I love New York
It's exciting to experience a bit of the Big Apple right here in SL. I had popped over to the Empire State Building for a gander and was thrilled to discover that the city streets were wet! A bit of a rainstorm was brewing and the city felt dank. I could smell the wet pavement. Sent a quick note to Chase, crowing about the unexpected sprinkle, then ducked into the ESB lobby, hoping to save my divine curls from the rain.
The ESB is quite magnificent. A sumptuous lobby... a virtually instantaneous elevator trip to the top floor yields dizzying skyscraper height view of Manhattan and beyond. The photography studio penthouse suite was an unexpectedly risque photographic extravaganza. Artists studios and luxurious apartments are contained on other floors of the ESB.
A quick peek at the Cortland subway stop revealed a somewhat neater-than-expected platform, lacking only a wino or some musicians. I waited for the train a bit, but it must have been off-schedule, so I popped back up to the ground level.
A plethora of art, often dark and moody, permeates all of Manhattan, as though the inhabitants of The Village and Soho have escaped their regular boundaries and oozed throughout. I was admiring a gallery when Chase came by and gave me a personal tour.
We pulled up barstools at a seedy, yet endearing neighborhood bar (the Bellevue) and chatted for a bit about city life, life in general, in SL and beyond. Chases's friend Maxx arrived and occupied his personal barstool for the duration. The bar stands next to some currently available loft-style apartments, with airy, brick-lined apartments, city and water views.
We meandered over to Club Limelight, a nightclub, complete with roving, color-changing spotlights, contained in a gorgeous, stained-glass embellished church. Clearly this is the place to see and be seen.
I loved my taste of city life SL style and will be back to sample the wares of some very talented SL designers. Evil though she may (or may not) be, Chase has certainly assembled a glorious, art-filled city in Hawthorne.
The ESB is quite magnificent. A sumptuous lobby... a virtually instantaneous elevator trip to the top floor yields dizzying skyscraper height view of Manhattan and beyond. The photography studio penthouse suite was an unexpectedly risque photographic extravaganza. Artists studios and luxurious apartments are contained on other floors of the ESB.
A quick peek at the Cortland subway stop revealed a somewhat neater-than-expected platform, lacking only a wino or some musicians. I waited for the train a bit, but it must have been off-schedule, so I popped back up to the ground level.
A plethora of art, often dark and moody, permeates all of Manhattan, as though the inhabitants of The Village and Soho have escaped their regular boundaries and oozed throughout. I was admiring a gallery when Chase came by and gave me a personal tour.
We pulled up barstools at a seedy, yet endearing neighborhood bar (the Bellevue) and chatted for a bit about city life, life in general, in SL and beyond. Chases's friend Maxx arrived and occupied his personal barstool for the duration. The bar stands next to some currently available loft-style apartments, with airy, brick-lined apartments, city and water views.
We meandered over to Club Limelight, a nightclub, complete with roving, color-changing spotlights, contained in a gorgeous, stained-glass embellished church. Clearly this is the place to see and be seen.
I loved my taste of city life SL style and will be back to sample the wares of some very talented SL designers. Evil though she may (or may not) be, Chase has certainly assembled a glorious, art-filled city in Hawthorne.
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