Wading For A Friend.

I am a sucker for T-Shirts that look soft and well-worn, and this ribbed cotton T-shirt hangs beautifully with soft, realistic folds. It is the Mesh Austin Tee in STEEL BLUE from Cold Ash and it is a fine representation of the quality that goes into the clothing that they make. It comes in a total of 5 sizes and two of those are fitmesh, so it fit my body very well with no fiddling at all. Just pure, easy summer wear. Stop by Cold Ash and pick up this FREE Group Gift, It is extremely well done. Out on the beach I decided to wear the Men's Denim Shorts in Plaid from a store named Trashed. They have an soft, relaxed style that I think compliments the T-Shirt greatly. More than that, the texturing is excellent and it would look great with a lot of other summer clothing. The Trashed Men’s denim shorts in plaid are not free, they are part of the “Just For Him” sales event and will set you back 85L but are well worth it. Also in the beach picture is the cap, which was just one of those lucky finds you sometimes run across accidentally. It is a 1L hunt prize from a hunt which is sadly already over. Luckily, the owner of Ashmoot forgot to pick up the hunt prize! It’s only 1L and the cap matches the T-shirt wonderfully. Sadly I can’t recall the name of the hunt, but you are looking for a hunt object shaped like a mask called “P-H Hunt # 8″. Look for it where you find the daily prize boards. Kristabel Ashmoot promises me she will leave it out until the end of the month so we all have a chance to grab it (a VERY sweet thing to do for us). Lastly, in the second pic is a very grungy pair of jeans, yet another appearance for a FREE Group Gift from Lavarock on my blog. I don't know what it is about their style but it really clicks with me and their group gifts are always of a high quality. For those reasons Lavarock has been the one store I have posted here more any other, I love that place. They are the Destroy Male Jeans and come in 2 styles, with five sizes of each included in the gift. They have a super cool grunge look and fit perfectly with the soft worn feel of the Cold Ash T-Shirt. The only problem is they have been out for quite a while, and at the moment I am unable to say how much longer they will remain available. If you like them in the picture, go get them immediately. I suspect they may not be available much longer. Have fun everyone, see you on the grid.


WHC is wearing...

Vintage Blue T-Shirt - Cold Ash Mesh Austin Tee in Steel Blue (FREE Group Gift/FREE Group)

Plaid Denim Shorts - Trashed Mens Denim Shorts in Plaid (85L/On sale-Just For Him event)

Grungy Jeans - Lavarock Destroy Male Jeans (FREE Group Gift/FREE Group)

Ball Cap - Ashmoot> Acc Coll_Unisex Cap #01 (1L/Hunt Prize) Note- The hunt is over but the prize should be out til the end of the month!

Hair Under Cap - From inventory, heavily modded for picture.
Eyes - Poetic Colors Spotted Eyes - Tropic (FREE Gift)
Skin - Belleza Mathieu
Hair - Dura *Dura-Boy*59(Black)

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Oh Carami!

In my first life, I am a T-shirt and jeans kind of guy. There are a lot of us out there and this FREE Thank You Gift from Carami is perfect for us. It is the Trenton Tee and it comes in a set of five solid dark colors, changeable via hud. This is far more than just a basic mesh T-shirt, this FREE Gift is much more generous than that. The Trenton Tee comes in four variations; tucked, untucked, normal bottom untucked, and narrow bottom untucked. With choices like that and in five sizes, getting a great fit should not be hard at all. It comes with a sixth bonus texture that isn't on the hud. That bonus texture is the one I am wearing above, a very casual retro looking print T-shirt. Just take care to make a backup copy of the print tee, because once you change it using the hud, it is replaced with the color you chose. In short, FREE Gift from Carami is giving you a great basic dark T-shirt in five colors and sizes and in 4 variations plus a bonus printed T-shirt design! You can't beat this kind of a thank you gift, thank you very much FREE Gift from Carami!

The skin I am wearing is from Seven Deadly Skins. It is the free group gift for May and looks fantastic, I like it so much you will probably be seeing me in it often in the coming weeks. Seven Deadly Skins is a pay group, but the quality of their skins is excellent and the gifts and specials make it well worth joining. As of this moment the group is currently on sale for 50L and is a great pick up for both male and female avies.

One last thing in this entry to talk about, I am wearing a fantastic set of eyes from Poetic Colors. The Spotted Eyes in Tropic are a FREE Gift and are very well done. They are multi-colored and really should be seen to appreciate how great they look. On my avy in varying windlight settings, they appear somewhere between a lavender and light gray, but have some aqua and blue in them, you really should take a look yourself, they are pretty special. While at Poetic Colors also join the subscribo and you will receive another FREE Gift, the Pearl Eyes in Clear Pond. It is definitely worth the trip if you have not gone yet. Until next time everyone, have fun and see you on the grid. -----WHC Riler



WHC is wearing...



T-shirt - Carami Thank You Gift  (FREE Gift/ 0L)

Skin - Seven Deadly Skins (7DS) MAY Group Gift (Free Gift/Pay Group) As of right now, the Seven Deadly Skins Group is on sale for 50L so now is a great time to join!

Eyes - Poetic Colors Spotted Eyes - Tropic (FREE Gift)
Note- Also hit the Subscribo for another FREE Gift, the Pearl Eyes in Clear Pond!


Jeans - Carami Ruffalo Jeans 
Hair - Argrace Akira in Ash Black

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As The April Showers Give Way To Flower Power! (Repost)

(Originally posted to Fab Free this morning)

I was a huge fan of Woodstock (I’m pretty sure he was on my first lunch box when I started kindergarten). My memories come flooding back when I think of those times. Of course, I was too young to enjoy the summer of love back then. Sure, I may have gone running off in a field, letting my diaper fall to the warm earth, and enjoying the feeling of a summer breeze embracing me, but I am also pretty sure I would have gotten spanked for it, too. Spanked very hard, the sixties didn't reach my family home until around 1976. The good news is that for those of us who missed out on the groovy clothes and free love back then, Madcat Creations has designed an excellent prize for The Vintage Hunt. The Male Hippie Outfit is so brilliantly colored it actually looks like it is tie-dyed, as opposed to some similar items with multicolored fractal images on them. This outfit brought me instant faux flashbacks of dancing in the mud, grooving to the sounds of the Grateful Dead. Keep in mind one of the most popular club events in SL are Sixties-themed nights. This prize will come in very handy. The Vintage Hunt is not a free hunt, but the prizes are only 1L and if you look around Madcat Creations you might find the matching women's version as well (they are boxed separately). My bracelet is a free group gift from one of the best Jewelry stores on SL: Earthstones. The Peace Friendship Bracelet goes great with this outfit, but be mindful that the group costs 250L to join. My campsite is a great hunt prize from Finishing Touches. Available for FREE on The Camping Trip Hunt , it comes with the table, chairs and a nice campfire with a pot of coffee warming. Truly a lovely hunt gift.

From a full-fledged freak out of colors, we step away from the pallet to admire something entirely different. This white leather jacket with the integrated grey T-shirt from Wanted knocked me out when I saw it. Luckily for all of us, it has just been put on their Midnight Mania board! I was originally planning to pair it with a nice pair of black jeans, or maybe with a frosted texture, which I am sure would look fantastic. However, Apple May Designs had something even better to go with it for 1L in their Recolors Of Spring Hunt. These white pants look great with the jacket, and since they are unbuttoned at the very top, adding a belt to fill the space between the jacket and the pants as shown is a great idea. The Recolors Of Spring Hunt is scheduled to end today so hurry to pick up these pants. Seriously, RUN! As I was preparing this post, I realized this same men's jacket in XS might please a female avatar who has an androgynous appearance, or is going for a tomboy look. Since it's an MM board, we guys could sure use your help locking it anyway.

So, as April showers give way to the full bloom of flower power, and your travels on the grid take you to new, exotic locations, please take a moment to reflect on what a lovely, wonderful world we live in. Peace and love.-----WHC Riler

WHC is wearing...


Hoodie & Jeans - Madcat Creations Male Hippy Outfit (Vintage Hunt Prize/1L)
Bracelet - Earthstones Peace Friendship Bracelet (Group Gift/250L Group)
Camping Set - Finishing Touches Morning Coffee Camping Set (The Camping Trip Hunt Prize/FREE)

Necklace - [ Y ] Style Tribal Turquoise Necklace Black Currently Unavailable Although 2 and 3 Strand Versions Are Available On Marketplace
Facial Hair - FE Style Facial Hair - 6ED
Hair - Birth Peace Hair (Raven)

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White Leather Jacket - Wanted Mariano Jacket (Midnight Mania Prize/Free Group)
Pants - Apple May Designs Shades Of Khaki- White (Recolors Of Spring Hunt Prize/1L) Hurry, the hunt ends today!

Necklace - Etham Copper Cross (long) Currently Unavailable
Tattoo - Aitui Love Is Blind
Belt - Wanted
Skin - Belleza Mathieu
Hair - Dura *Dura-Boy*59(Black)

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It's Official, Spring Is Here!

Now, before you look at me like I am insane, I have to tell you I am fully aware that Spring is technically not here yet. To paraphrase a song, however, "It's springtime somewhere!" That somewhere is in parts of Florida and Arizona where Major League Baseball's spring training will open in just a week! For me, that is a very welcome sign that winter is in retreat. Riot and I got together yesterday to play a little ball at the local park in celebration of Winter’s end. We are both wearing the same shirt, a fantastic FREE group gift from LAPOINTE & BASTCHILD. The L&B Swear "Classic" T-Shirt comes with a texture change hud giving both of these textures, plus eight more. Each design has a very cool, vaguely retro, realistic, and comfortable look. It’s just the kind of thing I would wear in my first life. Included in the package are an impressive eight sizes with two variations of each (tucked and untucked). This is definitely a freebie to pick up! So, no offense to all you groundhog fans out there with your rodent oracle predicting how long Winter will linger, but there is only one critter intelligent enough to tell you what season it actually is. He says it's "DUCK SEASON!" That's all folks, now go get some sun (and this group gift)!-----WHC Riler

WHC Riler & Riot Bayn are wearing - Lapointe & Bastchild - the L&B Swear "Classic" T-Shirt featuring 10 designs available via a texture change hud (FREE GIFT/ FREE GROUP)

NOTE - There is a female version of this gift out right next to it and it is equally impressive! (FREE GIFT/ FREE GROUP)

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'Cause Every Little Thing's Gonna Be Alright.

It's already mid-August and I have not made it to the beach this year but Riot and Celise were kind enough to send me a few photos from their last trip as a consolation. The Dog Days Of Summer Hunt gift from HC PREMIUM CREATIONS is something that deserves some special attention. The HCC SeaStar~Be My Summer Love item is a low land impact mesh starfish with 4 texture options. It has an extensive menu of cuddles (both standing and sitting), along with some singles poses as well. Amazingly, it has 190 animations total in it, which is extremely generous, a fabulous bargain for a 1L hunt prize! The MESH shirt Riot is wearing is a prize from my favorite hunt of the month: The Blues hunt from Depraved Nation. The Blues - Tshirt hunt prize from DUCKNIPPLE can be worn in blue, black, red, green or beige using the texture change hud . The texturing is amazing and it comes in regular and wide waist so you can wear it over mesh pants if you wish. It has the look of a favorite soft cotton tee, one that perhaps has been on many adventures with you over the years. I love shirts like this, they just look wonderfully comfortable. The Blues hunt is not a free hunt. It is 5L, but this shirt is really worth picking up. Celise wanted me to point out the MESH bikini she is wearing as well. It is the Barbara Bikini from JAZZITUDE and comes with a texture change hud. In the pictures, she is wearing two different versions, the striped and the flowered. The hud also includes a plain and a polka dot version. This is a thank you gift for members of the Telecom Hub group (FREE GROUP GIFT), and if that's not enough, next to that gift in the store is JAZZITUDE'S own FREE GROUP GIFT, which is the same Barbara Bikini in another four pink textures. In total, it is a great, realistic rigged Mesh bikini in eight textures for FREE. I still missed the beach trip but at least I have these pictures pinned up on my cork board to remind me of my blissful summer beach trips from past years. Now where are my darts?-----WHC Riler

The HCC SeaStar~Be My Summer Love cuddle starfish is available at HC PREMIUM CREATIONS (1L). The Dog Days Of Summer Hunt ends August 31st

Riot Bayn is wearing - The Blues - Tshirt hunt prize from DUCKNIPPLE (5L). The Blues hunt ends August 31st

Celise is wearing - the Barbara Bikini from JAZZITUDE, a FREE GROUP GIFT in black. (Telecom Hub Group/Free Group)  The Barbara Bikini in pink is also JAZZITUDE'S FREE GROUP GIFT. (Free Group)

Summer Blockbuster!

Many people don't know this about me, but I wrote a movie. It was actually a great idea: I wrote some car crash scenes and gunfights, mixed in some gratuitous sex and it was ready. What made my screenplay brilliant was I left 40 minutes open for a plot to be added later! That way, when they are about to shoot the movie, the producers and directors can look in the newspaper, plug in the most current events, and BAM!!! Instant movie. My friend, RenzoLuna, is going to star in it though because I want to preserve the integrity of my creative process (and because I hate going on diets). The current FREE GROUP GIFT from LAVAROCK is the perfect action movie wear. It's by the same people who gave out a free leather jacket group gift so good that it inspired me to begin blogging. The Militia Vest & Shirt comes in two mesh pieces: the Tshirt and the vest. This gives you the freedom to mix the items with clothing you already have in inventory, creating extra versatility. The textures are extremely detailed and give it a really rough, masculine look and the quality, as usual with a LAVAROCK gift, is excellent! This one is for the tough guys to go get, but please avoid trampling the not-so-tough guys in the process, we bruise easily.-----WHC Riler

RenzoLuna is wearing - Lavarock - The Militia Vest & Shirt (FREE GIFT/ FREE GROUP)