Simploring 2020 (11) Venice

10 Feb 2020 Leave a comment

by diomitamaurer in Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: , , , , , ,

I followed a landmark that I got from our Kitty and visited Venice in Second Life. The full name reads as follows “Venice @ PRADA SIM~Venezia City Showcase~“, yet I will stick with Venice for this blogpost.

Venice is a moderate full region with an homestead next to it. I couldn’t find out who is owning the sim. It is group owned by “Roses’ LUV”, a group for the tenants as well as the management team of Venice SIM. The group was founded by moonlit Lane, who is from Japan and I was not able to read the profile. There’s another group for events at Venice, “Venezia-ARIA”. This group was founded my Yurika Matova, who is also from Japan. As I found some boards with Japanese characters I conclude that the management of Venice is at least mostly from Japan.

Venice in Second Life – overview

I haven’t been to Venice ever in my life so far, I just saw many pictures and films. At least I visited a virtual Venice now. The landing point is on the famous Rialto bridge and the view from there is just amazing. The textures for the houses must have been taken from real pictures and transferred into Second Life.

Impressions of Venice in Second Life (1) – around Rialto Bridge (upper left is an original picture)

Around the Rialto bridge you find cafés and shops, places to sit and watch. Some mesh figures liven up the scenery. The shops are mostly furnished and thus enhance the immersion of being in city at the street level. At one side of the bridge you find a board to become a group member and I joined the group. With the group tag you can ride one of the many gondolas that lay at aside the canals.

Impressions of Venice in Second Life (2) – around Santa Maria della Salute (upper left is an original picture)

I drove along the grand canal and got some beautiful views. I could imagine how much work went into building Venice in Second Life. It looks quite real. Alternatively you can enter a boat that constantly travels all along the channel and back. At the end of the channel and at a few other spots I noticed that Venice is still work in progress but as mentioned above, it is a lot of work to build something like that!

Impressions of Venice in Second Life (3) – views from my gondola ride

I visited the dome “Santa Maria della Salute” and of course I went to the “Piazza San Marco”, I walked inside of the St Mark’s Basilica (also partly work in progress). I took many pictures and noticed that the creators of Venice also even placed a picture of San Giorgio Maggiore Island into the background to get the view as close to reality as possible. Chapeau!

Impressions of Venice in Second Life (4) – Piazza San Marco and St Mark’s Basilica

On the Rialto Bridge you find stores on the left and right side, where you can actually buy inworld Second Life stuff. Finally I want to mention that there’re events at Venice. A program with dates and times can be found in front of the St Mark’s Basilica.

Impressions of Venice in Second Life (5) – A view into a street (upper left), Rialto Bridge stores (upper right), Bridge of Sighs in RL and SL (lower left), view on San Giorgio Maggiore Island (lower right)

Venice is impressive, maybe even more when you know the real place. I enjoyed my trip to Italy and now have at least a little bit the feeling that I’ve been there. Thank you moonlit Lane, Yurika Matova and whoever is involved in this project. You made a great job. Thank you for sharing Venice publicly.

P.S.: I had a conversation with Yurika Matova after this post was published. She told me that the sim is new owned by yumix Writer and that is was originally built by Praise Kedie (Kaedepan Akina). Yurika herself is an administrator of Venice

Landmark to Venice @ PRADA SIM~Venezia City Showcase~
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Yumix%20Prada/116/87/32

Simploring 2020 (10) Caged Elegance

07 Feb 2020 Leave a comment

by diomitamaurer in Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: , , , ,

Thursday, January 23rd, I visited Caged Elegance. I got the landmark in August 2019, when Mistress Jenny found it in a profile. I was there quickly back then and I joind the group and had in mind to visit later more in detail. I got group messages about discussion events, about parties and other events regularly but I never found the right time or motivation to go there. And just a few days ago I got a message that Caged Elegance had moved. Finally I decided spontaneously to have a look.

Caged Elegance is a full adult region owned be the Caged Elegance group. The group was founded by Gatatem Habib (gatatem). The landmark description reads exciting for someone who’s active in the BDSM scene: “Come be fulfilled at Caged Elegance Sim! Club, Venue, Rentals, and Discussions. Built for those with exquisite taste no matter the lifestyle or dynamic!” Caged Elegance is tagged with “Master, Mistress, Daddy, Mommy, Dom, Domme, Submissive, Babygirl, Babyboy, RLV, Bondage, Slave“

Caged Elegance – the club, a cottage/cabin and sim overview

Upon your arrival you get a notecard with the basic information about Caged Elegance. Most of my simploring report is based on this information along with my walkabout of the whole region.
“Set in the Mountains of Italy, nestled away from prying eyes. In a small vineyard village, lies Caged Elegance. A place devoted to the sacred passions of the flesh and its community. Cozy, beautiful landscaping and quaint little cottages. If you happen to wonder into a cottage in our little village you may be amazed at what you discover. Your true desires and adventure can be fulfilled in this hidden vineyard village of Caged Elegance.”
And yes the setting is really nice and it is also suitable for those who like taking pictures in Second Life (like me). Right now it is winter and the sim is covered with snow but the sim changes with the season. Hence you might see a different setting when you visit yourself.

The Caged Elegance Club

Caged Elegance is is open to all (adult), there are many nice places just to sit and relax. You can also join the Caged Elegance group and socialize right next to the landing at the CE club. If you want to use furniture or animations outside of the club you need to be a group member.
Cage Elegance has several relaxing areas around the sim, a club, a beautiful gazebo for private dancing, cottages and cabins for play, open space play areas, garden and a dungeon. The dungeon is located in a sepearte skybox and accessible from the teleport board near to the landing at the club. Also the doors outside and inside the club can be used as teleporters.

The main Caged Elegance sim is located on the 1.000 m level in the sky. There are a lot of cottages and cabins spread over the whole sim. You can either take a walk or you use the teleport board next to the landing at the club. The cottages and cabins address different kinks and sexual orientations. You find: Baby Girl, Littles Playground, Barn and Stalls (pony play), Master’s Cottage and Master’s Winery, Mistress cabin, Mistress cottage and a Shibari Cottage
These cottages and cabins are not for rent, but just for your enjoyment and use. And they are all furnished according to the theme. If you want to live at Caged Elegance there are also rentals available on ground level (a vendor is next to the teleport board close to the landing).

Caged Elegance – Mistress cabin and Mistress cottage

But there’s more than the club and the cottages and cabins. I want to mention the hot spring and the gazebo for having a more romantic setting. And there are nice spots to enjoy yourself or as acouple at the docks or at the pier. Last but not least there’s the above mentioned large dungeon. There’s also a platform in the sky with a large games area and a beach.

This all comes together with the quite full shedule of events, parties and discussion groups. Caged Elegance even offers a place for submissives who do not have a home or have come from an abusive dynamic, Submissive Sanctuary. That’s quite a broad offer! Caged Elegance is owned by Gatatem Habib (gatatem), Aeval Habib (avelluna) is the general manager. For the a place as a homeless submissive, for group tags or for any other question you should contact them.

Caged Elegance – Baby Girl cabin / back and games area / a place to cuddle at the pier

It is no question that with an adult sim, there come rules. But they are quite standard in my personal opinion. Of course you should read the rules that are also contained in the notecard that you get upon landing.

Caged Elegance is sponsored by Habib Creations, a shop that is on another level of the sim and also ecessible via the teleport board. Habib Creations is owned by Gatatem Habib (gatatem) and Aeval Habib (avelluna). The shop offers some home decor and varied personal stuff like hats, daggers, swords, bows and horns.

Caged Elegance – Impressions of the main dungeon

It took quite a while to explore Caged Elegance and for sure I didn’t see all of it. I might return for a session or just to socialize. If you seek adult fun in a decent environment, Caged Elegance is a place you should have a look at. Thank you Gatatem, Aeval and who else is also involved in realizing this place.

Landmark to the Caged Elegance BDSM sim
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Caged%20Elegance/70/208/999
Habib Creations Store
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Caged%20Elegance/108/124/2501
Habib Creations at the marketplace
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/169576

Simploring 2020 (9) Grauland / Okinawa Islands

04 Feb 2020 2 Comments

by diomitamaurer in Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: , , , , ,

Inspired by posts on scoop.it SL Destinations, I revisted Grauland. I had visited it half a year ago and had written a simploring report about it (see Simploring 2019 (89) Grauland). What caught my attention was the changed name “Grauland / Okinawa Islands” and pictures of a destinctive rock formation.

The landing is close to a heap of stones that reach into the sea. I immediately recognized it again and knew where I was. This heap of stones and the horseshoe form of the islands are the only similarities to Grauland back in 2019.

Grauland / Okinawa Islands 2020 – overview

Grauland / Okinawa Islands is an adult homestead owned by JimGarand. It is also home to M-1 Art Poses, a shop for poses that is located on a platform in the skies above. M-1 Art Poses is also owned by JimGarand. On Grauland / Okinawa Islands you find several teleport pads to the store.

Impressions of Grauland / Okinawa Islands 2020 (1) – the heap of Stones at the landing Point / exploring with a jet ski

Close to the landing point is a jet ski station and of course I had to try it. The jet skis are fun and the work up to 700m off sim. I drove all around the islands before I continued my simploring tour on foot and explored the Japanese park that occupies the largest of the 3 connected islands. It is a peaceful place, the park is quite simple with a huge stone in the center.

Grauland / Okinawa Islands 2020 (2) – the Japanese park

I visited the bath house and the residential house, both clearly Japanese as you would expect on Okinawa Islands. The furnishing is very neat and stylish, the garden around the residential house has also a Japanese touch and there’s a little greenhouse that contains a small canabis patch, a little reminder of the large canabis greenhouse at Grauland back in 2019.

Grauland / Okinawa Islands 2020 (3) – the bath house and the residential house in- and outside

I climbed on the destinctive rocks that are besides the heap of Stones at the landing point a second landmark of Grauland / Okinawa Islands. At several places, in particular at the beach, you find places to rest, to sit and enjoy alone or as a couple and I tried out some of them. And finally I visited the M-1 Art Poses Store and tried some poses there.

Grauland / Okinawa Islands 2020 (4) – the rocks / the small greenhouse

Grauland / Okinawa Islands 2020 (5) – trying poses on the Islands and at the M-1 Art Poses Store

I appreciate it a lot when shop owners combine their business with a nice place to visit, to take pictures or just to enjoy like JimGarand did. Instead of donating to the sim I bought something at his store. Thank you very much for creating Grauland / Okinawa Islands and for sharing it with the public. I enjoyed my visit.

Landmark to Grauland / Okinawa Islands
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Mobile/60/150/24

Simploring 2020 (8) Valium Sea

01 Feb 2020 2 Comments

by diomitamaurer in Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: , , ,

Yesterday I got an invitation from Vally (Valium Lavender) to visit Valium Sea “Once my private homestead sim, I have decided to open it to the public now. Enjoy! – beautiful, peaceful and very photogenic“.

Valium Sea – overview

Valium Sea is a moderate homestead, of course owned by Vally. Vally is also the owner of Valium Creek and the Valium Creek Art Park, a place I had visited and reported about just recently (read: Simploring 2020 (4) Valium Creek, Valium Creek Art Park, Relax Club and Kekeland – Bardeco).
Valium Sea was built by Jacky MacPherson.

Impressions of Valium Sea (1) – landing point and residetial house

Valium Sea is an almost round almost flat island with a lot of beach, beach grass, some scattered trees that have been formed by the wind, Some areas are a bit rocky.In the center of the island is a residential home on a little hill. Beside of this house there’s just a roofed patio a bit aside of the house.

Impressions of Valium Sea (2)

And that’s it! You will find innumerable places to sit, recline, enjoy and cuddle all around the island. You can enjoy the peace and the sound of the ocean. Valium Sea is a perfect place to retreat and wind down – and to take pictures. And of course I took some pictures.

Impressions of Valium Sea (3)

Impressions of Valium Sea (4)

I can only repeat what Vally said: “Enjoy!”. Thank you Vally for opening Valium Sea to the public. I did enjoy a peaceful time-out on the island.

Landmark to Valium Sea
https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Valium%20Sea/105/203/21
Vally’s Flickr
https://www.flickr.com/photos/vally-lavender/with/49464024893/

Backflash January 2020 – Domme a Domme (January 10th, 2012)

25 Jan 2020 Leave a comment

by diomitamaurer in Backflash of the month, Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

In the “Backflash” series I select an old entry once a month and present it here. This way I force myself to browse in the archive and to fresh up a few of the many memories. For our readers the new series shall provide an insight into our Second Life without reading back the many posts and it might also give reason to browse through the archives.
Eight years ago, in January 2012, I wrote a post about “Domme a Domme”, it was the 100th post in this blog. I sorted it under the category “Exploring sims in Second Life”. There was just one single picture in this post. Club Domme a Domme has changed a lot ever since, gone through several full refurbishments and moved. Mistress Jenny and I still visit it quite often, although it is mostly a S&M (Stand & Model) nowadays. But the concept is still the same and sometimes there’s also something going on.
Here’s the post from January 10th, 2012:

Domme a Domme

I can not remember exactly how I found Domme a Domme (DaD), but as far as I remember it was a group that I joined as Yasmin has been a member and it was not free to join it. It was a small select group of Dommes that met to explore their secret side once in a while or just to escape from the pressures of being domme. At first it was my  personal retreat and I didn’t take Jenny there for a long time. And I had some nice experiences with Leighrayne Ninetails and others. The first club house was a small house with a limited number of props. As the group developed it was time to get a bigger plot and the group moved to Long Lost Bay.

The plot there consisted of a landing zone next to a lounge and some small traps. There was a club house with private dancing and some other buildings that Mina kept on developing. Leigh provided the main attraction and a lot of  banter was going on in IM. DaD was a good place to visit but then more and more people mainly stood around the landing area and did not explore anymore. There were also a lot of dommes looking to break everybody they saw and some of the stand offs and banter became humerous.

Quite recently a lot of work has been done to develop DaD into an urban area around a courtyard. There is a museum, a diner and some areas to RP in but the main meeting place is still at the main square.  Nowadays you will encounter a mixture of dommes and subs although subs are requested to not actively search for an owner there. The balance of people is similar to the way Stonehaven used to be when the patio there was a great place to visit, watch, have some banter or make friends.

So although you may feel a little frustrated at first that nothing is happening, just say hello to everybody and very soon you will begin to make friends.  That’s how I met people there, people who got close to me or were close to me for a while – and three of them are collared members of the Eurobrats today.

Beware some of the traps are cruel so keep your relay on ask unless you have a friend to rescue you close by.

P.S.: This is the 100th post on this blog 🙂

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Some further remarks:
The three above mentioned members of the Eurobrats, who I met first at club Domme a Domme and who became our collared slaves were Dana (Dana Drezelan), tittia (Mistress Cuttita) and Delilah (Delilah Ormidale). We miss Delilah since June 2014. slave Dana is still arouned and we still see her every once in a while although she’s not our collared slave anymore. tittia is also still around and we see her and are in touch with her.
Leighrayne Ninetails is the founder of the Domme a Domme group and cares about it and about it’s home ever since. Thank you, Leigh!

Link to the original post:
https://themaurers.me/2012/01/10/domme-a-domme/
Landmark to the current club Domme a Domme
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Darkadia/174/74/90

Simploring 2020 (7) Cotswold – a magical place

24 Jan 2020 Leave a comment

by diomitamaurer in Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: , , ,

For my simploring tour on Sunday, December 29th, I picked a landmark that our Kitty had provided to me a few weeks ago – Cotswold.
According to the landmark profile Cotswold is “a Medieval Celtic village with a touch of color and realism to romantically enjoy your photo shoot or role play”. Cotswold is designed and owned by Alex Aurelius Jones (aureliusjones), who likes building landscapes, photography and art. It is build on a half of a moderate homestead.

Cotswold overview

The landing is inside of the tallest building of the sim. The doors in the room you land just lead to other levels of the building. While I tried to find my way out I also went to the top of the tower and to a balcony before I found the exit.
The landing building is furnished like almost all of the houses at Cotswold – and you can see the wealth of the inhabitants looking at the furniture. The building you land in is for sure owned by rich people, other smaller buildings are furnished less and more basic.

Impressions of Cotswold (1) – the landing building

Cotswold is a bit like a open-air museum, a place where you can learn or experience how people lived centuries ago. You see mesh figures that liven up the scenery, in particular around the center of Cotswold with its little market for fish, bread, meat and vegetables. You can also watch a blacksmith at work. The bellow to maintain his fire is driven by a watermill.

Impressions of Cotswold (2) – at the market place

Every tvillage has to have a tavern, so does Cotswold. I walked around, looked inside of the buildings, looked at people and explored.

Impressions of Cotswold (3) – the tavern (left pictures) and one of the smaller houses from out and from inside (right pictures)

Last but not least there’s a harbour with two big sailing ships, there’s a wind mill and a farm with sheep, cows and horses.

Impressions of Cotswold (4) – the harbour, the windmill and the farm

Cotswold has all what you’d expect in a Medieval village. It is a peaceful setting and offers opportunites for taking pictures with a Medieval background. I like its realism, it reminded me of visits to outdoor museums and to visits to Medieval markets in Real Life where you can watch people working like centuries ago.
Thank you Alex (aureliusjones) for sharing your place with the public. I enjoyed my Sunday simploring fun.

Landmark to Cotwold
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Matta/185/39/34

Simploring 2020 (6) Kindred Spirit

21 Jan 2020 Leave a comment

by diomitamaurer in Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: , , , , ,

For my simploring trip on Tuesday, January 7th, I picked Kindred Spirit from scoop.it SL Destinations. Kindred Spirit is an andult homestead owned and created by Bart Bader, a builder and photographer.

Kindred Spirit is a wonderful fantasy world, full of romantic spots to sit, dream and cuddle, full of beautiful kitschy backgrounds as well as just amazingly beautiful backgrounds – well, Kitsch is something quite subjective and it also depends on our mood how we see things. In addition you find some art objects, in particular from Mistero Hifeng.

Kindred Spirit – overiew

Kindred Spirit consists of 2 islands and a white fantasy world a bit offshore. The landing is at the end of one of the two islands and you can follow a path from there over the 2 islands to the white fantasy world. You should look left and right of the path to see all the hidden spots to enjoy. I gave some of it names just to mark them in the overview.

At the landing spot is a board with the adress of the flickr group. Right now, in January Bart started a photo contest. You just have to join the group (for free) and to post your pictures in the Kindred Spirit flickr group. And right at the landing point I found some lovely spots to take pictures. I didn’t play a lot with the windlicht setting but I can imagine that the moon sculpture can will make a great object as a backgroud at night. The glowing flowers, the unicorns, the trees with their illumination and the deers also fit nicely into a fantasy background. The gazebo suits for a lovely bed surrounded by the pillars of the gazebo and tall trees.

Impressions of Kindred Spirit (1) – aorund the landing point, flowers and unicorns (upper left), the moon sculpture (upper right), the fountain (lower left) and the gazebo (lower right)

After crossing the bridge and entering the second island you reach the pear house which stands out with it yellow colour. The pear house is furnished inside and is furnished very romantic inside. I personally like the swing seat in the bedroom upstairs.

Impressions of Kindred Spirit (2) – pear house

Close to the pear house is a pier where you can sit and enjoy the environment and watch some swans swimming. The old ballroom building is a bit hidden under big trees. Inside it offers places to sit and a bathtube.

Impressions of Kindred Spirit (3) – pier and ballroom

I continued my simploring tour at Kindred Spirit and came to a ruin with a sculpture that I easily recognized as being created by Mistero Hifeng (it’s named Bella – che ci importa del mondo). The ruins are another great spot for taking pictures. And looking around I noticed another spot to sit and cuddle up in a tree.

Impressions of Kindred Spirit (4) – around the piano

If you further follow the path you get to the “White Fantasy”. You find yourself admist white illumiated trees, fantasy flowers, benches and beds to cuddle, art pieces of Mistero Hifeng. You literally walk over the water following a path made of white stones. At the corner is a treehouse from where you overlook the white fantasy and the 2 islands. But you can also decide to enjoy the “Wedding bed”. I named it wedding bed as I can imagine the Kindred Spirit would be a perfect place for a wedding.

Impressions of Kindred Spirit (5) – White fantasy , upper right is Mistero Hifeng’s “Dream V2”, lower left is Mistero Hifeng’s “E rubero’ per te la Luna”

Impressions of Kindred Spirit (6) – White Fantasy, tree house, wedding bed and balloon with swing seat

Kindred Spirit is a very well made fantasy sim, very romantic and a perfect place to sit and dream or to spend some time of togetherness with your loved one. And of course it is a great place for those who like taking pictures (like myself). Thank you Bart Bader for creating this beautiful spot and in particular for sharing it publicly.

Landmark to Kindred Spirit
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Kindred%20Spirit%202/43/59/29
Flickr page Bart Bader
https://www.flickr.com/photos/159802893@N04/
Kindred Spirit grou Flickr page (also for the January Photo challenge)
https://www.flickr.com/groups/14608768@N20/pool/with/49295957336/

Simploring 2020 (5) SS Galaxy

19 Jan 2020 2 Comments

by diomitamaurer in Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: , , , ,

Wednesday January 15th, I saw several posts popping up about the SS Galaxy. I read Maddy Gynoid’s post “Die SS Galasxy ankert jetzt vor Bellisseria” (blogpost is in German) and decided to have a quick visit there. Most of the information I got is from Maddy’s post.

The SS Galaxy was built in 2007 and contains no single mesh object. The ship is 650 meters (!) long and extends over more than 2 regions. In total the ship consists of 32.000 prims (wow). In April 2015 the then owners considered to give up the ship due to the high costs for maintaining 3 regions. There’s also a website for the SS Galaxy that isn’t kept updated anymore. Finally Linden Labs took over the ship and reopened it in August 2015 as kind of a virtual museum ship in a virtual reality. The ship was now moved to the coast of Bellisseria, the new continent for Linden homes, where Jenny and I got our new (half secret) retreat just a few weeks ago.

SS Galaxy – Ship Directory Map

When I visited the huge SS Galaxy on Thursday, January 16th, I first had some problems to get it fully on my screen. It is simple too large and I had to extend my drawing range. It was worth it! The ship is incredible large.

SS Galaxy – almost too large to fit on a picture

I visited the big pool on the upper deck with the giant water slide, walked seemingly endlessly along the ship and visited the big zodiac ballroom /dinning room & bar. From here you have a great view on the houseboats and the Lighthouse of Bellisseria. I went a bit inside and had a look on the humongous hallways inside.

SS Galaxy – the zodiac ballroom / a view inside (lower left)

Finally I searched the bridge of the SS Galaxy. On my way I came along the glacier cafe & skating room and saw the indoor pool in the front of the SS Galaxy. The bridge itself was impressive not only because of the view from inside to the outside. The room is large, has several control desks, a map of the continent of Bellisseria with the position of the ship, and a meeting corner. Most importantly there’s a ship directory map, that contains the major points of interest and can be used as a teleporter. Hence the landmark I provide along with this blogpost leads to the ship directory map.

SS Galaxy – Control room at the bridge (upper left and right) / front indoor pool (lower left) / glacier cafe & skating room (lower right)

I personally think that moving the SS Galaxy to Belliseria further increases the popularity of the new continent. I look forward to what LL might offer around this new landmark. I strongly recommend to have a look yourself.

Landmark to the SS Galaxy bridge
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Galaxy%20FORWARD/147/170/49
SS Galaxy website
http://www.ssgalaxy.net/
Maddy Gynoid’s post “Die SS Galasxy ankert jetzt vor Bellisseria”
http://echtvirtuell.blogspot.com/2020/01/die-ss-galaxy-ankert-jetzt-vor.html

Simploring 2020 (4) Valium Creek, Valium Creek Art Park, Relax Club and Kekeland – Bardeco

17 Jan 2020 3 Comments

by diomitamaurer in Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

I came across Valium Creek following Inara Pey’s blog and her post “Time at Valium Creek in Second Life“

Valium Creek is a moderate full region, owned and operated by Vally Lavender (Valium Lavender). Roughly 3/4 of Valium Creek is dedicated to residential usage, about 1/4 is public. The landing is in the public area, which includes a coffee shop hangout, a local bar, church and other interesting features. Valium Creek was designed/built by Jacky MacPherson and Dandy Warhlol (Terry Fotherington).

Valium Creek – overview

The public area offers a lot of nice views and great backgrounds for pictures. I had fun exploring. To enter the residential area you need to be a group member. And of course you could decide to live here, the houses are rented out by Vally. Part of the group join fees are donated to the Nature Conservancy, an international conservation group. Vally also has a website for Valium Creek.

Impressions of Valium Creek – public part

But that’s by far not all. Vally also owns Broken Vessels, another moderate full region right next to Valium Creek and connected to it with a bridge. The Valium Creek Public Area is being extended over to almost 1/2 of the Broken Vessels and is home for the Valium Creek Art Park. When I visited the first time the Art Park on January 8th it was full of place holders for future art objects. When I visited again on Tuesday, January 14th, the Valium Creek Art Park presented it’s first exhibition featuring the art of Mistero Hifeng.

Broken Vessels – overview

Impressions of Valium Creek Art Park

The remainder of the Broken Vessels sim, is occupied by Kekeland – Bardeco and Relax Club. Kekeland – Bardeco rang a bell. I visited it back in 2018 (see Simploring 2018 (21) Bardeco & Kekeland). Kekeland – Bardeco is owned by Belle des Champs (Bridget Genna) and was also built by Dandy Warhlol (Terry Fotherington). At it’s new location it is split between what you see on the ground and the club itself that is located on a sky platform. Kekeland – Bardeco is for sure on my list of places to visit in the near future.

Mistero Hifeng’s art featured at Valium Creek Art Park (1)

Mistero Hifeng’s art featured at Valium Creek Art Park (2)

The Relax Club is group owned and I assume that the group founder Night A. (Nightattack Guardian) owns the club. I didn’t do much research so far. The Relax Club has a own website – www.relaxclub.pt, is running since 2013, offers music (Club, Tech, Deep, Techno, Soul, Funky, House) everyday between 10 AM and 6 PM.

Thank you Vally (Valium Lavender), Jacky Macpherson, Dandy Warhlol (Terry Fotherington), Belle des Champs (Bridget Genna) and Night A. (Nightattack Guardian) for these two joined sims, that offer a lot for everybody: residential houses for rent, an art park, places to hang out and a music venue. It was for sure not my last visit.

Landmark to Valium Creek
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/valium%20creek/157/131/24
Valium Creek Art Park
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Broken%20Vessels/166/59/22
Landmark to Relax Club
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Broken%20Vessels/181/230/23
Landmark to Kekeland – Bardeco (skyplatform)
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Broken%20Vessels/65/159/3002
Valium Creek Art Park Flickr-group
https://www.flickr.com/groups/valium/
Valium Creek website
https://valiumcreek.com
Nature Conservancy
https://www.nature.org/en-us/
Inara Pey’s blog post “Time at Valium Creek in Second Life”
https://modemworld.me/2020/01/07/time-at-valium-creek-in-second-life/

Simploring 2020 (3) Soul of Dreams

14 Jan 2020 2 Comments

by diomitamaurer in Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: , , , , ,

For my simploring tour on Monday, January 30th, I picked Soul of Dreams from scoop.it SL Destinations. Soul of Dreams is a moderate homestead owned by Xana Ligati (xana newall). Xana is the blog manager of GOOSE – Home & Garden.
The sim was designed by Busta (badboyhi).

Soul of Dreams – overview

Soul of Dreams consists of three islands, one main island and 2 smaller islands. They are connected by bridges. The landing is close to the brigde to one of the smaller islands, with is occupied by a huge lighthouse. I first had a look around at the landing point. Some seals and birds are there and the spot already offers nice opportunites to take pictures. The sim is surrounded by snow covered mountains, Soul of Dreams is covered with less snow.

Impressions of Soul of Dreams (1) – around the landing point

I first went to the lighthouse. Inside 2 coal ovens heat the house with is empty otherwise. You can climb up to the top of the tower from where you have a great view of Soul of Dreams.

Impressions of Soul of Dreams (2) – the lighthouse

Back on the main island I went to the residential house there. It is fully furnished, well, a bit messy but it looks quite inviting nonetheless. Everything is placed and designed with great love for details inside and outsode of the house. Together with the tall bald trees and the snow the place is really picturesque. Close by you’ll find a small zip line that I tried out.

Impressions of Soul of Dreams (3) – the residential house

I continued my simploring tour walking along the road, came to the barn and a single hut and to two places on the shore, where you could gather for a small event or simply enjoy some valuable time with friends sitting around a campfire.

Impressions of Soul of Dreams (4) – the barn, gathering spots and a bus stop

At the end of the main island and close to the bridge of the other small island is a small shed. From there you can great views on Soul of Dreams and it is a perfect spot to take pictures. The scenery looks very natural, winterly and peaceful. I sat down on the bridge where you could also fish and enjoyed the atmosphere.

Impressions of Soul of Dreams (5) – around the bridge to the island with the ruins

Finally I went to the second small island that is occupied by ruins of a church like building. The roofs have been closed provisionially, Everything is decorated for romonatic scenes. I found leftovers from Halloween (a scary monk at the entrance of one ruin). One ruin is used as a ballroom with a piano and that one is decorated quite outstanding. I recommend to go to the beach of this island as it also offers spectacular views on Soul of Dreams.

Impressions of Soul of Dreams (6) – the ruins

Soul of Dreams is a romantic place. The vegetation looks very natural and you can find countless spots to take really nice pictures. But you can also find nice places to just sit and enjoy the atmsophere or to be with your loved one. It is a very well made sim. I just enjoy the creativity of people in Second Life. Thank you very much, Xana, for sharing your place publicly and thank you Busta (badboyhi) for designing it. I enjoyed my visit!

Landmark to Soul of Dreams
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Python%20Point/166/102/23

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