Repeal Day Building Contest

We Celebrate the Freedom to Celebrate. On 5 December 1933, the United States repealed the Eighteenth Amendment and gave Americans the constitutional ability to consume alcohol. We thought it was a grand excuse for a pub to host a building contest.

The winner of the contest will gain bragging rights, their drink will be served in the pub, and there could be a piece of the action in it for you, if you catch my drift.

Judging will start 5 December 2009 at 5:00 SLT, and the drinks need to be given to Annechen Lowey before 5:00 pm SLT on 4 December 2009.

There are some rules:

1) The serving mechanism (keg, pitcher, tap, chicken, what-have-you) should be less than 10 prims. Single digits, no more than nine.

2) The name of the drink and serving mechanism, the look of the drink and serving mechanism, and the chat of drink and serving mechanism need to comply with TOS.

3) Just in case you do not read the TOS: Do not use obscene or offensive language in the description, chat or name of the drink and serving mechanism. Be clever, not tacky.

4) A Transfer-only copy of the build should be sent to Annechen Lowey at least 24 hours before judging begins on 5 December. The winner will be asked to provide a copy/mod version for the bar installation.

Cavorite Cup 2009 in pictures

A fundraiser for the Cavorite Mines in Caledon, noon saw the first heat of the 2009 Cavorite Cup. Entrants donated L$500 to the mines, and courted mayhem in the skies above Middlesea. My vision not being the best, Baron Wulfenbach handed me a stack of snapshots and bid me post them.

If you look carefully, there is a speeder at the end of this trail of fire.



The fuel tanks were a common site of explosions.



Here is a rather spectacular conflagration.



Part of the observers would track their favorite racers by their fireballs.



Fraulein Searra Weatherwax and her speeder before the races.



A shot of the third race in the first heat.

Congradulations to Rachire Andel for winning the First Heat of the Cavorite Cup 2009. He will be racing again in the Finals tomorrow. Second Heat starts tonight at 7pm SLT. It's not too late to register for the second race!

Spectators are welcome and encouraged. We'll even provide comfy wingback seating with a stadium-style view! All we ask is that you limit use of scripted attachments also, and arrive at either one of these two arrival points:

StadiumShip One: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Wellsian/32/69/420

StadiumShip Two: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Speirling/132/128/420

Once there, you'll see instructions in front of you on where to go. Simply Cam around to the other end of the ship and touch the seat you want. Do not try to fly or walk to your seat. You will fall through and land on the track. By sitting on the StadiumShip you will remain rooted outside the race sim, yet appear to be right above the track. You will also be completely phantom to the speeders and explosions, and thus out of danger.

Turn on your parcel music (Play button down at the bottom of your screen next to the music note, for the new residents that may be joining us), and you will hear the live broadcast from Magdalena Kamenev in the Iron Cloud's Air Traffic Control tower as she simulcasts the play-by-play!

A new project

In rebuilding the pub in Port Absinthe, I noticed the pub directory (Pubs and bars in The Realm of the Roses as collected by Mr R. Smashcan, with addtions by Frau A. S. Lowey) was sorely out of date.

I have taken it down for the time being, but hope to rebuild the note-card giver with a new directory. I have travelled a bit, but not as extensively as some. Si I would ask for advice from others.

Below is a list of the drinking establishments that have come to my attention. If your favorite is not listed here, please let me know. If you know who is the Unknown proprietor of any of the bars, please let me know as well, so I may give them a directory.

In Caledon:
Loch Avie Public House Duchy of Loch Avie , Caledon Loch Avie (213, 118, 23) - prop. Her Grace Loch Avie

the Falling Anvil, Licensed Publ, Caledon Tamrannoch (228, 108, 22) - prop. Aldo Stern

The Green Fairy Tavern, Caledon SteamSkyCity (116, 74, 76) - prop. Fogwoman Gray

Prop Spinners Pub, Caledon Steam SkyCity (66, 200, 75) - prop. Thadicus Caligari (RCAF)

Salty Mermaid Tavern, Salty Mermaid Tavern, Caledon Penzance (36, 231, 23) - prop. Dr. Oolon Sputnik

Tun Tavern Caledon Kittiwickshire Dowd Estate, Cdn Kittiwickshire (72, 184, 24) - prop. Oldsarge Dowd

Tiny Town Tavern Caledon Library -- Tinyville., Caledon Tanglewood (24, 205, 22) - prop. unknown

Eyre Carriage House--Cheval Veri, Caledon Eyre (51, 184, 23) - prop. Virrginia Tombola

THE BASHFUL PEACOCK, Caledon Wellsian (218, 201, 23) - prop. Rudolfo Woodget

The Pirate King, Maertens Estate, Caledon Penzance (195, 221, 23) - prop. Gloriana Maertens

The Norseman, Caledon Cape Wrath (122, 150, 22) - prop. Roy Smashcan

The Blue Mermaid, Caledon On Sea (215, 144, 29) - prop. Hypatia Callisto

the Pub Dodo Redux~in beautiful , Caledon Oxbridge Village (183, 180, 22) - prop. Martini Discovolante

The Good Craic Pub, Kinvara Vill, Magellan Kinvara (111, 85, 30) - prop. Elspeth Woolley

Winterfell:

Green Fairy Absinthe Club, Port Absinthe - Dark Victorian S, Winterfell Absinthe (27, 128, 22) - prop. Serra Anansi

der Hut des Jaeger, Winterfell Absinthe (72, 143, 22) - prop. Annechen Lowey

Steelhead:

Club Gearz, Steelhead Boomtown (60, 205, 27) - prop. Fuzzball Ortega

Dragon's Leap Saloon, Dragon Falls, Steelhead Boomtown (143, 64, 35) - prop. Elegia Underwood

New Babbage:

Ruby's Pub and Gallery at The Ho, Babbage Canals (177, 52, 105) - prop. Skusting Dagger

I.K. Brunel Hall & Hotel, Academy of Industry (82, 99, 107) - prop. Victor1st Mornington

Red's Revenge Pub of New Babbage, Wheatstone Waterways (220, 117, 110) - prop. Redgrrl Llewellyn

The Gangplank (Seraph Holdings of New Babbage, Clockhaven (81, 192, 105) - prop. Finley Twine

New Tolouse:

Le Vieux Canal Jazz Club, New Toulouse Algiers (137, 53, 29) - prop. Amber Palowakski

CDS:

Die Betrunkene Eule - a local, Alpine Meadow (178, 201, 54) - prop. Jamie Palisades

Neufreistaedter Biergarten, Neufreistadt (200, 205, 178) - prop. Unknown

Antiquity:

The Winter Fox Tavern, Antiquity Finlanda (101, 183, 25) - prop. unknown

Across the seas:

The Library Pub, Galilee (57, 205, 32) - Prop. Unknown