Minuets and Mayhem at the Formal Mardi Gras Ball
by Le Nez
New Toulouse Prim Minister Gabrielle Riel welcomed the most fashionable of revelers to the New Toulouse Formal Mardi Gras Ball at the Toussaint l’Ouverture Library Ballroom on February 16, 2010. There were two gatherings that day—one in the afternoon and one in the evening. Riel greeted bons vivants from New Toulouse, Caledon, and New Babbage as they ascended the grand stair to the magnificent ballroom.
Bejeweled belles of New Toulouse in attendance during the first session included owner of the Giverny sim and Snook’s Bayou Gardens in Algiers Soliel Snook and Algiers resident Amber Palowakski. Le Nez also observed Rudolfo Woodget, Alexx McLaglen, Francesca Alva, Anna Darwinian, Bookworn Hienrichs, Jackal Ennui, Roberto Viking, Denny Kozlov, Clotilde Hallison, and so many more partaking in the soft, ceremonious movements of the minuet.
But gentility waned as guests discovered the presence of an uninvited guest when Ms. McLaglen deduced that the Italian of seemingly confused noob Salvo96 Titian was actually worse than hers—as if the world needed another phony Italian playboy anyway. (Le Nez is naturally suspicious of any avatar with numerical digits in his or her name.) With patience thin after Mr. Titian’s absurd disruption, the prim minister froze him, and Lady Palowakski suggested that guests “pile crap on him.”
Unfortunately poor Salvo96 was not to be the only gala-crasher. Mayhem erupted on the dance floor as zombies bit and mauled the unarmed crowd. The minuet disintegrated into panic as horrified fabulistas lunged for the edges of the dance floor. And in a positively vulgar thumb at decorum, the zombies were not even in formal attire.
With security heightened for the evening session, well-heeled guests escaped the horrors of party crashers—dead or alive.
Seen tripping the light fantastic well into the evening were New Toulouse residents RMarie Beedit, Pazzo Pestana, Kafkagome Bekkers, and Jake Wikifoo. Also in the crowd were longtime SL resident Bunny Page, Radio Riel presenter Matthew Masingh, Nemurimasu Neiro, Numbus Broome, Deirdra Maven, Wendyslippers Charisma, and Peter Sakai, to name a few.
What a sensational day and night at the Toussaint l’Ouverture Library Ballroom! Mardi Gras festivities in New Toulouse are not soon to be forgotten, and the same goes for the New Toulouse Formal Mardi Gras Ball.
Everything’s Jake on Wikifoo’s Rezday
by RMarie Beedit
We are able to open our eyes just a crack while dictating this article; pounding the keys of that manual typewriter is like ten thousand elephants dancing on the forehead. Today, things beyond the eyelids look—as Jake Wikifoo would say—as gray as my liver. Yesterday (February 6, 2010) was Mister Jake’s rezday party, and he pulled out all the stops.
Dancing and revelry took place on the back terrace of his New Toulouse Algiers home, Galerie Wikifoo. An illustrious list of New Toulouse and out-of-town guests whooped an’ hollered in true Wikifoo fashion. With upwards of forty guests helping Mr. Wikifoo kick off the second year of his Second Life throughout the afternoon, there was no significant lag, and the music played on for a full two hours. As rezday favors, prizes were given to guests with the best Mardi Gras masks. Among the winners were New Toulouse Algiers “Queen” Nikita Weymann; Pazzo Pestana, who received the Oprah award for his Dr. Phil mask; and Amber “hey, that’s not a mask at all” Palowakski for … sexy legs!
The music at this party was provided by “Vampire DJ” Shaw Axel. Interesting covers of ’80s classics topped the bill. Sadly, Shaw’s retinue of chatty “whooooooo-ers” were not conducive to the music listening experience for everyone. But this isn’t a DJ review, and all was forgiven as the debauch worked its way into our veins. One unnamed source said, as Jake danced between her and her partner, “A party hasn’t degenerated until there is a Duchess sandwich.”
As an important aside, a few weeks ago while doing the mystery hunt by automobile, Jake was seen driving his 1914 Blitzen Benz directly into the canal behind the cemetery. Some may call it a terrible accident to lose such a beautiful machine in the briny depths. Jake emerged from the water smoking a cigar, later exclaiming, “I seem to have just lost the ground from under me!”
Happy rezday, Jake! We love you!
Originally published on February 19, 2010.
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