An Evening At the Met -- Featuring Ghee and October's 4Seasons from the Rue a la Page Event

Top of the morning to you! I've been listening to music that's being performed tonight at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City - an opera called Le Nozze di Figaro.

Why you might ask? It's this beautiful Opera Coat from Ghee that's at the Rue a la Page event this month. It put me in the mood to dress for an evening at the Met.

I did have a mask and even a precious red nose on for a bit of fun in one of the photos, but then captured two others with a more serious gleam.

I hope you enjoy all of them. I'm also privileged to show you the next skin tone for Keiko. Keiko debuted at Rue a la Page this month also, and you can find the original Asian inspired skin here where I am this morning, and you can find the newest skin tone for Keiko at October's 4Seasons. Art comes in so many forms. Today, I'm enjoying the magical blend of many. I hope you will also. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3A7FZUcXDE

*Ghee Fall Opera Coat Noir
*Whimsical Imaginarium Merry Snowflake Gown
*Lindy Mady White Heels

-.Olive. Christmas Rose Set Dress Me Up Like a Christmas Tree Earrings
- *booN QPT129
- Maxi Gossamer Eyelashes Party Swallow Wings

http://carynashdeneslblog.blogspot.com/p/standard-items-i-wear-unless-otherwise.html

The Talented Kylie Sabra -- Featuring Sabra Style and Zibska - On Location At the Rose Gallery at Angel Manor

I visited Angel Manor's Rose Gallery this evening to take these photos. I did so because Kylie Sabra works as curator of the Gallery, which currently has several artists displayed, and the painter of the pictures, including the piece of photo behind me in the pictures. It shows what an incredibly artistic person she is.

The outfit she created included a gown, Rose Gallery Artist Series Cullum Writer BX, with flourishing flexible skirts, and a waist band of lovely flower blooms. Along with the other items, I found SLink nail appliers also painted with a design to go with the overall outfit. Alone or worn with this gown, they're tiny bits of beautiful art.

I did change out her waist decor for something unusual to keep with the autumn theme and to make the look unique. Instead of using her floral arrangement, I used Zibska's new Corbin headpiece, and wore that headpiece at my waist. You can find Zibska's new headpiece at The Instruments.

Featuring Sabra Style Rose Gallery Artist Series Cullum Writer BX

Featuring Zibska Corbin Headpiece (at waist) from The Instruments

1. .:JUMO:. Consort Jewelry Ruby/Diamonds

2. SLink: Female Feet High

-- Elegant 1 Hands

3. October's 4Seasons: Chocolate Cosmos (Laila)

-- Eclectic Shadow 6

-- Energy Lips Fire

4. Gaeline: Natura

5. KMADD/Moda: Mesh Eyes

6. *booN CCV788

7. Apple Spice Poses

Taking at Angel Manor's Rose Gallery, Kylie Sabra Curator and Artist

Carrie's and KaTink -- A Perfect Time To Introduce the Rock Your Rack Event

I have a lot to share with you so I'll start with the sexy slinky and always classy Carrie's Lingerie. Julie - this month's VIP Group Gift, contains all the colors of the season. Because of the number of ways you can wear it, you'll feel sexy by night and by day.

Also, it's time to start talking about Rock Your Rack, and what better than to do so when talking about lingerie. The poses in this composite are KaTink Poses Mila Set, a very editorial set that offers something new with every pose and exclusive to the event, so you'll have to drop by, and see.

And with each fundraiser, I try to provide a .org for you to use and go directly to donate, even if you don't make it to the event (begins Sept 1 and goes through Sept 15).

https://www.nationalbreastcancer.org/breast-cancer-donations

Featuring Carrie's Lingerie August Group Gift VIP - Julie
Featuring .:JUMO:. Brighton Heels Teal
Featuring A Special Sneak Peek of KaTink for Rock Your Rack - Mila Set
1. *booN QPT129 Hair
2. MG Wild Full Thick Lashes
3. KMADD/Moda: Mesh Eyes
4. SLink: Elegant 1 Female Hands
-- High Female Feet
5. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Laila Latte Tone Light Brown Brows Makeup 2 Light Cheek
-- Glamour Berries and Cream Lip Gloss

Casual and Sleek -- Featuring A.F.I Designs and blackLiquid

I'm not sure how I got these out of order.

Blame it on the rain or the brain. DJ A.F.I is not just a fantastic spinner of tunes.

She also creates great designs. I pulled together this chic look with her new Bloom dress and blackLiquid's newest Virgin spex.

There are several other pair of shades in this collection so you'll find something that suits your needs too!

Featuring A.F.I Bloom Dress

Featuring blackLiquid Shades Virgin

1. Yasum Legging Plus Shoe Tiger Striped

2. WoW Designs Gulsem Jewelry Set

3. Xen's Burbank Hat

4. SLink Elegant 1 Hands

5. Kyxe Skins & Shapes Latte Skin Tone (Laila)

-- Luscious Lips Crave

6. IKON Sunrise Eyes Steel Blue Pale

7. *booN blueBlack hairbase

8. KaTink Poses

-- KaTink Backdrop

Carrie Snowpaw, What a Lady! Featuring Snowpaws from both FASHIONART Faire and Designer Showcase plus Kyxe Skins & Shapes and Face Paint

Carrie Snowpaw remains one of those friends who 'knew me when' I had no idea what I was doing. I had goals I'd set for myself but really no clue yet how to reach those goals and she was there, supportive, right by my side if I needed it, a cheering section, a listener, a sharing person, someone who grew into friendship from a business framework, someone I would be lost without and someone who knows bits and pieces about me and still allows me to remain a part of her world. We have personal life details in common, which makes it more fun and personal. But even if we didn't, there's something about this woman that's very special. She'd give you her last dollar if she thought you were needful. I think she's given a great deal to Second Life, fashion, and I know she's given a lot to me.

This dress, the Viale Gown Blanche and Water Color are available at the FASHIONART Faire and showcase some of her best qualities as a designer. The colors are unique. There's a charm and class about the gown, and something just a little bit different that makes it a Snowpaws creation. I also paired it with some earrings she designed for an outfit called Naika that's currently on sale at Designer Showcase. I found a blog where I showcased Naika - http://carynashdeneslblog.blogspot.com/2014/03/going-nowhere-featuring-snowpaws-and-no.html - and hope you can scoot over to get it)

Many of the accessories are things I particularly like from a variety of designers with just a few items other than those from Snowpaws that are new to my blog. You'll see Face Paint has new items out that include the Killer Liner shown on the photo of the golden yellow gown. You'll also see a Hot Pink Sparkle Shadow from Kyxe Skins & Shapes that hasn't appeared on my blog other times.

I styled both gown with the desire to show you how versatile the gowns are as well as the accessories I chose. Whether you're a brunette or a blonde, or you love lighter skin or the very darkest, with combinations of your favorite pieces in inventory, you can look stunning in these exclusives from Snowpaws.

Featuring Snowpaws Viale Gown Blanche from FASHIONART Faire by the Glamourist

Featuring Snowpaws Naika Earrings and Necklace from Designer Showcase May

Featuring Face Paint Killer Liner 2

Featuring Kyxe Skins & Shapes Hot Pink Sparkle Shadow

1. EMO-tions Cameron

2. MG: Wild Full Thick Lashes

3. KMADD/Moda: Mesh Eyes

4. Kyxe Skins & Shapes Pearl Skin Tone

-- Romance Cherry Blossom Lips

5. SLink: Elegant 1 Hands

6. .:Shellac: Polka Dots Nail Appliers

7. Manifeste Poses

Featuring Snowpaws Viale Gown Watercolor from FASHIONART Faire by the Glamourist

Featuring Snowpaws Naika Earrings and Necklace from Designer Showcase May

1. *booN: CCV788

2. Gaeline Mesh Lashes: Fantasia

3. KMADD/Moda: Mesh Eyes

4. Kyxe Skins & Shapes Chocolate Skin Tone

-- Candy Emerald Eyes

-- Captivate Coffee Black With Cream Lips

-- Exotic Liner

-- Gems and Pearls Nail Appliers

5. SLink: Elegant 1 Hands

6. Manifeste Poses

Must Be Spring -- Easter Market Petits Chats, Candy Crunchers, Eyelure, Dscribe, Persnickety, and StoraxTree

All the items from the Easter Market make for a wonderful tapestry of artistic puzzle pieces, to choose and delight in their fun frazzle of pastels and more.

These items are all from the Easter Market: Petits Chat Easter Egg Skirt, Candy Crunchers Necklace Bunny, Eyelure Tank Over Bikini, Dscribe Decorations Hanging Eggs, Persnickety Easter Flowers, and StoraxTree Feline Treasures and Thatched Spring Planter.

The additional items are staples of my wardrobe including the delicious Walnut skin and the new shadows from Kyxe Skins & Shapes and mesh eyes from KMADD/MODA Designs. I haven't used anyone else's eyes since Maddox gave me this box. There are literally hundreds of options and I've loved every one I've tried.

I used another of the special HUD options with poses built in from [[j'adore]]. I offer a gentle nudge to remind you that the Japan Fair opens today and has many terrific things to try and all proceeds go to the ShelterBox -- read more here http://japanfair2014.wordpress.com/about-us-japan-fair-2014/

Most gracious thanks to the designers who made this possible:

Featuring Easter Market Petits Chat Easter Egg Skirt

Featuring Easter Market Candy Crunchers Necklace Bunny

Featuring Easter Market Eyelure Tank Over Bikini

Featuring Easter Market Dscribe Decorations Hanging Eggs

Featuring Easter Market Persnickety Easter Flowers

Featuring Easter Market StoraxTree Feline Treasures and Thatched Spring Planter

1. MaxiGossamer: The Moon And Stars For You Earrings

2. N-Core: Eternity "Dots" Edition

3. *booN: QPT129

4. Gaeline Mesh Lashes: Federica

5. KMADD/Moda: Mesh Eyes

6. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Velvet

7. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Glamour Cocoa Lips

8. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Innocence Lavender Mist Eyes

9. NailedIt Mesh Nail Appliers

10. [[j'adore]] Poses

Waiting For Time To Fly -- Featuring Evolve, Kyxe Skins & Shapes, ~ghe and Poseway Poses from Couturier's Docks *gift

It's nearly time for a new year. Many times I ascribe to a new year all the things that didn't quite happen in the year that's just occurred. I read a study mentioned recently that said we spend an average of 17% of our entire life waiting. For the study, they included waiting in line at a fast food, in traffic before and after work, and other things that probably are relevant to so many of us.

But I think we wait on a lot more than just the things the study addressed. We wait on news about topics that range from medical news to the birth and death of loved ones. We wait on people to change, sometimes with a skewed point of view ourselves because I've never thought that expecting someone else to change was logical, yet I've still put myself in that position throughout my life.

I don't know about others but I find it just as difficult to wait on good news as it is to wait on not so good news. I have been watching the show Breaking Bad on Netflix, and there was a scene where a man who'd been diagnosed with serious cancer was told treatments had worked and his cancer decreased by a huge margin.

His reaction to the news shocked me. He smiled pleasantly while he was in the office with the physical and family but then excused himself and went to the men's room. At that point, after assuring he was alone, he turned and punched the hand dryer so many times that it dented and his hand was in sorry shape. This reaction surprised me at first.

Sometimes, I'm waiting for something but when it finally arrives, I'm not sure what to do with it. As I pondered why he was so angry, letting go in a physical way, in that solitude of the men's room, I realized that his response was probably the way many of us would handle it. Even when we're waiting for time to fly, a certain answer, a thing we need, it doesn't always add up to what we thought it would.

The new year brings more time, and 17% of that time will be spent waiting again. I think the key here would be to fill life, wherever I am, whatever I'm doing, with goodness and kindness, so that I don't worry later about lost time. I also think it's helpful to realize that sometimes all the waiting in the world won't make a situation easier. Sometimes it complicates it.

I pray your New Year brings goodness and kindness, love, joy and peace. Live! Laugh! Love!

Featuring Poseway Poses from Couturier's Docks **See Note

Featuring Evolve{SG} Zoom

Featuring Kyxe Skins & Shapes Papaver Skintone

Featuring ~ghee White Pyper Coat

1. no. 7: Kissing Lipstick

2. IKON: Sunrise Eyes Steel Blue Pale

3. *booN: CCV788

4. WoW: Diva Lashes

5. [S H O C K]: Starshine Glitter Nails

6. [White Widow]: Face Tattoo Petale White/Black

7. {{BSD Design Studio}}: IT Girl Shining Black

8. Chop Zuey: Le Bolshevik (Christmas Gift-Thank you Ms. Belle!)

Evolve, .::Shellac AND from the J&A Expo: -FAUN-, Air Meteora, Baubles by Phe!, Bliensen + MaiTai, Gamer's Inc, and Cyphre

What a great group of items I've gotten to see with this Expo review. Each time I look, there's another something shiny, something beautiful, something to treasure.

I've taken one of Evolve's gorgeous gowns, "Paint In Colors" and paired it with many of the Expo's pieces to create this look. I feel like I'm gussied up for a blind date.

Maybe just for lunch. As strange as it may sound, I'm the shyest person when I first meet someone, anyone, and as an equal opportunity flirt, I get tongue tied in almost any company.

I love Wicca's poses. She creates looks that make sense, and demonstrate items really well. I went to her little folder in my inventory to get out 'bag' poses. I also used one from Manifeste.

On the one hand, I have tough girl street rings, and the other is something elegant to match the earrings. Then I have on these amazingly detailed kicks. Steel toed? If the date goes wrong...

Up closer, you can see me peeking from behind some silver frames. I rarely use glasses in Second Life, but these really appealed to me. I hope you have time to pop in to the Expo. It opens 12.6.2013!

Live! Laugh! Love!

Featuring -FAUN- The Lonely Stoner Female Chrome from J&A Expo

Featuring Air Meteora Glasses Silver S CM from J&A Expo

Featuring Baubles by Phe! Ice Bloom Earrings from J&A Expo

Featuring Bliensen + MaiTai - Friedel Necklace White Gold from J&A Expo

Featuring Gamer's Inc XquisiT Boots White from J&A Expo

Featuring Cyphre Tote Bag Basillicum Small from J&A Expo

Also Featuring Evolve Paint In Colors

Also Featuring .::Shellac French Nails

1. Kyxe Skins & Shapes

- Marigold Skintone

- Marigold SLink hands

- Berries Gloss

2. MADesigns

- Eyelashes Fabulous Darling

- Eyes Confidence - Intense Depth

3. *booN- OPT129

4. Wicca's Wardrobe Poses

5. Manifeste Poses

A Cuddle Here... A Cuddle There -- Featuring Demise of Flight Pair Poses, Evolve and Kyxe Skins & Shapes

Today was one of those days where I just needed a hug or a cuddle. We all have days like this I think...

I just happen to know a few thoughtful and kind male models and one was able to come and help...

So we cuddled this way and that way...

And just like a fella, he stayed there in his comfy jeans and hoodie top...

But I changed every few poses. Celebrities do this when they do a show...

With all these cuddles it was a little like a show. There were birds, and butterflies there to watch...

No matter how the friendship measures, when you're this close to someone, it's hard to resist long stares into their eyes...

I'm certain somewhere in a science book, someone has postulated and proven that just standing close to someone may result in deepening or broadening a friendship...

Designed to stimulate the senses, the different dresses I wore... Solstice - the long pink toned two piece dress that shows a corset and long skirt, Inkspot - the knee length dress with black and white spots, and Capture - the capri length romper... Evolve added to the titillation...

It's always more fun to share a photo set with a friend, and Trav Solar willingly offered his assistance for not one set, but 5, and patiently waited for me to do what I do...

At the end of the photo session, he thanked me! I thought that was sweet, considering he was the volunteer and I was the one who was thankful!

In the magic of Second Life, we shared the sunrise, the sunset, the beauty of dusk and glory of dawn, and we stayed in the same lovely meadow the whole time.

I hope you find something fun when you visit Demise of Flight and the Image Essentials sim. They don't have any handsome male models or beautiful female models on their inventory list. Sorry, no one for sale. Alas! But still, plenty to see. And when you visit Evolve, you'll find attire for both genders and so many occasions. Live! Laugh! Love!

Featuring Evolve Solstice Evening Dress

Featuring Kyxe Skins & Shapes Glamour II Skittles

Featuring Demise of Flight - Couples Poses

1. MADesigns: Eyes Confidence ~ Subtle Moss

2. *booN: QPT129

3. Gaeline: Fantasia

4. Face Paint: Nail Art

5. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Orchid

6. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Eyeshadow ~ Apple Martini

7. Donna Flora Bonin Set

8. {{BSD Design Studio}}: Fashion Show First Row ~ Black Velvet

9. Evolve: Inkspot

10. Evolve: Capture

Where Are Your Treasures? -- Featuring Tresor

If you asked me this question, I would say the answer lies all around me in real space and virtual space. The answer is a who, not a what, and you are part of that who. How could that be possible? I don't know you specifically. I know I do not. I know you make time to read this, these very words, and for that fact alone, I treasure you.

Featuring Tresor Halloween Party Dress

Featuring Finesmith Bleeding Purple Headpiece

1. IKON: Sunrise Eyes Steel Blue Pale

2. *booN: QPT129

3. Gaeline: Starlia

4. Face Paint Nails: Nail Art

5. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Alabaster Skintone

6. [Mirror's Enigma] Azuka Eyeshadow Shine 03

7. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Toasted Almond Lips

8. [[Masoom]] Poses

9. Wicca's Wardrobe: Poses

10. Finesmith: Cen Earrings and Necklace

As I get to know someone more, it often means I also give greater value to that person. Over time, some relationships feel bound by steel, forged in the fire of life's great ups and downs. Other relationships stick together like a spider's web. The tiny tendril of web they secrete offers one of the strongest fibers known to man.

(reminds me of a scene in Hitchcock's The Birds)

Featuring Tresor Halloween Party Dress

Featuring Finesmith Bleeding Purple Headpiece

1. IKON: Sunrise Eyes Steel Blue Pale

2. *booN: QPT129

3. Gaeline: Starlia

4. Face Paint Nails: Nail Art

5. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Alabaster Skintone

6. [Mirror's Enigma] Azuka Eyeshadow Shine 03

7. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Toasted Almond Lips

8. [[Masoom]] Poses

9. Wicca's Wardrobe: Poses

10. Finesmith: Cen Earrings and Necklace

Sadly, the reverse can happen. If a relationship begins in strength but finds it's tethers tested with loss of trust, the longer the relationship exists, the more it might fray or tangle. The only good I see in this comes from the fact that we know it happens and can compare the not so great moments to the great ones and realize how incredible the good moments are.

Featuring Tresor Halloween Party Dress

Featuring Finesmith Bleeding Purple Headpiece

1. IKON: Sunrise Eyes Steel Blue Pale

2. *booN: QPT129

3. Gaeline: Starlia

4. Face Paint Nails: Nail Art

5. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Alabaster Skintone

6. [Mirror's Enigma] Azuka Eyeshadow Shine 03

7. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Toasted Almond Lips

8. [[Masoom]] Poses

9. Wicca's Wardrobe: Poses

10. Finesmith: Cen Earrings and Necklace

Most metals break down. Many fibers fray. If I considered one of the metals as a treasure to me, I realize that in time, the metal would oxidize and no matter how beautiful and shiny it is now, sometime long from now, those features would no longer be true. Thankfully not all metals disintegrate. In like manner, not all fibers fray.

Featuring Tresor Kiss of the Spider Lady Gown

Featuring Finesmith Bleeding Red Headpiece

1. IKON: Sunrise Eyes Steel Blue Pale

2. EMO-tions: Anna 2

3. Gaeline: Starlia

4. Finesmith: French Manicure

5. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Alabaster

6. Hairoin: Day of the Dead Halloween Special

7. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Cherry Blossom Matte Lips

8. Finesmith: Love Angel Silver Set

9. BSD: Stay Cool Model - Raw

10. In-Pose! Poses

I know when I treasure something, I take good care of it. I put more time into making sure it lasts. If I put a little heart into it, I might make the treasure more valuable and able to last longer. This happens to be true for both things and people.

Featuring Tresor Kiss of the Spider Lady Gown

Featuring Finesmith Bleeding Red Headpiece

1. IKON: Sunrise Eyes Steel Blue Pale

2. EMO-tions: Anna 2

3. Gaeline: Starlia

4. Finesmith: French Manicure

5. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Alabaster

6. Hairoin: Day of the Dead Halloween Special

7. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Cherry Blossom Matte Lips

8. Finesmith: Love Angel Silver Set

9. BSD: Stay Cool Model - Raw

10. In-Pose! Poses

Knowing that a little effort goes a long way with easily seen visual things like tarnished silver shining once again after polishing it, I think the inference to things less easily seen might be made. I won't see a physical shine if I make time to call and talk to one of my sons, but I know it makes a difference in his life and in mine.

Featuring Tresor Kiss of the Spider Lady Gown

Featuring Finesmith Bleeding Red Headpiece

1. IKON: Sunrise Eyes Steel Blue Pale

2. EMO-tions: Anna 2

3. Gaeline: Starlia

4. Finesmith: French Manicure

5. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Alabaster

6. Hairoin: Day of the Dead Halloween Special

7. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Cherry Blossom Matte Lips

8. Finesmith: Love Angel Silver Set

9. BSD: Stay Cool Model - Raw

10. In-Pose! Poses

I believe some people would share different answers to the treasure question. That's okay. We're all wired differently. Wherever you find your treasure, I hope you remember its value and make time to hold it close. Keep it shiny. Make sure it knows it's treasured. Live! Laugh! Love!

This Magic Moment -- Featuring TBCF Poudre, *Pc*, cae.b, [[Masoom]]

In every relationship you'll find this magic moment. It's the moment you realize you trust someone. To me trust means far more than love. I know, others may disagree, but I will share my point of view. Some of my point of view may relate to how I was raised, and your point of view reflects the same.

Featuring TBCF

- Poudre Kenia 06 CL - MT

- *Pc* Earrings Lulia

- cae.b - One Strange Necklace

- cae.b - The Escape Shoes

- [[Masoom]] Amita Dress

Also Featuring

FINESMITH October Evil Nails

1. Poetic Color: Rain Tree

2. *booN: CCV788

3. Manifeste Poses

Love must exist. I think it's one of those precious things we need to survive. We eat. We drink. We sleep. We shelter ourselves from the climate. And we also love. With the variety of relationships, that love manifests itself differently. I try to be sure that I use love as a verb, as a thing I do in life.

(Caption: This paisley dress Amita from [[Masoom]] has that playful, devil may care, spirit of the Bohemian culture.)

Featuring TBCF

- Poudre Kenia 06 CL - MT

- *Pc* Earrings Lulia

- cae.b - One Strange Necklace

- cae.b - The Escape Shoes

- [[Masoom]] Amita Dress

Also Featuring

FINESMITH October Evil Nails

1. Poetic Color: Rain Tree

2. *booN: CCV788

3. Manifeste Poses

Many texts speak of love. They date back as far as the first time a written/spoken language occurred. Some focus on a religious aspect of love, while others believe love exists just because it exists and they assign no specific religious association.

(The shiny earrings from *Pc* come with a HUD that allows you to mix and match colors.)

Featuring TBCF

- Poudre Kenia 06 CL - MT

- *Pc* Earrings Lulia

- cae.b - One Strange Necklace

- cae.b - The Escape Shoes

- [[Masoom]] Amita Dress

Also Featuring

FINESMITH October Evil Nails

1. Poetic Color: Rain Tree

2. *booN: CCV788

3. Manifeste Poses

Love! It's an action we should all take. Love exists easily when life spins wildly and with great amusement. Love exists less easily during times of crisis. I try to find something of value, thus something worth loving, in every person I meet. I believe the loneliest people are the ones who have no idea how to feel or share love. My goal - Love Unconditionally.

(cae.b showed a very artistic point of view, even in the naming of the products. A Strange Necklace and Escape Shoes both truly suit the overall aesthetic.)

Featuring TBCF

- Poudre Kenia 06 CL - MT

- *Pc* Earrings Lulia

- cae.b - One Strange Necklace

- cae.b - The Escape Shoes

- [[Masoom]] Amita Dress

Also Featuring

FINESMITH October Evil Nails

1. Poetic Color: Rain Tree

2. *booN: CCV788

3. Manifeste Poses

Trust. Not so easy. It really takes time for me to trust. Time. Consistency. Genuine. These are all words I believe must be present before I consider trusting someone. My standards are high or my defense mechanisms are Fort Knox-like. When trust finally comes, it's a magical moment, a special experience that I never forget.

Pausing For a Moment In My World -- Featuring Liv-Glam from 24 Event, Baboom!, Pure Poison from 24 Event, and Death Rocker Bettie Crocker at 24 Event

You might find it amusing to know that I have a very hard time being still. It's true on and off line. I work hard at resting. It's one of those sayings that can't really exist, but yet I do. I really work hard at resting. And when I'm in Second Life and I'm at work somewhere, modeling, and things are quiet, I'm immediately looking for some way to use my time constructively and still accomplish my work goals.

Featuring Death Rocker Bettie Crocker Los Muertos

1. Chop Zuey: Black Storm Set

2. Purple Moon: Marlene Gloves

3. Tat by Caryn

4. [Mirror's Enigma]: Sapphire Tan Skintone

5. Face Paint: Caryn

6. *booN: QPT129

7. IKON: Sunrise Eyes Steel Blue Pale

Things really haven't been quiet at the 24 Event. Every few moments someone new drops in to shop. I was on pose stand 3 yesterday and on pose stand 2 today. The change of location on the pink sim, where most of the women's wear has its home this week, allows me to pan around and look into all sorts of booths. I can window shop, say hi to new arrivals and have a blast, all the while modeling my Death Rocker Bettie Crocker look.

Featuring Pure Poison Angela Dress Blue Fantasy from 24 Event

1. R2: Azuli Blue

2. Finesmith: Lillies Set

3. VicE: Lavender Blue Hair

4. [Mirror's Enigma]: Sapphire Tan Skintone

5. Face Paint: Nail Art Manicure

6. Gaeline Mesh Lashes: Fantasia

7. IKON: Sunrise Eyes Steel Blue Pale

A whole array of designers are represented at the 24 Event and many of them are designers I've blogged in the past or do currently, or just good friends whom I'm glad to see having good turn out and hopefully excellent sales. Pure Poison has a number of items out and this dress Angela Blue Fantasy is just one of the gorgeous options you'll find there by PP.

Featuring Liv-Glam Alejandro from 24 Event

1. N-Core: Sense

2. Chop Zuey: Party Bright Colors

3. [Mirror's Enigma]: Sapphire Tan Skintone

4. [S H O C K]: Glitter Nails

5. Bliss: Yanni

6. IKON: Sunrise Eyes Steel Blue Pale

You'll feel super spoiled by Liv-Glam if you drop in on their display at 24 Event. There are a wide array of designs at all sorts of prices for so many different purse sizes. Alejandro takes the basic mesh to a fun new level with those sexy cutouts over the left hip. Vavavoom! And the name itself makes me sing the Gaga song by the same name. Ack! It's a good thing.

Featuring Baboom! Mesh Jacket Chess with Mesh Skirt Laetitia

1. N-Core: Coquette

2. Carrie's Lingerie: Cherry

3. Chop Zuey: Out Damned Spot Earrings

4. [Mirror's Enigma]: Sapphire Tan Skintone

5. Quintessencia: 17 Nails

6. Face Paint: Fall Perfect Matte Lips and Liner

7. EMO-tions: Fame

8. Gaeline Mesh Lashes: Fantasia

9. IKON: Sunrise Eyes Steel Blue Pale

In the midst of all the fun at 24 Event, some of my favorite designers are releasing new looks for fall, or just because and one of those designers is Kyra Camel from Baboom! The store has moved. If you haven't been by lately, drop in and see what's new and grab a landmark while you're at it.

Featuring Baboom! Mesh Jacket Chess with Mesh Skirt Laetitia

1. N-Core: Coquette

2. Carrie's Lingerie: Cherry

3. Chop Zuey: Out Damned Spot Earrings

4. [Mirror's Enigma]: Sapphire Tan Skintone

5. Quintessencia: 17 Nails

6. Face Paint: Fall Perfect Matte Lips and Liner

7. EMO-tions: Fame

8. Gaeline Mesh Lashes: Fantasia

9. IKON: Sunrise Eyes Steel Blue Pale

She's made a set that can be worn with mix and match, two different jackets, one called Eve, and the other called Chess and both go with the skirt Laetitia. At Baboom! you're bound to find a style you enjoy as this designer offers a very versatile array of items for her customers.