Tuesday, February 25, 2014

MARDI GRAS/CARNAVAL UPDATE 1

Riddle and I have been working on the PARADE for Sunday at 11 am. The Parade will feature anyone who wants to be in it IN COSTUME. We have figured out how to make Parade Floats so you can ride a float and dance or just walk in the Parade.

Here is a picture of the audience area with seats.


to get there, when you land at the gate instead of entering the Club, just turn right. Here is the slurl. There are seats and the announcer's stand for Scorpio who will do the honors for us.

HOW THE PARADE WORKS

I have been making floats and can make one for you OR you can make one with a little help from me. Let me describe how it works. 

    1. The floats are made ahead of time and stored in a rezzer. Here is a picture looking down with the rezzer on the left.



    2. Once rezzed the floats exit the rezzing area one at a time. I set the order of the Parade. The floats are set at 40 seconds apart.

    3. Each float enters the loading area and stops for 10 seconds. The loading area is the wooden box on the center right of the overhead picture. Here is another photo of the first float in the loading area.


    The floats have either pose balls or pads for one to four people. While the float is in the loading area, people can hop on by touching or sitting. Once on the float, you can stand and use your HUD to move or dance using the built in dance.

    4. The float then moves past the audience and Scorpio plays appropriate music and makes comments. The people on the float show their costumes and have fun.

    5. Once past the reviewing stand the float de-rezzes and the people who were on the float can watch the parade.

    Of course, if you prefer to walk in the Parade, you can.

    MAKING A FLOAT

    The floats have to be owned by me or the rezzer won't work. If you want a float, I can make one for you. I will ask you the color you want, what kind of dance you want and how many people will be on the float. Once I make it, you can test it out and we can modify it.

    You can also make your own float. I have put three white float bases for you to build on. 


    Choose one and build what you want. The float front is marked with a lucky 7, so the audience will see you from the left side of the float as it moves past the reviewing stand. Once you are done, link it all and give it to me. That means it must be full perm. If you need help I can assist. Keep in mind that pose balls or dance pads can be linked, but syncing of two or more avatars has to be done with a HUD. 

    I will be around a lot in the next few days to help.

    THE PARADE

    I have never seen a Parade in SL and I am sure we will have some glitches, but everyone who has seen what we are doing thinks it's a lot of fun. I am hoping to get at least 20 floats so I will be calling on you to participate. 

    I asked Scorpio to announce and he may have his hands full describing the floats and playing appropriate music. If you have music preferences, let me know and I will pass them on to him.

    If this Parade is fun, we can do it again for other events. Of course, nothing will ever match our first CARNAVAL MARDI GRAS Parade

    xxx
    Nottoo




    Sunday, February 23, 2014

    THIS WEEK AT NOTTOOHOT 140224

    Let's start with a few photos from this past week-end ...






    This week has a lot of events and on Sunday the Mardi Gras/Carnaval Special Event begins. Here is what the schedule looks like right now ...

    MONDAY 140224
    6am WORKOUT (MO)
    11am Riddleball (MO) 
    12Noon DJ Ridd (MO) - Blues
    2pm DJ Pierre40 Constatine - Bleus a la Française (OP) - Pierre returns to the Club after a long absence

    TUESDAY 140225 - Hottie DJ Day
    6am WORKOUT (MO)
    11am DJ Sandy Stillwater (OP) - Blues
    1pm DJ Panther Amorosi (OP) - Blues

    WEDNESDAY 140226
    6am WORKOUT (MO)
    11am Mizanah and MrP (OP) - Great singing
    12Noon DJ Unbroken "G" Teardrop (OP) - G does blues
    2pm "Landscapes by Isle Biedermann" Opening (OP)

    THURSDAY 140227
    6am WORKOUT (MO)
    11am Princess Di and staff dance (OP) - The princess returns to the dance stage
    12Noon DJ Ridd (MO) - blues from my baby
    6pm DJ Cheryl Nitely - Blues Mix (OP)

    FRIDAY 140228
    6am WORKOUT (MO)
    12Noon DJ Derrick Stewart (OP) - Old School, blues, R&B and, of course, the Divas
    2pm DJ Scorpio with Tasia01 Live - her NotTooHot Debut (OP) - Scorpio and Tasia can sing ... not to be missed
    6pm Gweeb Live (OP) - Blues and Laughter
    7pm DJ Iliandra Allen (OP) - Blues on the Bar

    SATURDAY 140301
    7pm Laz Dresler, DJ (OP) - Blues and Latin plus tinies on the waffle iron

    SUNDAY 140302 - MARDI GRAS/CARNAVAL  (OP)
    6am Joaquin Gustav Live - Carnaval music
    7am Mardi Gras/Carnaval Dances - 1 Psyche Lunasea (Bellini - Samba De Janeiro), 2 Nottoo Wise & Riddlebox Ribble - Samba, 3. KLARK Harvy
    11 am PARADE IN COSTUME - Announcer and Jazz - Mr Scorpio Aeon
    12 Noon Mardi Gras/Carnaval Dances - 1 Summer Nachtigal - Zydeco, 2 Arabella Luminos, mBeatrix, Eleanor and Porter (Alligator) - Zydeco, 3 Chopsy Bode, 4 Mrs Seville Stirling
    1pm Mardi Gras/Carnaval Dances - 1 Lilangels, 2 Deb Heron, 3 Elize Melli & Damelessage Igaly, 4 SkyDiverPeni Fall
    2pm MASKED BALL
    4pm Tone Uriza Live - Big Daddy Blues
    7pm Mardi Gras/Carnaval Dances - 1 Tiffani Celestalis, 2 Cheryl Nitely - Iko Iko, 

    xxx
    Nottoo

    EXHIBITION: Landscapes by Isle Biedermann

    NotTooHot member Isle Biedermann takes photos in SL. You can see a lot of them on his Flickr account. He has exhibited at a number of venues in SL, so that gave me the idea to invite him to show some of his work at the club. I'm happy to say, he agreed and today installed an exhibit on the outside back wall. 

    Here is a picture of Isle during the installation ...


    The exhibition is called "Landscapes by Isle Biedermann."

    Although you can see the exhibit at any time, we will have the official opening on Wednesday, February 26 at 2 pm.

    The exhibition runs through the end of March. All items in the show are available for purchase from Isle.

    If you want to exhibit some work of yours at the Club, let me know.
    .
    xxx
    Nottoo

    Saturday, February 22, 2014

    SPECIAL EVENT: Mardi Gras/Carnaval 2014

    Almost everyone knows Mardi Gras or Carnaval (Carnival) as a special party time. This year at NotTooHot we will celebrate the event on Sunday, March 2 through Tuesday, March 4. 

    MUSIC

    The music of Mardi Gras is blues, jazz and zydeco and the music of Carnaval is samba, so, the entire time of the celebration that's what we will have. If you want to DJ during this time, let me know. If you want to perform live, let me know. Many of you don't know that Riddle loves the accordion because his Mom played it in RL. I am hoping he will DJ lots of zydeco on Monday, March 3 during his regular DJ time and regale us with his SL accordion. Here is an old photo of Riddle playing ...



    Hey, that's cool!

    COSTUMES

    Years ago Riddle and I made clothing. One of the things Riddle had fun making was masks. Of course, masks are a part of the celebration. You can find masks in SL Marketplace, but for members, you can also get one that Riddle made. Here I am in front of the mask kiosk




    Stop by and decide which one you want, click on it and pay 0 L. 

    Costumes are really fun. I am going to wear a lot of different ones, but my favorite is one Riddle made for me years ago. If you don't know about costumes, check SL Marketplace or look at Google images for Carnaval costumes. Creativity is important so let yourself go ... hahaha.

    DANCING

    We have a lot of dancers in the Club and I am inviting all of them to do a one song performance to blues, zydeco, jazz or samba during the celebration. You can dance alone, as a group, as a couple ,... anyway you want. The time you perform is up to you, just let me know when you want to do it. You can use one of the Club's stages or provide your own.

    Years ago one of the first videos Riddle made of me was dancing freestyle to a samba song in the outfit Riddle made for me, which is still my favorite. 



    I will be asking, so say yes or come up with a good excuse ... hahahaha. So far Summer is dancing zydeco and I am doing a samba number.

    PARADE

    Put on your costumes and join in the Parade on Sunday, March 2 at 11 am. We will walk around the large grassy area outside the club. I will ask one of our vocal DJs to announce for the Parade describing each outfit as we walk past the reviewing stand.



    This will be fun.

    MASKED BALL

    Of course you cannot have Mardi Gras/Carnaval without a Masked Ball. Ours is 2 pm Sunday, March 2.

    SCHEDULE

    I will send out a schedule of events late next week.

    xxx
    Nottoo

    Friday, February 21, 2014

    THIS WEEKEND AT NOTTOOHOT 140221

    I have been spending a lot of time in RL the last few days and have only a couple of pictures from this week. Lala sent me one and that's here too. I am always glad to get photos of events or just hanging out at the Club, so send them to me. When I get photos, I put the last ten days or so in the slideshow in the Club, and add five or six photos here in the blog with the schedule.




    This weekend at NotTooHot ...

    FRIDAY 140221
    6am WORKOUT
    11am Anastasia Adder Live - Ana has been away from singing in SL for a while and this marks her return (OP)
    12Noon DJ Big D - This is always fun with Big D leading the Divas in dancing to his cool tunes - Old School, R&B (OP)
    6pm Gweeb Live - Blues and laughing (OP)
    7pm DJ Iliandra Allen - Blues and Bar Dancing (OP)

    SATURDAY 140222
    10am DJ Arabella Luminos (1 hour) - Whatever she wants to play (OP)
    1pm Riddleball (every other week - this week) - I'm wearing my red cheerleader outfit for this one  (OP)
    2pm Summer's Hoedown - Summer has been working on this event for a couple of weeks. Yeehaw (OP)
    4pm DJ Scorpio - Sexy Scorpio plays Smooth Jazz, R&B and your requests (OP)
    7pm Laz Dresler, DJ - Blues and Latin with a waffle iron for tinies and bar dancing (OP)

    SUNDAY 140223
    6am Joaquin Gustav Live - Joa's Birthday with Cake - Tango Time (OP)
    12 noon (last sunday each month) Trivia with Lor - this week - Lor hasn't confirmed this so I hope it happens (OP)
    12 Noon BlindBoink Parham Live - Old-timey Blues sung by the Master (OP)
    2pm Kittens & Tigers - Now that Bubs and DD have spent a RL week together, this should be a laugher (OP)
    4pm Tone Uriza Live - Big Daddy plays the blues (OP)

    xxx
    Nottoo

    Tuesday, February 18, 2014

    HOW TO: Hoedown

    Hoedown?

    Yes, Hoedown.

    Summer Nachtigal wanted to run an event that she calls 'Hoedown," which is a country music dance party. I enjoy my job, don't have a pick-up truck or a dog to love, and my boyfriend (Riddle) still likes me, so the music is a little foreign to me. But, I love the idea of someone wanting to do an event.

    So, we scheduled "Summer's Hoedown" for 2 pm this Saturday. To help I created a scene in the Party Room called "Hoedown." Here is a picture of it.



    Now we can listen to fiddling, sit on hay bales, check the horse stalls for whatever, and line dance. I think it will be a lot of fun. 

    Of course, the Hoedown scene is completely stored in the XPOSE located on the Party Room ceiling. You can touch the XPOSE and rez this scene or any of the others already made.

    YeeHaw!

    xxx
    Nottoo

    Sunday, February 16, 2014

    THIS WEEK AT NOTTOOHOT 140217

    Here are some photos from this past weekend ...








    This week we have more excitement. OP events are marked; otherwise, the club is MO

    MONDAY 140217
    6am WORKOUT
    11am Riddleball/11am Mar Singing - I double scheduled this by mistake, so we will see what happens (OP)
    12Noon DJ Ridd - Blues

    TUESDAY 140218
    6am WORKOUT
    11am DJ Sandy Stillwater - Blues (OP)
    1pm DJ Panther Amorosi - A new time for Panther; Blues (OP)

    WEDNESDAY 140219
    6am WORKOUT
    12Noon DJ Unbroken "G" Teardrop - Blues

    THURSDAY 140220
    6am WORKOUT
    12Noon DJ Ridd - Blues
    6pm DJ Cheryl Nitely - Blues Mix (OP)

    FRIDAY 140221
    6am WORKOUT
    12Noon DJ Big D - The Divas, Old School and R&B - you really need to be at this one (OP)
    6pm Gweeb Live - Blues and laughter (OP)
    7pm DJ Iliandra Allen - Blues (OP)

    SATURDAY 140222
    10am DJ Arabella Luminos (1 hour) - whatever she wants (OP)
    1pm Riddleball (every other week - this week)
    2pm Summer's Hoedown - bring your hoe; I will wear my cowgirl hat (OP)
    4pm DJ Scorpio - Sexy Scorpio lays down smooth jazz and R&B (OP)
    7pm Laz Dresler, DJ - Blues, Latin and tinies (OP)

    SUNDAY 140223
    6am Joaquin Gustav Live - Tango Time (OP)
    12 noon (last sunday each month) Trivia with Lor - this week
    12 Noon BlindBoink Parham Live - Acoustic Blues (OP)
    2pm Kittens & Tigers - Their triumphant return from playing before the crowned heads of Europe (OP)
    4pm Tone Uriza Live - Big Daddy Blues (OP)

    There is still room for you on the schedule.

    xxx
    Nottoo

    EXHIBIT: Valentine's Photos

    On the wall of the front porch of the Club you can see the Valentine's Photos Exhibit. Here I am taking it all in ...


    Cute ... very cute.

    The exhibit will remain until the end of February.

    xxx
    Nottoo

    Thursday, February 13, 2014

    THIS WEEKEND AT NOTTOOHOT 120214

    Here are some pictures taken the last few days ...








    There are a lot of activities this week-end. Here is the schedule with OP for those Open to the Public.

    FRIDAY 140214 Valentine's Day - All Events in the Valentine's Day Room
    6am WORKOUT
    12Noon DJ Derrick Stewart - Old School, R&B plus the Divas (OP)
    6pm Gweeb Live - Blues and Laughter (OP)
    7pm DJ Iliandra Allen - Blues (OP)
    9pm Valentine's Photos

    SATURDAY 140215
    10am DJ Arabella Luminos  (1 hour) - Whatever she wants (OP)
    12Noon Michael Buble "To Love Somebody Like You" Tribute (1 1/2 hours) - Stage One led by Montana Ballard and Wickman Gibbs (OP)
    4pm DJ Scorpio - R&B and Smooth Jazz (OP)
    7pm Laz Dresler, DJ - Blues & Latin (OP)

    SUNDAY 140216
    6am Joaquin Gustav Live - Tango Time (OP)
    3pm Grif Bamaisin - Grif's debut at NotTooHot - Blues (OP)

    4pm Tone Uriza Live - Big Daddy Blues (OP)

    xxx
    Nottoo


    Tuesday, February 11, 2014

    Special Event: Valentine's Day

    Friday, February 14
    Valentine's Day

    This Friday we celebrate Valentine's Day in PINK in the Valentine's Day Party Room (in the cellar) that I made for this special day (Riddle makes no claim on this one) and it's hot for fun.



    All Friday events will be in the Valentine's Day room. 

    Think about wearing pink and come have some fun. I am sending you a special Valentine's Day present called "NotTooHot Valentine's 2014 - wear me then touch." Put it on, then touch it for a menu. Here I am looking cute in PINK with my present on.



    Since this is a holiday of LOVE, I have set up the photo studio. Normally the studio takes individual pictures only and I will be glad to take a good one of you in the outfit of your choice. I have modified the studio so we can also take couple's photos in a number of romantic and loving poses. So put on your Valentine's Day clothes and give me a shout. I will be happy to take your picture when we are both online through Friday. On Friday I have added two picture taking times to the schedule. Each picture takes about 5 minutes for set up, so try to get yours early if you can.

    Before and after Valentine's Day the pictures will be on display along the ocean-side, outside wall of the Club for a week or two. Some are already there.

    Here are the events for Valentine's Day ...


    FRIDAY 140214

    6am WORKOUT in PINK

    10am Valentine's Photos

    12Noon DJ Derrick Stewart - Big D and the Divas - R&B, old school and Blues

    6pm Gweeb Live Blues

    7pm DJ Iliandra Allen - Blues

    9pm Valentine's Photos

    and finally ...

    "WILL YOU BE MY VALENTINE?"

    xxx
    Nottoo

    Sunday, February 9, 2014

    THIS WEEK AT NOTTOOHOT 140210

    Here are the some photos from this past weekend. Some were taken by Lala (ty xxx)








    This week will be a bit busier. Here is the schedule. The club is Members Only unless an event is marked OP (Open to the Public)

    MONDAY 140210
    6am WORKOUT
    11am Riddleball - Riddleball will now be twice a week
    12Noon DJ Ridd - anything but Seamus

    TUESDAY 140211
    6am WORKOUT
    7am DJ Panther Amorosi TShirt Blues Fashion Show - not to be missed (OP)
    11am DJ Sandy Stillwater - Sandy's regular DJ debut :-) - blues (OP)

    WEDNESDAY 140212
    6am WORKOUT
    12Noon DJ Unbroken "G" Teardrop - blues man

    THURSDAY 140213
    6am WORKOUT
    12Noon DJ Ridd

    FRIDAY 140214 (VALENTINES'S DAY)
    6am WORKOUT
    10am Valentine's Photos - I will set up a booth for photos (singles or couples) and take a nice shot of you in your Valentine's outfits
    12Noon DJ Derrick "Big D" Stewart and the  Divas, of course -  R&B, old school (OP)
    6pm Gweeb Live - guitar and blues and whatever he wants to play (OP)
    7pm DJ Iliandra Allen - Ili's regular DJ debut at the Club - blues (OP)
    9pm Valentine's Photos - I will set up a booth for photos (singles or couples) and take a nice shot of you in your Valentine's outfits

    SATURDAY 140215
    10am DJ Arabella Luminos  (1 hour) - who knows ... funk, blues, country? (OP)
    12Noon Michael Buble "To Love Somebody Like You" Tribute (1 1/2 hours) - Montana, Gibby and the Stage One Production crew give us a tribute show (OP)
    4pm DJ Scorpio - Jazz, R&B, old school (OP)
    7pm DJ Laz Dresler -  Blues and Latin (OP)

    SUNDAY 140216
    6am Joaquin Gustav Live - Tango Time (OP)
    3pm Grif Bamaisin - Grif makes his Live NotTooHot debut - blues (OP)
    4pm Tone Uriza Live - Big Daddy blues (OP)

    xxx
    Nottoo

    Friday, February 7, 2014

    HOW TO: Use the Curtained Area XPOSE

    Continuing with the theme of telling you how everything works at NotTooHot, the Curtained Area of the Club contains an XPOSE. Here is the Curtained Area with seats:



    If you go to the area and look up, you will see a red cylinder. This is the Curtained Area XPOSE. Click on it and you get a menu. 



    The menu is arranged in groups of 12 items. Select one of the Items buttons for a choice of an item to rezz. For example, here is the contents of Items 1.



    I selected Dance Cage and immediately a Dance Cage was rezzed. I sat on the Cage and started to dance.



    Later, I decided I wanted to do something else and again touched the XPOSE to rezz a different item. This time I chose the Shower.



    I have tried to make each item with animations included so you can have fun.

    xxx
    Nottoo

    THIS WEEKEND AT NOTTOOHOT 140207

    First, here are some pics I took this week.







    The schedule this week-end shows the first events in the USA/Canada evening hours. We are starting to fill those times with events, so let me know if you want to do something.

    FRIDAY 140207
    6am WORKOUT
    10am DJ Grover Miles - this is tentative since I haven't seen Grover in 2 months
    6pm Gweeb Live - Blues and Guitar

    SATURDAY 140208
    8am Water Workout
    10am DJ Arabella Luminos (1 hour) - Funk and whatever she wants to play
    1pm Riddleball (every other week - this week)
    2pm DJ Trebreh Nexen - this is tentative since I haven't seen Tre in 2 months
    4pm DJ Scorpio - R&B
    7pm DJ Laz Dresler- Blues and Latin

    SUNDAY 140209
    6am Joaquin Gustav Live - Tango Time
    4pm Tone Uriza Live - Big Daddy Blues

    xxx
    Nottoo

    Wednesday, February 5, 2014

    SPECIAL EVENT: NotTooHot T-Shirt Fashion Show

    Yesterday I sent out the pack of NotTooHot T-shirts that Riddle had hidden in his inventory closet. Here I am in my favorite one, Hot and Sexy.


    These are classic 2008 model shirts. No mesh. No wrinkles. No shading at all. They are just the standard SL shirts with the Not Too Hot website on the back and some saying on the front.

    Today, while DJ Panther spun tunes for us, she came up with the idea of putting the T-shirts with some of her clothing that she makes. She asked if she could offer them on SL Marketplace.


    Of course, how could I resist that. So we talked more. I am already working with Liz Selene on a fashion show of her clothing creations along with mine, so I said, "Let's have a fashion show!"

    So, mark your calendar for next Tuesday (February 11) at 7 am for a NotTooHot T-shirt fashion show while Panther DJs at the Club. We haven't started planning it yet, but that has never stopped me from doing something that might be fun. If you want to be a part of it, let me or Panther (Amarosi) know.

    Of course, all this started with Big D (Derrick Stewart) wanting a T-shirt, so I hope he comes and models the 'Hot and Sexy' version.

    xxx
    Nottoo

    Monday, February 3, 2014

    HOW TO: Use the Balcony Furniture

    I never expected to write a post about how to use furniture ... hahahaha ... well, in SL you should expect anything.

    Riddle and I were working on the party area for the upcoming Valentines Day Party and we decided to look at some furniture that would be nice for couples to get cozy. Thanks to SL Marketplace we soon had a nice sofa and chairs that fit perfectly. They are copy-mod so can be put in an XPOSE rezzer to be used when needed.

    Riddle and I tried them out. Here is a pic of our sofa test ...


    There are some very well done individual and couples anims in the sofa and individual anims in the chairs. They don't extend into the 'having sex' territory so to do that you will have to find a different spot.

    Well once we saw the anims, we thought that it would also be a good idea to use the space on the Club balcony for a sitting area. We have never used the area on the right at the top of the stairs and made a little setting.






    So, now you can be at your Club and sit in a relatively private area alone, with a friend or with your honey. One of the nice things about it is you can get a book or a glass of wine from the sofa or chairs, sit and listen to the music apart from the crowd below.

    After Riddle went to bed, deto (detocqueville) and lala showed up and it was just in time. There is a three-way sitting arrangement in the sofa, so we tried it out. Hahahaha ... very cute.

    Ready to chill? Now you can.

    xxx
    Nottoo