhood Crush: Catherine Deneuve
Favorite Afterschool Activity: Drinking at The Palace
Favorite School Subject: French (the language of love)
Favorite Website: New York Times
Favorite Food: Foie Gras
Favorite Video Game: Assassin’s Creed
Favorite Magazine: GQ
Favorite Reality Show: The Girls Next Door
Phone of Choice: Motorola Q
Dream Job: Future CEO of Bass Industries. Don’t you just love nepotism?

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Current song playing on iPod: “Don’t Kiss Me Goodbye” by Ultra Orange & Emmanuelle
Current Book on the nightstand: Born Standing Up: A Comic’s Life by Steve Martin
Ideal Vacation Destination: Prague, Czech Republic
Childhood Crush: Vanessa Abrams
Favorite Afterschool Activity: Poetry Club
Favorite School Subject: AP Literature and Composition
Favorite Website: The Huffington Post
Favorite Food: Falafel
Favorite Video Game: Call of Duty
Favorite Magazine: The New Yorker
Favorite Reality Show: Little People Big World
Phone of Choice: Motorola KRZR
Dream Job: Novelist, poet, essayist, blogger, any kind of working writer

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