Bone Sewer Mama Cree

Salut chers! I have continued to maintain my little shotgun house and cemetery tomb in Taloo because I still believed it was a beautiful unique community that I still wanted to be a part of somehow. I know that I have not been there as much as I used to as so many of my close circle of friends had left. As a community, it is undergoing a bit of change and transition itself as Mama Cree is turning it over to Gabi (Gabrielle Riel). It should be interesting to see what she does with it. I think I should stop in more often. It was nice talking to Mama Cree the other night and I'd like to thank her for creating a lovely community. She said she'd like to go back to focusing more on building and creating as that's what she loves.

Oh, here's a hint for y'all...I've always had a speakeasy there that's actually open to everyone if they have their Gens de New Toulouse tag on and can find it. Enjoy.

New Taloo: Last Dance at Phin's Jazz Club

Due to RL & SL obligations, Phin & I just haven't been spending as much time in New Toulouse as we thought we would, so he and Zoe decided to go ahead and sell the jazz club. Don't worry, I'm still keeping Miss Elle's Lucky #7 Shop & Speakeasy and the Tomb of Catharsis Laval. The club is in a very nice spot, a 1024 just off the hub in Taloo. If you are interested, please contact Zoe Connolly, Phineas Messmer or Carricre Wind...I just happened to log in early and found Phin there packing things up, so we decided to have a last dance there, where we've had many happy ones. We always said the club was a great time, if only for just the two of us. Many thanks to all of you who enjoyed it!
Happy 9 months to you darlin' and on to the next adventure together! Shall we?

New Taloo: Hot Time in the Town Tonight!

Salut chers! I love Taloo...I love the loose feel of the place, the easy breezy conversations and how we can all get together and party. Phin had a party at the club with Dia playing the tunes as folks lindy hopped and charlestoned away!Oh c'mon now, you know I was draped across the piano like always as my baby tickled the ivories. Dia joined him on the banjo and Jameson, on the trombone . Even Miss Vee came later and broke out her jug! We all had a fantastic time and I hope we can all do it again real soon! You can see a fun video of the festivities HERE. Bone sewer, y'all!

A Re-Cap...

I am a tiny trivia queen. I know all sorts of useless knowledge about all sorts of hopefully useful things. And I answered them while grooving in my Battlestar Galactica uniform I made...And for you new BSG RI fans out there, I made a tiny flightsuit like Kara's...
BloodSong and his chickens...Dancing with my Phin in Taloo...
A giant snail checking out info about...the Giant Snail Race for RFL...

New Taloo: Piano Sirens & Conversation

Salut chers! Phin's club is a nice hangout and you can always get into a great conversation there. Or lounge seductively on top of the piano like Miss Vee here...You know I understand the power of the piano. What I'm impressed by is that she's lying of opposite way of what I'm used to doing!!Me, Dia and Miss Vee sat on the stage and chatted for a while. I'm tellin' ya, sometimes I will dance by myself if the mood strikes me, ya know?

New Taloo: Miss Elle's Speakeasy

Salut chers! If you're a Taloo resident, there's a little hush-hush place in town you can go to if you know where to look and who to ask. Dimly lit with a fully stocked bar, cigars, slow dancing, ragtime pianos and ooo...can't tell ya more!! Just know that when you pop in anything could be happening, including a shakedown from our rather corrupt Sheriff Connolly...

Floating Away

I got a tp from Doc Mason simply saying "Mushroom in Spaaaaaace!" How could I resist it?And after I got my fill of weightless floating...
I came down to earth and laid across my fave spot on the piano in Phin's club as Henri played...

New Taloo: Kickin' Up Our Heels

Salut chers! Today, we had an opening party of sorts over in the new Market! In the future, visitors will be able to find freebies and all sorts of goodies there. Today though? We partied, drank, and ate seafood gumbo... Dr GeorgeWashington Carver stopped through and enjoyed the festivities...
And later, I had a chance to play the music I transcribed for my flute to Phin at the Club...

New Taloo: Goin' for a Spin or Two

Salut chers! Phin swung by #7 Shotgun Row to pick me up and give me a ride in his new breezer! Ain't it the bee's knees???And we lindy-hopped the night away! Five months today, hon! This swell guy always makes me feel so much better and all those gray clouds I was feelin' earlier, just went "poof!" Gone!

New Taloo: Partyin' in Phin's Jazz Club

Salut chers! Got all dolled up in my glad rags and headed over to Phin's new Jazz Club right by the hub...Couldn't help but to dance a little as folks came in and out and chatted with us. I told 'im, it's a party even if it's just the two of us, ya know? We're still workin' on it, but the space is starting to look real swanky! Ayibobo!Dia and Gryff helped to break in the dance floor...
That's right Phin baby, tickle those ivories for me!

New Toulouse is Open!

Got the call from Mama Cree that New Toulouse was open! She's still working on the builds, but a bunch of us popped in at Laveau Square excited and running around greeting one another!The textures are gorgeous! I really really hope people keep their builds or tweak them only slightly! I found Shotgun Row and my little green one at the very end of it. I'll sell my 1920s clothes and other things here and get into all sorts of craziness. I got my still from Mama Cree, so I plan on starting a rivalry with Ellis with my "Miss Elle's Hair Curlin' 'Shine", LOL...
Here's an overall view of the sim...
Gryff and I are talking to ArthurConan Doyle, who is also a resident here. I had to shout "Streetcar!" as we almost got run over!
This is my "Miss Elle" look for New Taloo: flapper outfit, bobbed hair, ostrich fan, lots of attitude, sass 'n' swagger and New Taloo patois. Here we are standing on the balcony of what will be the Inkyboy Gallery New Toulouse, which means double the curating fun for me! Someone has to keep Gryff in line! It'll be the permanent home of his Patina exhibit...

The Cat's Meow!

Tonight I went to a 1920s-30s themed dance at the Art Deco-inspired Metronome Jazz Club in the San Francisco sim. DJing was Gabrielle Riel, also known as Caledon's Duchess of Carntaigh.

There was a contest for best dressed male and female and I won for the women! YAY!!!

Live Music: Jade's Jazz Lounge

I thought I'd check out some more live jazz at Jade's Jazz Lounge. I love the interaction between the musicians and their audiences (RL & SL, sometimes both w/these performances). Everyone was looking great and having a fantastic time dancing and socializing.

The black wolf is playing a mean guitar...

Live Music: Ankari Holder, Jazz @ Galveston Island

I settled into a comfy chair and listened to jazz vocalist Ankari Holder at she sat onstage in Galveston Island at playing a black grand piano. She had a really sweet voice and there was a good crowd.

I've heard that some performing artists like playing Second Life because the audience is relatively attentive. Is this true?