Ingmar, AFAIK they hadn't started filming the new season of TGW when you were in town back in early July.

When I was living in NYC back in mid-2009 because of an internship, I once was in the same subway car as Alexis Bledel. I also either met or saw a lot of the Gossip Girl cast. (Leighton Meester was the only one of the core 5 that I didn't actually see: met Penn and also saw him again later, briefly met/saw Blake as she was going to set, saw Chace and Ed from a distance as they were filming. Also met Taylor [Jenny], Matt [Rufus], and Connor [Erik].)