Royal Blue

Royal Blue just recently underwent a remodeling. It has kept a lot of the same themes and charm of the previous build, but evolved into more of a proper "building"- this time, for instance, there's actually a roof! The previous incarnation to that was the gingerbread house in Floyd, and it's been an interesting progression in theme to watch, as certain elements have become more prevalent.

(I'm sorry, I have to apologize here for a moment- the new ~silentsparrow~ tattoos have made it hard for me to actually wear clothing. However, as I was having a hard time deciding upon a shirt that would accentuate this skirt to its full potential anyway...so it worked out just fine! I love the floral motif on this one playing into the roses.)

As you might be able to spy in the background, there's a new addition to Horst. All that glitter has been gathering high above the sims...and it made a giant unicorn. I hear eventually Tres Blah shall be setting up shop in his innards!

It's a very chic build, but at the same time, there's a lot just a bit strange and wonderful about it. When you walk inside, you find that there are two distinct styles of architecture at war- on the one side you have the very fancy slick white walls with accents, clean and stark, like the interior of high end Beverly Hills boutique, or a nice department store like Saks, when it still actually was nice (it's even more that prefect ideal of what these things should be, what they try to be, than even the reality achieved)- and on the other it's an explosion of flowers and plants and grasses planted in a checkerboard pattern (even up onto the walls), as if Wonderland has come to take over.

I would like to thank the lovely Nivaya Barbosa, of Dressing in Pixels, for playing the fashionista Alice to my Cheshire Cat.

Royal Blue is located on the sheer cliffside of Horst, next to Sh!t Happens and Free*Style, and also keeps an update blog.

The Garden

We don't really have a name for the area in the middle of Floyd, the foothills of Mount Lolita covered in giant plants. I call it the garden (which occasionally gets "wait, where?" in response).

Originally there were 13 flowers planted on the slopes of Lolita, brought into being by Apatia Hammerer, Melatonin Hax, and myself; as each of us created some of the flowers until we hit our desired number- they almost built themselves, unlike most builds where I sit there and worry and plan and try to figure out how to work (I obsess. It's a character flaw). Well, two of mine aren't really flowers, per se, but carnivorous plants, as I have a bit of a soft spot for them (though, sadly, not the climate to grow them, as my venus flytraps and my pitcher plants have never lasted more than a season, regardless of the terrariums I try to set up for them). I'll let you in on a secret- the pitcher plant is my favourite. It's also the one with the most ridiculous traffic flow, having to climb up and down to get into it!

I shall momentarily single out one store in particular- usually I try to avoid much of that in the broad tours when covering a larger area because then I'd never finish, however Aisuru Rieko of Beloved Designs, not only chose the pitcher plant of the ridiculous way of getting in and out, she also helped out when the garden was replanted- first providing the adorable temporary booths of bowling pins and balls, as well as adding a few of her own creations for buildings when the garden expanded.

When the garden was originally planted, the Starlustland sign wasn't around- it only ended up coming into being one day I was working on Horst, before any of it was open to the public. I think, for some reason, it was the bra that brought it about (maybe because of some cognitive leap that involved Frederick's of Hollywood as one of the steps? I don't know, I just know that it seemed fitting and wanted to see it happen). When the mountain was (finally- if you visited Horst in the interim, you know that it sat there near the bra for a while, though it was always planned to move to Lolita once we terraformed for it) carved out to create a place for the sign, the garden expanded beyond the original 13 to include mushrooms, a potted onion, crate, watering can, wheelbarrow, and the barn. I find it a bit more fun to walk around in now, too, with little pathways hanging precariously off the edge.

Currently tending our garden:
Scribble, with cute clothing and funthings
i love 13, with imaginative inventive jewelry and floofy dresses
Beloved Designs, with quirky and adorable landscaping
77 Degrees, with pretty hats
Chaoslotus, with adorable jewelry
Picnic, with sweet garden and home items
Fresh Baked Goods, with candy coated jewelry
RC Cluster, with novelty items that make you cooler
Tousled, with cute girly hair
Hang the DJ, with casuals for men and women
Fresh Trash, with great clothing basics for girls
[CRAP], {BOUTIQUE}, Punch Drunk, and Fawn Fotherington Hair, all sharing a space in the barn, with clothing and hair spanning a few genres (you know I'm totally pulling all these adjectives out of my ass anyway, right? If you said "oh, I like _insert type of thing here_, I could tell you where to go, but I'm not good for coming up with the right types of descriptives! Also, yes, I overuse cute and adorable and fun, but, well, they all are, so....)
Kandy Kitty, with the most appropriate couch for smoochin' ever
Nimia store, with vintage and unusual clothing

Four New Stores in Area 408!

As if you needed an excuse to shop....here are some new stores and what they have to offer.

Whimsy:  Are you in need of a sculpty beanbag or pillows?  Maybe some new poses?  
Miel:  The sculpted shirts with flowers coming out of the pockets alone, should be why you want to check out this store.  It's full of adorable clothes, scarves, socks and headbands.  
Savoir Faire Shapes:  Shapes, shapes and more shapes.  Male and female.  
Herbalys:   Full of really cool looking plants and color changing candles.  

Hallie <3 

Smersh and The Golden Oriole

I'm sorry I've been a slacker of a tour guide- I was distracted by getting through the oxfords, finally. Sorry, you haven't gotten rid of me yet!

The two places I would like to show you today are Smersh and The Golden Oriole. Both have impact in Starlustland beyond just their shops- flopsie McArdle of Smersh has contributed a number of little touches all over the sims, from hot dog themed items (mmmmm) to paths to trees to picnic tables and beyond, when flopsie hasn't been off building sims for companies, she's been puttering around the 'Lust here and there. And, of course, the train station on Horst that houses VintageWear, one of her magnificent prefabs.

I've never met the person (or people?) behind the Golden Oriole myself, but they are directly responsible for the absolutely fantastic treehouse that perches high atop Mount Lolita on Floyd, that serves as the communal I (heart) the Starlust clubhouse. We used to have a castle there, but gave them freedom to do whatever they thought was good, and it blew away any expectations we had!

Both places have a lot in common- aside from being right next to each other, they also both do prefabs and gadgets and furniture, and they do it fantastically. Smersh is more modern retro and grunge, the home of the Laser Shark, a hotbed (hotdog) of revolutionary activity, and the place you can get the best damn corndog in Second Life. You can also ponder the existentialist emptiness of being as you wage slave your life away selling Flopdogs. The Golden Oriole excels at steampunk and Victorian delights: beautiful buildings, exquisite weaponry, gorgeously detailed furniture for the upscale abode, and what is certainly the best pith helmet in Second Life I have ever seen.

Smersh and The Golden Oriole are right next to each other on Lloyd, towards Herman Melville from the motel.

Hello World

After a tandem marriage proposal by Apatia and Melatonin, which lead them to asking me to blog for the Starlust Motel...here I am!!  Hi, my name is Hallie Galli and I have been wandering around the Starlust for about a year.  If I could move into one of the motel rooms, I totally would.  That's what happens when you have a shopping addiction and you find somewhere where every store imaginable is all in one place.

I wanted to do my first post as something "blogworthy" but I found myself getting all sappy/emotional/cheesy.  The fact is...I LOVE THIS PLACE!  It feels like one big dysfunctional family with the perfect blend of people who love to create amazing things and people who wait with baited breath for notices of new releases.  It's just a great group of individuals who want to have fun, shop and be yourself (even if you have a unicorn/David Bowie/bacon/Bea Arthur/all of the above fetish).  It's my second home and I couldn’t be more honored than to be asked to be a part of it

For my first blog, I had this urge to attach as much to me as possible from each area of the Starlust to showcase the amazing finds here.  However, I began to realize that I didn't have enough attachment points and didn't want to crash the sim.  So, I had to grab some friends to help me out.  And where is a better place for a photo shoot than right...

on top of the Starlust Motel sign?  

Hallie Galli, Melatonin Hax, Mr. Kailiana Anatra and Annunziata Macchi.  

Collectively, we have every area represented:  Floyd, Lloyd, Harold, Horst and Herman Melville.  

What we're wearing:  

Hallie Galli

Skin:  -MiA- Tan Skin – Sweet (Horst)

Eyes:  -MiA- Brown Eyes  (Horst)

Hair:   BP* -autumn chignon/side/coffee  (Lloyd)

Necklace:  Kunstkammer la porte des reves necklace

Dress:  H&V:  Dotty Dress  (Horst)

Socks:  Pig – Knee Sock Mit Suspenders – Purple  (Horst)

Shoes:  ::Duh!:: Croc Sandals White/Silver  (Harold)

Wand:  DEVO wand (my favorite in-world toy EVER)  (Floyd)

Melatonin Hax

Skin:  (IS) – Este – Harry (Harold)

Eyes:  Decollage – Blue Eyes  (Lloyd)

Hair/Hat:  Pudge:  Back in your head (Natural Red Head)  (Floyd)

Outfit:  Schadenfreude – Alice Wolsey  (Lloyd)

Shoes:  ..::A.Y.Y::.. Melatonin Awesomestars Sneakers  (Harold)  

Annunziata Macchi

Skin: MiA – Tan Skin – Sand  (Horst)

Eyes:  MiA – Brown Eyes  (Horst)

Lashes:  MiA – Blast Eye Lashes  (Horst)

Hair:  !lamb. – Lovetones – Snickers  (Lloyd)

Dress:  Twosome – Frilly Summer Thing  (Floyd)

Wings:  SaLsA! Angel Wings (in-store freebie)  (Harold)

Bow & Arrow:  [MnM] Angel’s bow & Arrow of heart (Starlust Valentine’s Day hunt/no longer available)  (Harold)

Boots:  TOSL  Sweater Wellies v1.6 Snow  (Herman Melville)

Mr.  Kailiana Anatra

Skin:  MiA – Male Medium Skin – Strapping  (Horst)

Hair:  *RC* Stevie.2 Hair [Brown2]  (Harold)

Jacket:  [Random] – 2 Buttoned Blazer – Purple  (Lloyd)

Jeans:  [Random] – Blue Brand Jeans 202  (Lloyd)

Sneakers:  ..::A.Y.Y::.. CandyGalore Sneakers  (Harold)

(Special thanks to Mel, Anna and Kail for helping me out <3)

I look forward to blogging more and I'm not used to the "blogger" format so please be advised I'm going to screw up occasionally.   Hallie <3

Catty Campground

The part of Harold you enter from Horst, the other half of Stein's section to Dogtown, is Catty Campground. Stein created this fabulous bright tents that await your desire to camp out under the stars, sitting around the campfires telling scary stories (I set up random poses in a number of the rocks surrounding the fires, because I'm obsessed with sit trapping. It's a sickness).

There is, of course, also a public shower, so while you're roughing it, at least you have some of the amenities. Filth is just _so_ unfashionable, you know. Be careful you don't slip at the entrance, there's a bit of a puddle that hasn't been cleaned up yet.

The gravel roads through the campground lead to Dogtown and to Area 408, with tents set back a bit from the road, but still within easy walking distance. After all, you wouldn't want to be _too_ inconvenienced while camping.

In the showers:
Boycut, with assorted underthings for boys, and girls who like their underthings with more coverage

Currently camping out:
Zanzo, with cute japanese inspired printed clothing and shoes
CoCo, with cartoony animal pillows and sofas
SLink with ladies clothing, and shoes with sculpted feet and sculpted bare feet
Miu, with sweet girls clothing
duh, with ladies footwear and t-shirts
Republica, with clean lined furniture
Sugar Puss, with sweet girl shapes
(nova), with colourful women's wardrobe staples
Tiny Bird, with lovely hair for ladies
SD Wears, with alternative clothing
lessthanthree, with fun t-shirts and heans
Golden Delish, with fun and fanciful poses
Rock Candy, with skins and hair for men

VintageWear

VintageWear has its mainstore on Horst (this is soon to change- as there's a new hidden extra son in the Starlust family just arrived), in the train station built by flopsie j McArdle. flopsie has left her mark on Starlustland- aside from her brilliant SMERSH duck, she's contributed a number of details around the sims (including the wonderful workhorse paths that we've done all sorts of things to....and the giant hotdog in front of the motel). She has more patience with realism than I do, as I have a tendency to get bored and wander off- she adds all sorts of crazy finishing touches.

Vintage McMillan creates all sorts of amazing eyewear, including over the top styles inspired by Elton John and Lady Gaga, and also makes jewelry, and hair. The hair section has grown too large for the train station, and you'll have to take a seat on the teleporter to take a visit to the hair shop.

If you drunkenly follow the girls at the boardwalk on Baconlust Beach around a corner, you'll also find her shoes- the Amazing Hooker Walkers, available in a selection of colours. Molest Touch any girl to find out her story- the brilliant stories are written by Stein and Apatia.