Gabriel Goodies

I love it When I get to a store that has new clothes or items that I have not seen before. I was very happy to get to Gabriel and find a host of clothing and assessories that I have not seen before and that work for my personal style. The Pea Coat comes with a sweater that is color change, the pants are sold separately but have boots that come with the pants that are well built and does away with the struggle of finding the right shoe that doesn't bleed through clothes! The glasses are also from Gabriel and are very well designed. I took pictures in our new Fanatik build. It has a Warehouse feel but will be our gallery and hopefully will be filled soon!



Piedmont is wearing:
Body
Skin - Prodigal - Kai
Hands - [Cheerno] - Relaxed
Hair - INK - Against
Beard - Unorthodox  - Full Beard
Clothing
Coat - Gabriel ::GB:: - Bicolor P Coat
Pants - Gabriel ::GB:: - Boots in Pants
Boots - Gabriel ::GB::Shearling Short Boots
Glasses - Gabriel ::GB:: - Leather Cover Sun Glasses

Rocking at Musiclandia

I found a great sim last week at my favorite early morning punk show hosted by Milton Nightfire and Kookie Hax. The traveling punk review was at the Musiclandia sim and it gave me a chance to go explore! It is true art work in the celebration of music. A grand piano that is a type of centerpiece made of brick and at least three stories tall. The inside of the open lid piano is the dance floor and stage area. But this is just the beginning! I recommend you go explore for yourself as the sim has a limited lifetime. I decided to get Pie in a shot there just to use the amazing interactive sim as a backdrop, and to plug this sim! Go visit and enjoy!

Huge Grand Piano Stage I am in the view here! See me?

On the violin

At the beach. Great ground textures too.

Piedmont is wearing:

Body:
Skin - Prodigal - Kai
Shape own
Hair  - INK - AGAINST -Brown/Hairbase
Eyes - PC  - Wet sand

Clothing:

Tank - REDRUM - Dia De Los Muertos
Pants - 22769 - Chinos light brown
Shoes -  2Real -  Low Cuttlerz
Accessories:

Bracelet Right Hand- Mandala - Sinra, Samurai Blacl
Watch -Mandala - Simple chain SITENNOAH
Necklace - Mandala - Dogtags gold
Face Pierce - Mandala - Gold
Tat-Ink'd Up  - Ducasse

The Break is OVER!!!!

For the past 3 months there has been no Eye on the Grind posts. After some very cool RL issues as purchasing a house, and graduating with a post-graduate degree, I am glad to finally have some time to get back to the blog page! I need to shop and read everyone's blogs and catch up! But for now, the Rockabilly fair has provided a quick hit for me! My friend Zhoraz Zhora (Miss Z) TPd me to the fair and despite the laggy fair atmosphere, I scored some goods. I love the T-Bird jacket from Pelle the most and rock it here at Miss Z's very own spot "Vinyls". I La La Love this place and always wanted to blog it and will more than likely catch Miss Z for another shoot here or at her Art Deco designed lounge at the Rubb. The art work there is phenomenal and is quite seductive, but that is for later!


Piedmont is wearing:
Body
Skin - Kai - Prodigal
Shape - Own
Hands - [Cheerno]
Hair - [Cheerno] - Dario dark 3.1
Eyes - [*RG*]  - Brown Taupe
Clothing
Jacket - Pelle - *Missnoise* T-Bird
Tank - Elygo
Pants - Aoharu -Leather Biker Black
Tat -  Elygo - Memory
Boots - [*RG*]  - Aviator Black

Eye on our groups

Pie and I wanted to participate in Berry's group meme this week. We know it was almost a week ago but for some reason this post had taken a while to write. In my case, it inspired a lot of thinking about groups and what they mean to me. Oh, and I finally got to Collabor88 and got some cool stuff. 


1. Have you reached the 42 group limit?   
Pie: Yes. 

Verde: I currently have 41 groups but all this group talk has made me re-evaluate all my groups and the list may look very different in a few weeks ;)

2.  Do you do a lot of group hopping to keep up with all the groups you want to stay a part of? 
Pie: Yes. The only reason I hop groups is because of the freebies. There are groups that have good freebies and if my groups are full I have to rearrange.
Verde: I haven't had to lately. When we just had 20 I was jumping around all the time. I had a few jobs and had to be in groups for my jobs and that didn't leave many slots left. 

3.  What makes you want to join a group? 
Pie: If I know the person or I like the product or I like what the group stands for.

Verde: For stores I usually just join the subscribo group. I join the regular group to become part of a community or if there are some additional benefits to joining the group like interesting or helpful chat.

4. A lot of store VIP groups have a group fee which you have to pay to join. How do you feel about paying group fees? 
Pie: I have limited VIP membership but have joined 3 pay groups out of 42. The amount and quality of the "gift" was worth the Lindens. 

Verde: I have joined on or two but I usually prefer to just buy the products I like. 

5. Name a few groups that you are a part of that you feel everyone should look into joining and share your reasons behind that.
Pie: I belong to quite a few music groups from my friends that are musician and own clubs, the Alternate Music Informer tracks many of the venues where we go to listen to new music and socialize. I belong to quite a few men's fashion stores that I like and would tell anyone to join what you feel you like. Every group I am in I look closely when a new one looks good to join! I tend to leave groups where the IM chat keeps continually blots my screen too!

Verde: My favorite groups are ones that link me to communities that I care about. "Alternative Music Informer" is a great group to find out where great indie music is being played. I came to SL as a library student and still love being part of "Librarians of Second Life." I keep in touch with old friends and learn about library related events. Finally, I love keeping up with art in SL so "SL Art" is an active group with announcements about upcoming gallery openings and other art related events. 

What Piedmont is wearing:

Body
Skin - Labyrinth - Silver Skin Medium Day Stubble
Shape - JLB - Jon - Modified
Hair - EEP - Hair 006
Hair Base - EEP - Male Blacks Tint-able
Eyes - PC  - Wet Sand
Eyeshadow - Red Sand - Eye Shade Full Eyes Covered
Facial Hair - Aphotic Gloom - Stache #3

Clothes
3 Piece Suit - Kauna - Tweed Harris Check (Mesh)
Shoes  - Kauna - Wingtip Brogues - Color change

Accessories
Neck Tat - Trailerstar - Nautical Star
Earrings - Chop Zuey - Diamond Earring Posts Gold
Glasses - K_gs Kumaki Glasses Style  - Boston 1.03

What Verde is wearing: 

Body
Eyes: Poetic Colors - Jaded Eyes - Dusk
Skin: Curio - Moonbeam Fall ebb
Hair: Lamb - Bernice - Snickers - Collabor88
Lashes: Cake - Bedroom Lashes
Shape: my own

Clothes
Dress: fashionably dead - Long Tweed Box Coat and Skirt - Collabor88
Shoes: [elikatira] Move pumps - Java

Accessories
Wedding ring: EarthStones - Eternity Bridal Set - platinum
Glasses: Solar - Arae

Props
Drafting Table - Standby Inc 

@ The Dirty

I know I get around to some clubs and interview lots of DJs that work there, but this club is a special one to me as my friend Holster Landar is the owner and main woman in charge there. I am glad she is loyal to her Rockabilly music and psycho-punk as are many that go there. So here is the shoot, I really loaded up at DECO and truly cannot say how much I absolutely love their gear. The textures are AMAZING! The accessories as well...all done in great textured style AND all mesh!


Piedmont is wearing:
Body
Skin - Labyrinth - Silver Skin [Med]
Shape - Own
Hair Base - Hot Dive - Expansion
Tattoo - .:F&Gz - Lucky MoFo
Facial Hair - Red Sand - NR 22
Clothes
Poncho - Deco - Bandito Pancho
Hat - Deco - Fatigue Cap (Camo)
Shorts - Deco - Islander Shorts (Splatter)
Boots - Deco - Some Boots (Sprayed)
Glasses -  Deco  - Atomic Sunglasses (Iron)

Running to ALT7

I ran out to ALT7 and did a quick shoot there. Verde and I have been coming to this Alt/Indie club for years and finally decided to use the unique background for a shoot! Most of this look is from Mens Dept. I added my favorite low rider shoes from innuendo aptly named "Queens" The high top brand in named "Brooklyn". Jewelry from Kosh, and Pekka both at Mens Dept. The hat is from Flow and the TV style glasses are from SYL.

Piedmont is Wearing:
Body 
Skin - Labyrinth - Silver Skin Med
Shape - JLB - Jon (modified)
Eyes - PC  - Wet Sand
Hair Hat - Flow - The Joshua Tree
Goatee - Unorthodox  - Half Goatee

Clothes
Shirt - 22769 - Beach Tee Green
Pants - BarmaleY - Jeans Freaky
Shoes - Innuendo - Queens
Accessories
Tattoo - Zentro  - Music
Necklace - KOSH - Avain
Eyebrow Lip Pierce - Pekka - Canion Unisex Piercing
Glasses - SYL - Telly Shades

At the Social Scene

I like to go round to clubs I visit and shoot especially when they are textured well and have a good build to use as a back ground! The Social Scene is a long lasting punk club that has been in sl for many years. The outfit had an urban feel to it so it was off to the Social Scene to get it done! The outfit has a more urban feel for me, the chipped teeth from PXL, the bandana from the hair fair (Represent!) and my fave color change Red Cat Sneakers.

Piedmont is wearing:
Body 
Skin - SAAL - DWYN - Tone 5
Shape - Own
Hair Base - Hot Dive - Expansion Hairbase
Beard - Unorthodox  - Full Beard Freaked
Teeth - PXL - Open Mouth Pro
Tattoo - Boss - A Way of Life
Clothes
Shirt - Blvck Anchor - Fly Society
Pants - Blvck Anchor - En Noir bmx Sweat Pants
Shoes - RedCat - Mesh Sneakers Sk8 (MP Only)
Bandana - Bitten Prim*BP* - Bandana Day Davie
Glasses - SORGO - Old Timers Black

The New Z&A Coffeehouse-Art Studio

The New Z&A Coffeehouse-Art Studio was completed this weekend by owners and designers Alana Onyett and Zoidyn Kytori and what can I say but bravo! The estate sim should by all rights be in SL Destinations because of its pure natural beauty and ethereal appearance.  The pictures I am posting are only a hint and do not truly capture the essence of the new build. I spent some quality time there dancing at the outside stage for a sim-opening party with a few of the DJs that are on the normal schedule there and what a "grand opening" it was. There is a zip-line there that "zips" you across a big gully and plenty of greenery and tall luscious mountains off sim to look at. I have to say the textures on the cliffs are incredible on the sim where one may find themselves climbing and soaring around! Hats off to Zoidyn and Alana for taking their time with an artistic and extremely eye-friendly build! I had to make myself look like Jungle Jim for this to be as rugged as the terrain!!




Piedmont is wearing:
Body
Skin - Prodigal - Kai Medium
Shape - Own
Eyes - PC  - Java Blast
Clothes
Entire Suit - Deco - Foliage
Hat - Deco - Boonie Cap
Boots - Deco - Jump Boots - Dirt
Tats - B*Fly - Good/Bad Girl Mesh

In the White Room

Kauna is a great store that never fails with the awesome textured suits. The newest is definitely a no fail! The suit is called Harris Tweed : Plaid Avocado Check and is accessorized with a bow tie, Handkerchief, and pants in various lengths. The suit can also be worn in various stages of being underneath each other to  individual vest, or shirt on top layer. The BEST hit I had there this week was the Wingtip Brogues with color change hud. The detail on the shoes is phenomenal and needed to have its own picture to show the high texture quality and ability to change all areas of the shoe (The picture is my own color scheme). Even the soul can have a more rugged boot type soul or leather soul! LOVE IT!

Piedmont is Wearing:
Body
Skin - Labyrinth - Silver Skin Medium Day Stubble
Shape - JLB - Jon - Modified
Hair - EEP - Hair 006
Hair Base - EEP - Male Blacks Tint-able
Eyes - PC  - Wet Sand
Eyeshadow - Red Sand - Eye Shade Full Eyes Covered
Facial Hair - Aphotic Gloom - Stache #3
Clothes
3 Piece Suit - Kauna - Tweed Harris Check (Mesh)
Shoes  - Kauna - Wingtip Brogues - Color change
Accessories
Neck Tat - Trailerstar - Nautical Star
Earrings - Chop Zuey - Diamond Earring Posts Gold
Glasses - K_gs Kumaki Glasses Style  - Boston 1.03

Boxing

I always wanted to set up a boxing shoot once I started blogging and now there are plenty of poses and boxing gear to do this! I got The boxing gear I am wearing at BMC Sports Mainstore and is a better quality then has been around for a long time. Most gloves were like big pillows! The shorts and gloves come in a big fat pack of awesome colors too. The gym equipment is all very pleasing to look at and use as there are animations for the weights, and poses on the boxing bags. I had fun building this set and making it have a type of gym I feel I know is correct for boxing. I love going in world and shooting but at times it is equally as fun building a set to shoot on.

Piedmont is wearing:
Body 
Skin - Prodigal - Kai Medium
Eyes - PC  - Wet Sand
Hair and hairbase - Discord Designs - Stampede
Shape - Own
Clothes
Boxing Gloves - BMC
Boxing Shorts - BMC
Shoes - Shelly Laufer Footwear - Sneaker X4
Tattoo Neck - Trailerstar - Nautical Star
Body Tattoo - Sleepy Bozer  - Valley Park - Ally Moss
Gym Equipment:
Speed-bag - Standby Inc
Heavy Bag - Standby Inc
Weight Bench/Weights - Pilot
Floor Water Bottle/Towels - Pilot
Boxing Ring - Lonsdale Boxing
Posters - Own

Mad in the Rain

I caught up with my man Recidivist Sideways "Tybalt the Mad" or as he is known mostly "Mad" and we got some sots in before it opened up and we got soaked! Its a good thing its SL and that Mad was wearing his FATEwear jacket as it seemed to keep high 'n' dry.
The mesh outfit is great and the INK hair/hat combo is bad as well. Thanks for taking time with us Mad!

Mad is wearing:
Body
Skin: James (MD Beard Edition) - Nivaro
Shape: Custom
Eyes (Regular Shots): Thunder Eyes (Silver) - Dead Apples
Eyes (Closeups): Stained (Dark Gold) - Nomine
Makeup: Skull Facepaint (Face & Nails) - Schadenfreude
Hair: Chignon (Coal) - INK
Clothes/Accessories
Earrings: Macabre Set (Silver Black) - lassitude & ennui
Coat & Tie: Dante (Volcano) - FATEwear
Shirt: Dante (Void) - FATEwear
Pants: Smith (Volcano) - FATEwear
Gloves: Biker Glove (Black) - Grasp {group gift}
Shoes: Wingtip Brogues - Kauna

Tuck your shirt in!!

I got this outfit at Mens Dept in July and really love that it purposely has the front of the shirt hanging out. That suit coat outfit is from 22769 [Homme] and has a formal yet casual feel to it. I like outfits that keep the script count down and are easy to put together, as some of the suits I wear can have many items by the time I am done with it. The shoot was done at one of my favorites of all classy time...The Mercury Room. My friend and club owner (Name drop alert!!!) Owl Sweetwater has a classy, swanky, art deco jazz club that I love to go use for such outfits. Go check the club out and I hope you like this outfit.

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Piedmont is Wearing:
Body
Skin - Nivaro - James - MD Beard/Hair
Shape - Own
Eyes - PC  - Jaded Wet Sand
Hair - UwSt - David Hair
Clothes
Jacket/Shirt/Pants - 22769 - Rob Suit Coat Black
Shoes - Innuendo  - TEO Black Formal Shoes

Some Hanky Panky?

I shot this outfit at one of my favorite clubs in SL is ElizaRose Gloom's The Hanky Panky Room. I love this venue and the rather SEXXXXY Danger Dolls that put together some great themed shows. But it is the crowd there and the great tunes that works best. This outfit is still in the summer trend with some Salon de Glow hair, K_gs glasses and a nice funky lip pierce by n-creation that you can see on the close up. The shirt is Entente and has a hud that requires you buy the textures you want to fill it with, and the Razor pants have a typical hud with great textures.

Piedmont is Wearing:
Body 
Skin - Belleza - Eric Tan BBB1
Shape - Own
Eyes - PC  - Classic Gen4 Driftwood
Hair - Salon de GLOW - Hairpieces M-03 (Light Brown&Black)
Hair Base - Salon de GLOW - Hair Base 1
Tattoo - Insanya - Strong Spirit Half
Clothes
Shirt - Entente - Mettre Tee - Homme (With Hud)
Pants - Razor - Cargo Faders (With Hud)
Boots - Deco - Army Boot No4
Accessories
Glasses - K_gs Kumaki Glasses Style  - Gapp
Lip Pierce - N Creation - Lips Pinned Skull
Bracelet - Rozoregalia - Archelon

Darkened Cheer

This is all based on the hair from Cheerno that I got at the Hair Fair of course recently. The hair has a bandana of sorts and feathers coming out and just enough room to see the eyes and face. The skin is from the boys of summer fair as weel from  SAAL and accessorized with the normal jewelry, fake-hands, and cool sneakers. A return from a great designer at Guardian with some great new mesh clothing ( we will be seeing more of this too!!!) and a new "David" pose from Michelangelo fame (if you can spot it!)

Piedmont is Wearing:
Body
Skin - SAAL - DWYN Tone 5
Eyes - SAAL - Red Brown Eyes 1
Hair - [Cheerno] - Amado - Grey 7.4
Hands - [Cheerno]  - M#8
Beard - Unorthodox  - Half goatee
Tattoo - Zentro - Music Tattoo
Clothes
Shirt - BC322 - Criminal Tank Top Black
Pants - Guarded Cross - Space Shorts (With amazing hud!)
Shoes - [JP]: dsg. - Sneakers - Varial
Accessories
Necklace - Mandala - Rushana Sumirilo Black
Bracelet Left - Mandala - Samurai Black
Bracelet Right - Fusion - Belt Chain 
Earrings  - Pekka - Cracker

Endless Summer

As I scanned through all of the outfits at the boys of summer fair I noticed I wasn't that big a beach guy. I guess with SL we go through our stages with the giant palm trees, the artificial waves and surface break that I am not really into it as I once was. I did find some items that I made for a more current mesh swim suit just in time for the Velvet's swim party. The set was designed/built by Dammi Quan (Mot sure if others helped here sorry!) and is still up if you'd like to go!

Piedmont is Wearing:
Body
Skin - SAAL - DWYN - Tone 5
Hair - EEP - Hair NO 6 Black
Beard - Unorthodox  - Half Goatee/prim beard/tat layer
Chest Hair - Eddesign - Natural look #7
Feet - SF Designs - Mens Beach Shoes with Toes (Hud)
Clothes
Swim Suit - DROP - Summer Shorts Mint
Accessories
Glasses - Anatomy - Transfix
Tattoo - Zentro  - Music

Breaker Breaker

Thats Rachel Breaker! Rachel Breaker is a creator/designer/builder in SL that has a store at Off the Wall that is something that DR. Seuss himself would have been happy with! In the background you can see the build and how artistic Rachel really is. Rachel is an animator and the Sim has a Simpsonesque quality as I see the use of colors and shapes.This sim makes me very happy when I am there and its is just like I fell into a toybox....and want to play with everything. A gun that shoots and rezzez 1 prim cartoony flowers! I had to have it! Rachel's place has a store with some very creative items you need to see as well! I can't wait to rezz the house I bought from there when I have some time!! Oh yeah the suit is from Legal Insanity and here it is!

Part of the colorful sim and store at Rachel Breakers "Off the Wall"

Piedmont is wearing:
Body
Skin  - Kooqla - River 04 -Dark Brown
Shape - JLB - Jon (Modified)
Eyes - PC  - Classic Gen4
Hair -  Colors  - 62 Black Pack
Clothes
Shirt/Tie/Pants - Legal Insanity - Vincent Suit Black
Shoes - Phunk - Black Wingtips
Earrings - Pekka - Cracker Male

Who's the MC?

Thanks to 69 Park Ave, Pie is the MC tonight. Or at least he looks to be the MC in the Casino Royale formal suit. The mesh suit is nicely textured and has a nice touch of boutonniere and bow ties to rez if desired. The suit has a nice ascot and is easy to see this is a great tuxedo. I love the mesh work by 69 Park Ave and can't wait to put Verde on my hip and dance it up. The background is at The Mercury Room, check it out in world.

Piedmont is Wearing:
Body
Skin - Prodigal - Kai Medium
Eyes - PC  - Jaded Wet Sand
Hair - Mr. C -Titoso Brown
Hairbase - [Cheerno] - Dark 3.2
Shape - Own
Clothes
Entire Suit/rose/tie - 69 Park Ave - Casino Royale
Shoes - Innuendo  - TEO
Wedding Band - Earthstones - Eternity Platinum
Earrings - Chop Zuey - Mens Diamond earrings 

Mills Suit

I got this suit at the Menswear Fashion Week in April and have not found the right look or courage to wear it until now. The Shape from JLB is taller and I feel the Gizza suit works. I do not feel this looks like a kilt or a skirt, but its own look. The pants and boots make this happen in my mind and looks fashionable to say the least.  

Piedmont is Wearing:
Body
Skin - Prodigal - Kai Medium
Shape - JLB - Jon (Face modified)
Hair - Mr. C - Titoso - Coffee
Hair Base - MADesigns - Dark Brown
Eyes - PC  - Wet Sand
Clothes
Entire Outfit - Gizza - Mills Suit - Black
Accessories
Tattoo - Sleepy Bozer - Authentic