Here's our favorite stories from the week:

• New York City socialites took over the Natural History Museum at their Annual Ball this Thursday.  Check out the red carpet photos as well as pictures from the party inside.

• If this party would have gotten any more intense (pictured above), someone would have gotten hurt. [Koch's Bday Party]

• Speaking of parties, there's a new Monday night party taking the town by storm.  It's a pool party and it has a lot of people talking. [Pool Party]

• Diddy made us all believers on Twitter [@iamdiddy Here]

• After the post that created a buzz around town (hint: recession is so bad that even socialites are caught stealing), Kristian Laliberte felt inclined to write an article "outing" the "Talented Mr. Ripley's" around the NYC social sphere. [Outed: New York's Talented Mr. Ripleys]

• Out of money but need to get out of America? Fear not, here's our guide to having your perfect destination vacation in our very own city. [Take A Destination Vacation Without Leaving NY]

• The young and the restless headed up to the Hudson Hotel to join A Private Club in toasting ASSOULINE's latest piece of work: "American Hotel Stories." [A Private Club Party]

• GofG's own resident nightlife photographer, J.T. White made an appearance on the Jimmy Fallon show.  He was GOOD! [Video]

• GenART celebrated their 14th Anniversary with a big party [GenART Party]

• There's a new supper club in town.  The Young Alchemy Club hosted it's launch party at the very cool West Village hotspot, De Santos.  Not to be confused with "Santos Club" which it is the polar opposite of [The Young Alchemy Club]

• Oh yeah, and Emily Brill resurfaced. So that happened. [Emily Brill on Amazon]