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Adventures & Activities

Landscaping by Felix – Magic Pine Forest; Photograph courtesy of Philippeg Galli For the past couple of months, I have been looking all over the grid for landscaping venues, as well as houses. I have never done any landscaping or building, and I doubt I will ever get into that too deeply. That’s the reason I [...]

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Prologue – 1920s America The Roaring 20s in America — a golden age of prosperity and progress, nestled in time between two great world wars. It was a time of rebellion against the traditional ways of the past, and marked the rise of cultural and artistic movements such jazz, art deco, modernism and feminism. Cities flourished [...]

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O Beco, an installation by Cullum Writer and Adreano Constantine We creatives tend to be somewhat sensitive (who me?) especially when it comes to the integrity of the work we produce. The thought of handing over a painting, photograph, story, poem, or other artwork to someone else for manipulation would send chills up most artists’ [...]

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March 17 2011. At eight in the morning I have an appointment with Betty Tureaud. I know her like one and half year now and her work amazes me increasingly. Since I came to Second Life she has probably been the best example of finding new ways to express yourself and how to create truly [...]

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Down By Law at the now-supsended Salt Movies and moviemaking have been a huge part of my life, as they have for almost all of us. I remember the first time I saw the Wizard of Oz on the big screen, stunned by not only the sheer size of the images, but that change shift [...]

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The Egyptian civilization remains a fascinating enigma for many of us. So many stories we read about or were told when we were kids, or later. Mysterious names : Valley of Kings, Land of the Pharaos. Second Life offers ideal conditions to recreate this lost civilization either as a scientific project involving very detailed reconstructions, [...]

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When I was new to SL, I discovered the Library of Illumination, a beautiful building housing Dickens, T.S. Eliot, Virginia Woolf and other classics. With lovely polished carved wood textures and a lush red velvet couch, the Library of Illumination was a kind of second home for me (literally, in my early days I tried [...]

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Recommended: To properly set the mood, press “play” on video to load the song before reading. Paris 1900…! The sim’s name says it all. SL is populated with residents trying to revive and share something dear to them: a place, a time, an emotion… Paris 1900 not only looks back at a glorious past, it [...]

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“Please stop sudsing the parks’ ponds. Our geese do not understand April Fool’s Day.” ~  Leslie Knope My RL bike had a flat, my cat was sick, it was cold and rainy out, and my shoulder injury (long story) was aching and what I really wanted to do? Was go for a bike ride through [...]

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In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, I had planned on doing an elaborate “all things green” fashion shoot for you fine readers of AvatarStyle.  Oh, it was going to be marvelous!  There were ideas budding for casual attire, trendy club wear and of course formal gowns for the fancy-pants among you. But when I logged [...]

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