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

Inventory Sorting

I took time to get a little OCD with the inventory, let me explain. I started taking all the mesh clothing into a new inventory and taking 512X512 pictures to add to the various pants, shirts, and shoes files. So I can open the file, and see what is the item actually looks like (some files have pictures but this is my way of seeing a photo that is not an alpha layer or add for the company). This may seem extreme yet I can't really remember the look of every piece of garment Pie has by any means. So I had a chance to look at ALL of my pants, shirts, and shoes and made a few outfits just because I felt like it. Here is one that started with a Gocha hat from Sleepy Eddy, an Unorthodox goatee, lots of jewelry, hand, neck, ear, lip and nose. Xplosion pants, Innuendo Sneakers and an American Bazaar blazer.

Piedmont is wearing:
Body 
Skin - Prodigal - Kai Medium
Shape - Own
Eyes - PC  - Wet Sand
Hairbase - Hot Dive - Expansion
Goatee - Unorthodox  - Half Goatee
Ears - Mandala - Omimi
Clothes
Jacket - American Bazaar - Mesh Blazer Red
Pants - Xplosion - Junk Pants Raw
Sneakers - Innuendo  - Queens
Acessories
Necklace - Mandala - Smexy Tie Necklace
Hands - Mandala - Sirna Nail 
Lip/Nose - Pekka - Canion
Hat - Sleepy Eddy - Gacha Hat
Tattoo - Insanya - Strong Spirit

Take it as it comes...

I love finding good city sims that make me feel like I am actually in the city. This background does just that for me and makes the look pop just that much more. The summer is winding down now so the short-sleeves  are coming to an end, and goodbye to the shorts!I picked up this Hustle shirt from Traphouse Collective, threw on a DEF cap, some big hoops, a boxing gloves necklace and BAAAAMMM! I love the look with a platinum hairbase and some GOS glasses! The XRaw jeans are great please check them out I love the textured designs and the fact that they don't bleed through most tee shirts! Ok enough blathering...

Piedmont is Wearing:
Body
Skin - Prodigal - Kai Medium
Shape - own
Hairbase - Dura - Platinum
Mustache - Aphotic Gloom - Stache #3
Ears - Mandala - Tunnelhole size 5 Omimi
Clothes
Shirt - Traphouse Collective - Mens Tee Hustle
Pants - Xplosion - Slimfit Rigid
Shoes - Innuendo  - Queens
Hat - DEF - Era Cap - Manifesto
Accessories
Necklace - JOMO - 32
Glasses - [Gos]

Visiting the Bronx...@ Mad City

I have seen dozens of posts done at Mad City and instantly recognize it every time. I guess because it reminds me of parts of the Bronx where I lived for a few years and the sim evokes that from me. I love the feel of the sim and the windlight they use there but decided to black and white as it feels like an old place to me. There is also a rainy part of the sim that looks great with the bubbling ground animation. I saw an umbrellaed SL resident (Dawnia Donogal) in the background of a few shots I took (you can see her in the background) and as I got closer asked if she would be in a closer shot. Dawnia was nice enough to hang out with her umbrella open and provide information on her outfit as well! I love SL for all the incidental things, the spontaneous things that happen that truly mock life's unpredictable moments. Here is the shoot.

Piedmont is wearing:
Body
Skin - Prodigal - Kai Medium
Shape - Own
Eyes - PC  - Wet Sand
Hair Base - Pelle - Shaved with Basette
Clothing
Hat - Gabriel ::GB:: - Black Hat
Jacket - L&BSwear - Classic leather with shirt
Jeans - Entente - Au Fait Jeans
Shoes - [*RG*]  - Walkers, Black
Necklace - Feel - Claw Chain
Tattoo - Ink'd Up - Ducasse

Dawnia is wearing:
Dress - Hucci
Boots - [Gos]
Umbrella - TBF (Shop on Mad City Sim)

At The AAI (An Alternative Indie Music Club)

I haven't done a shoot the AAI although I have interviewed many of the DJs that spin there. So I decided it was due time to just land and snap some pics. I found a few great locations within the club setting and had fun! I raided the inventory and bought some new boots from Grasp and a new hat/hair from Argrace (the spun it around backwards). I also put on my favorite tat, some heavy jewelry from Chop Zuey and it was a wrap!

Piedmont is Wearing:
Body
Skin - Kooqla - River - 04
Shape - Own
Eyes - PC  - Jaded Eyes - Wet Sand
Hair base - Hot Dive - Expansion
Beard - Unorthodox  - Full Beard Freaked
Hat/Hair (combo) - Argrace - Baseball Cap Kyler
Clothes
Tank - Apple May Designs - Motor Tank
Pants - Blvck Anchor - En Noir BMX Sweat Pants
Shoes - Grasp - Layered Leather Boots Black
Accessories
Bracelet - Chop Zuey - Margherita on My Mind
Necklace - Chop Zuey - Appache Warrior 
Tattoo - Ink'd Up - Ducasse