#27 Abney Parkway,West, New Babbage

December 10-29, 2015

Goodbye #17 HammerBridge Rd, Babbage Canals...you were all too soon outgrown

Lab Chat. Ebbe Altberg Answers Our Questions

Lab Chat is an opportunity for you to ask Lindens your questions during a live taping that will be recorded and archived for everyone to view.

Frau Jo Yardley, Ebbe Linden (Ebbe Altberg), & Saffia Widdershins

The transcripts  and video  for the 90 minute Chat will be available soon afterwards to peruse at your leisure.

The set looks welcoming, and the 3 audience sims are full for the chat.

As usual, Frau Yardley and Miss Widdershins were very stylish, Ebbe has also modded his avatar a little I noticed...
Keep up with the latest Labchat news on their blog.
Did you miss the first one? Catch up here.

TAG Gacha October 2015, The Haunted Mortuary

We went, we saw, we TAGGED.
We laughed, we cried (that ultra-rare that always gets away, *sniff*) and we marveled at the tricks and treats that were handed out just for making the rounds at the shops.
Playing a round of Tag Gacha is s a bit similar to the old stamp collecting games but about a hundred times more amazing due to theme, prizes, builds, prizes, excitement, prizes....are you beginning to get my drift? :D Many shops went all out with their displays too, I was amazed. I grabbed my HUD the MINUTE the sim opened, Aberdon close on my heels (hooves?) and I admit it...we did run willy-nilly through to the finish, tagging, playing and laughing! I wanted to quickly finish my tagging to hit the bonus room and then redeem my coupons for Mystery Rares (we got 3 of those in total) but I will surely return to many shops for photos (and SHOPPING) as the event gets a bit less crowded.

My whirlwind impressions were thus: we landed just outside the gates in the pouring rain.The funeral home is a beautiful white antebellum mansion. A breathless crowd surrounded us, pushing and bumping so I fled forward, then dashed up the gracefully curving stairs to the landing, and when we went inside, there was a familiar setting to anyone who has attended a genteel funeral in the southern United States. It was a bit eerie queuing up for the HUD, it was up in front of the casket and it felt for all the world like waiting in line to view the body. But since this is SL, I almost expected someone to pop up from the casket and frighten us to death. Thankfully that did NOT happen and we grabbed our HUDs and some handy umbrellys from the stand as we headed back out into the gloomy downpour. Clicking on our flashlights and opening our HUDs we were ready to start the first spin and teleport off to the first destination!

The Last Stop

I will continue the narrative in a future post as well as show you some of our loot here and on Flickr but suffice it to say it was a delightful night and a wonderful start to an amazing event.

The 1920's Berlin Project Turns 5

 The 5th anniversary celebrations for the 1920's Berlin Project were in full swing today with the Miss Berlin Pageant followed by elegant cocktails on the roof of the Bauhaus.

I was taking a break from the birthday build and opening some Arcade gacha loot this morning inworld (more on both soon) so I took the time to shimmy into a very old system/flexiprim gown, hair and skin to visit the 5th anniversary celebrations going on in The 1920's Berlin Project.
I hope they didn't mind that I was dressed vintage even for SL! :D

 The Miss Berlin 1929 Pageant was held at the Odeon, I walked from the train station, enjoying the street scenes in a populated sim. I didn't get many good pix today at all due to my client-side system lag but it was a lot of fun to watch the pageant. It was very well done with beautiful animations, especially for the talent section. The theater is lovely and it was over all too soon. Afterwards we made our way up to the roof of the Bauhaus for the Flapperette's 2nd Anniversary Party.

 I really enjoy visiting in-scale sims because Fauve is not dwarfed by the builds and it feels cozy and very real in space if not time. Of course I hit the buffet afterwards while the typist wolfed down a snack of her own.
At the party, the buffet spread consisted of 
Baked Ham with Cloves and side of Asparagus
Cucumber and Watercress Sandwiches 
a lovely Fruit Salad
an amazing Flapperette Cake!

 There were several cocktails but of particular interest was the Apricot Bubbly because the recipe accompanied it in a notecard.

 Apricot Bubbly, a 1920s Cocktail
Mix one part apricot brandy to one part orange juice, then top with champagne.

Apricot Brandy is a neutral grain spirit infused with apricot flesh, kernels, and sugar. Apricot Brandy has been appearing in cocktail books since at least the beginning of the 20th Century, with brands such as Bols, Garnier and DeKuyper being specifically mentioned in books. By the mid-1930s, books tended to include several cocktail recipes calling for this ingredient. During Prohibition in the US, fruits were a convenient way of masking the taste of cheaply made alcohol.

The website: http://www.1920sberlin.com/
Your taxi: http://slurl.com/secondlife/1920s%20Berlin/236/232/751

The Arcade March 2013

Shopping at TheArcadeSL, where everything fits and the heels are never

too high to walk in!