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I have been taking advantage of some extra time recently to have some pictures made and work on my own photography skills, but in actuality it is just an excuse to buy poses and props. I am addicted to buying poses, and I blame Essential Soul. 

Essential Soul’s pose collections are original, diverse and full of personality – they have pretty much anything to suit any occasion perfectly – including entire collections devoted to weddings, couples, models, men, women, groups, families, gay, lesbian, etc.

I was on Flickr this past weekend, and I saw Essential Soul’s newest poses and thought I’d share three of them.

First pose in the line up is part of their group pose collection called *ES* Bad Boys Band. Bad Boys Band is a group pose for up to 10 people (5 Girls/5 Men) with a hide show function on the pose balls. This pose has attitude and will likely be a favorite for photographers.

 *ES* Newest Addition is a new family pregnancy pose featuring a pregnant mom, dad and child (unisex). This tender pose is part of Essential Soul’s family collection and is perfect for new avatar families that want to document their lives together.

The third is *ES* Sexy Circus. Sexy Circus is a sensual pose designed for 3 friends. Its a fun pose created by Essential Soul’s colleague, Blink Pinion.

Painter Meriman recently released his latest build – The Heritage. Basing the Heritage upon the American Colonial Georgian style (circa 1780-1840), this prodigious Second Life (SL) builder and real life (RL) architect manages to both reproduce the symmetrical, orderly lines and style of a true Georgian home, while retaining a feeling of comfort and warmth throughout the build. As usual Painter’s color palette is subtle and non-obtrusive yet complex incorporating the walls, carpets, and murals and allows for a variety of color options when selecting upholstered and painted furnishings for your own Heritage. Like Painter’s other period builds, the Heritage isn’t a museum to the 1790’s but instead feels like a real home – one that has been lived in, and improved upon, for generations.

Painter rezzed a copy of the Heritage at his store in Ocelot Valley where everyone is welcome to visit. You’ll often find Painter there chatting with friends or prospective clients or sometimes giving a tour of his latest build. I encourage you to stop byand check this house out.  Jaysun Dagger did a excellent job decorating the display house with furnishings that encompass many styles (Biedermeier, Louis XVI, Empire, Louis Philippe, 20th century, and of course Colonial). Jaysun’s interior design of the home gives it a sophistication and tasteful layered look that you will usually only find in the home of a true collector in RL (or someone who paid a decorator a couple hundred grand retainer). Jaysun also managed to avoid all the typical SL pitfalls of home decoration: nothing is over the top and the walls are not cluttered with bad art. Second Life decorators take note: this is how a home should look and feel. 

At 1020 prims unfurnished, the Heritage is ideally suited for a large prim parcel or homestead sim. If you do not have the prim allowance for the Heritage then check out Painter’s smaller scale Montauk or Hampton homes. Both are New England style cottages that are perfect for a beach front parcel.

Description and specs for the Heritage are at the end of the post following the pictures.

Umberto kicking back by the fireplace

Bathroom

The Heritage exterior

Murals on walls

Stairwell

Study

bathtub

Bedroom

THE HERITAGE – Description and Specs:

This colonial home by Painter Meriman has been decorated by Jaysun Dagger as an example of how the home might look in your corner of Second Life.

Given the number of prims, this home is ideally suited to a Homeland Sim or land with at least 2000 prims available.

SPECIFICATIONS:

1020 prims unfurnished
mod/copy/no transfer
Minimum footprint allocation – 50m x 50m

Beautifully detailed Colonial Home inspired by the Jefferson tradition. This substantial home is ideal for entertaining.

The great room, with its crystal chandelier, can serve as a lavish ballroom on occasion. The dining room features murals by Bierstadt – capturing the majesty of the American landscape. The panelled den cries out for books and artifacts to be placed on its shelves alongside a mahogany desk and a windsor chair.

Adjacent to the den and the great room there is a small gallery – a place for a couch where you can view a formal rose garden perhaps. Through the dining room there is space for a country style kitchen should u wish to have a kitchen. This area also includes the morning room with a conservatory to trap the sunlight for your indoor garden.

Upstairs two large bedrooms have their own dressing room and potential for a bathroom or private study which can be furnished by the owner in their own style – contemporary or traditional.

Additional wall textures have been provided if u wish to be creative. The richer colours can be applied to the bedroom walls to suit the mood u wish to create. Use these as a basis to create your own wall textures if u like.

The fires in each fireplace can be removed and replaced as needed, according to the season.

NOTE: When u first rezz the home note the coordinates of the rezz box so that should u need to re rezz at a future date u can place the box exactly in the same spot. Doing this you can leave all your furniture in position and the house will rezz appropriately.

Inclusions:

*Keyserver (ornate panel inside front door) controls supplied lighting, door security and window tints.

*Window Tints: 3 levels of tinting are provided on key windows to the bedroom areas primarily. Zones can be controlledby touching the window or all windows with tint function can be controlled by the keyserver. Doors and the conservatory do not have the tint function.

*Roofspace/Attic: There is ample room for a studio or playroom in the roof space if u wish to use it.

*Door Autoclose: If u wish to edit the doors to make them automatic closing you can do this by changing the doorsetup notecard in the contents folder of the door. Change the autoclose function to “on” and adjust the timing.

Swaffette Firefly of SF Design passed me a couple of outfits Tuesday.

The first one is chippendale style- an homage to the all-male revue Chippendale uniforms. The outfit is comprised of leather pants and thong, with prim arm and leg cuffs, shoes, and collar – all in multiple sizes to accommodate most body shapes. As usual, Swaffette hits the mark with her textures, especially in the pants which are offered in buttoned and slightly opened versions. Whether you buy it for a novelty, or a party, or even a themed photograph – it’s a fun, well-made outfit and will not disappoint.

chippendale style

The second item is the performance suit in charcoal. Too many suits in Second Life look like they were airbrushed on an avatar when worn, but not the performance suit – the textures are detailed and stand out giving it the realistic feel I like with clothing. Offered in multiple colors and with many layer and prim options, the performance suit can be worn in several different styles: collar buttoned with tie, open collar with loosened tie, or open collar with the tie undone, etc. Pants cuffs, collar, and back flap all come in varying sizes, but in case you do need to resize the prims they are scripted to make it easy, and SF Design includes detailed resizing instructions on notecard as usual.

performance suit in charcoal with open collar and tie undone

This past Sunday I took DeMerick out for his birthday. I wanted us to do something we have never done before in Second Life. We have gone clubbing, to parties, biking, driving, and many other activities, but there is one date ritual that was previously impossible due to the constraints of this virtual platform – go out to eat at a restaurant. So after asking around a bit, I discovered the Lighthouse restaurant. The Lighthouse is located on Fire Island, an enduring Second Life landmark.  

A view down the Lighthouse stairwell

Owned and operated by Cooper Udimo, the Lighthouse bills itself as “A beautiful restaurant in an old 19th century lighthouse on the coast of Fire Island,” and invites guests to ”enjoy our bar and casual dining,  or relax outside on our patio listening to the waves, or partake in a romantic dinner in our stunning fireplace room.”

While instant dining is available, it is not recommended since waitstaff are not guaranteed to be online 24/7. Reservations must be made 24 hours in advance with a deposit. The Lighthouse offers several dining packages for groups and couples with private dining options. Our waitress, Yasmin, was professional, friendly and non-obtrusive. The menu and dining packages includes appetizers, soups, entrees, and desserts, as well as a wine list – all of which the waitstaff will rezz for you along with utensils. Chairs have a full array of animations to compliment your dining experience: dining, drinking, sitting, and even paying your bill. While the prices may be a bit rich for some, our entire dining experience only cost a little under 2000L plus tip, which is a bargain for this experience. Yasmin, our waitress, even gave us a framed photo of ourselves as a souvenir and a to-go bag with a copy of our meal.

I suppose my only complaint would be the music – the orchestral classical scores on the stream did not seem to mix well with the Lighthouse’s romantic ambiance, but I assembled an impromtu private playlist for us, and we danced to some classic melodies sung by Al Green, Sinatra, Dean Martin, etc. – the type of music my parents used to slow dance to around the house at night when they thought the kids were asleep.

Poseballs are available for dancing

If you’re looking for a unique perfect date, I strongly recommend the Lighthouse, and  congratulations to Cooper Udimo for saving a neglected landmark and giving it a Second Life.

Enjoying clam chowder by candlelight