Feb 12th Visiting BarDeco: The BarDeco seen from the waterfront
Another simploring post. Friday, Feb 12th, I visited BarDeco. I came across it once again by following Inara Pey’s blog “Visiting The Village in Second Life“. She herself was referring to another blog where BarDeco is described: Pearl Grey’s “Million Happy Endings ~ a sometimes intrepid exploration of a virtual world“. Pearl Grey (aka. riverpearl) simply titeled her post “BarDeco_ Secret Garden” and she saw it in winter. The owner of BarDeco, Dandy Warhlol (terry.fotherington), himself wrote about BarDeco “a small village on the water where you can stroll beside the sea in a Zen atmosphere and relaxed – a drink and listen to the music of the best DJs in SL at Bardeco“.
Feb 12th Visiting BarDeco: Arriving in the middle of nowhere
When you arrive at BarDeco you seem to be in the middle of nowhere. Some derailed freight waggons, fog, a muddy road …. nothing for my heels. Good that we’re in Second Life where your shoes don’t get dirty! Following the road your first thought is that you’re in a ghost town where the nature has reconquered the land. But there are lights and when you take a closer look you see a chapel with light in it and you see that people are living here – at least in some houses. The chimney of one house is smoking, the illuminated advertising of a night club is still working, only the Motel seems really really abandoned.
Feb 12th Visiting BarDeco: Diomita drinking a coffee at the BarDeco
And there is BarDeco itself. You can see that it is still alive. And according to one visitor who I met there there are a regular music events (according to the owner the best DJ’s in SL). I sat down and had a coffee before I continued my discovery at the waterfront. Here you can find really nice places to sit. Just imagine the sun would shine. The whole atmosphere of BarDeco is quite dense, somehow sad and suppressive and the foggy windlight setting (don’t change that) adds to it. But when the sun came out I could get a first impression how nice BarDeco could be.
Feb 12th Visiting BarDeco: With a bit of sunshine everything looks immediately a bit more promising instead of suppressive
I walked along the old industry site where it is dirty and a bit scary until I reached the chapel again, where I ended my visit. This sim once again proves what is possible in SL and how creative People are. Thank you Dandy Warhlol for providing BarDeco for us!
Feb 12th Visiting BarDeco: Walking along the old industry road
Landmark “BarDeco”:
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Hot%20Bodies/228/24/25
Related link in Inara Pey’s Living in a Modemworld blog:
http://modemworld.me/2016/02/12/visiting-the-village-in-second-life/
Related link in Pearl Grey’s Million Happy Endings blog:
https://millionhappyendings.wordpress.com/2016/01/07/bardeco_-secret-garden/
Diomita Maurer’s Blog 