100 Word Stories @ 8AM Saturday

Hey, it's Saturday, and you know what that means... I've keep my promise to write a 100 word story a day until the day I die, and I'm not dead yet, so I'll be reading the stories in the VIRTUAL HOTEL CHELSEA LOBBY over Voice today at 8AM SLT:

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Lanestris/99/194/105

Does doing this two weeks in a row make this a regular thing yet? Because doing a regular kinda thing early on the weekends so the European folks and people-who-have-lives-during-the-week crowd can suffer just like the people at my Wednesday sessions do.

Also, I'd like to see if this weekend session evolves into a kind of workshop for the weekly challenges on my podcast, folks will be able to read their own 100 word long pieces if they'd like to share.

Oh. Right. The podcast. If you can't make it, you can suffer through the archives of stories at: http://podcasting.isfullofcrap.com/

Anyway, I'll be over in the lobby around 8AM today, and we'll see how this thing goes, okay? Thanks, -ls/cm

LIT NIGHT RETURNS TO HOTEL CHELSEA

Friday Nights 6 p.m. SLT

Literary Nights are returning to the remarkable

virtual replica of the RL Hotel Chelsea in NYC;

rebuilt to near-perfect scale by owner Mykal Skall.

Writers of all walks: poetry, fiction, blog, essay and article alike,
along with artists in every genre, feel the pull of the place,

and from the legendary artists who have lived at the RL Chelsea—
and find inspiration wandering the virtual halls seeing the artwork
and names of famous residents and the rooms they lived in,
along with dancing and listening to music at El Quijote lounge,
impromptu visits with SL neighbors in the lobby or on the sidewalk
under the Chelsea awning, as well as running into ghosts of legends ‘passed’
is all inspiration to write, and gives good reason to come join in on Friday nights
beginning again on May 18th, just a couple of weeks past the SL Chelsea’s 3rd anniversary.

Bring work you want to share, write while you listen, or just hang out and listen. All welcome!

Come join in:

Starting at 6pm

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lanestris/99/193/105

Hi there, everyone. I'm Crap Mariner, one of the folks doing stories and literary stuff here at Hotel Chelsea, working for Julie J on getting that side of the community going here.

Nice to meet you.

Hey, wanna talk about crazy things... well, I swore an oath to write a 100 word story every day until the day I die.

I'm not dead yet, so I'll be reading the stories in the VIRTUAL HOTEL CHELSEA LOBBY over Voice today at 8AM SLT:

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Lanestris/99/194/105

Hoping to make this a regular kinda thing early on the weekends so the European folks and people-who-have-lives-during-the-week crowd can suffer just like the people at my Wednesday sessions do.

Also, I'd like to see if this weekend session evolves into a kind of workshop for the weekly challenges on my podcast, folks will be able to read their own 100 word long pieces if they'd like to share.

Oh. Right. The podcast. If you can't make it, you can suffer through the archives of stories at: http://podcasting.isfullofcrap.com/

Anyway, I'll be over in the lobby around 8AM today, and we'll see how this thing goes, okay? Thanks, -ls/cm

Virtual Hotel Chelsea is Magic!

When I first found the Hotel Chelsea in March, little did I know that one week later I would learn that it would be closing. I had fallen in love with the hotel itself, this mythological, legendary place, and felt I had found the real NYC in Second Life finally! I had been looking since having arrived in SL back in November 2011.
I was very happy to learn that Hotel Chelsea received a reprieve, and have gotten to know many of the residents including the wonderful enola vaher, Hotel Chelsea's manager.
Now, as a resident and a friend of Hotel Chelsea and enola and Mykal, I am looking forward to posting on the blog and being a part of this amazing community!

New poster to our blog!

I would like to introduce Luna Branwen to you. She will be posting things to the blog now and again. WELCOME LUNA!

Please feel free to contact her in world!

3rd Anniversary party a BLAST!

So we planned this intimate little get together of our Bohemian friends, and we filled the sim all night long! 135 people showed up in all during the course of our party. We began at 4pm with readings from Rosedrop Rust, Crap Mariner and Jullianna Julliesse. 100 words stories and poetry dedicated to the Hotel.

This was followed by Live Music beginning with our own Mykal Skall. Then Matthew Perreault, David Csiszer and Dann Numbers took the stage.

All in all it was an amazing 3rd anniversary. There are so many people to thank I wont even begin to list them, Im sure to leave someone out! But I do want to thank all of the Bohemians for their amazing support, for coming out to help us celebrate and for all donations.

For more photos of the event check out our blog at: http://www.facebook.com/groups/193485884011401/