While summer vacation is just getting started for many folks, it’s back to work time for the cast of Gossip Girl. Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Penn Badgley, Chace Crawford and Ed Westwick have all convened in the Hamptons, NY to begin shooting scenes for the second season of Gossip Girl, scheduled to debut on The CW this September 1. Here are a few pics of the Gossip Girl ladies (and Penn Badgley) hanging out backstage by the trailers on set yesterday afternoon:

It’s unclear if Blake and Penn are having themselves a lovers’ spat or if they’re just exchanging pleasantries (or if Penn is annoyed that Blake is making fun of him for wearing his haircutting smock in public) but I understand that things are still going well for these two lovebirds. I’m not sure what’s going on with those jean shorts that Leighton is wearing … they give her a bit of a mom’s butt, hopefully it’s not an outfit she’ll be wearing on the show. Yeah, there ain’t all that much sexy going on in these pics … for the hatwness, we turn to Gossip boys Chace Crawford and Ed Westwick …

… here are a few pics of Chace and Ed also on set in the Hamptons:

Chace can’t help but be sexy no matter what he’s wearing … Ed, on the other hand, opts for the sexy shorty, shorts look. You know, there aren’t many guys who can pull off a look like this … but Ed does a nice job. His shorts are far more appealing than Leighton‘s shorts are … maybe she should borrow Ed‘s shorts and burn the pair she’s wearing here. Scratch that — I’d much prefer that Chace ditch the basketball shorts and try on the shorty shorts … that sounds much more interesting, yes?

[Photo credit: Splash News, INFdaily]