It's always Summer somewhere

If you are like me it just seems too early for Fall, for football and pumpkins and bobbing for apples. Thankfully it's always Summer somewhere, especially in SL, and Flow's excellent boardshorts and retro swim suits from this month's Mens Dept provide a nice excuse to ignore the season and enjoy some SL rays. The boardshorts have a texture-change band and like the swim suits are available with liquid-mesh sizing in a range of colors and at an attractive price.

The avis feature skins by (Red)Sand (previously bogged here) and a recent skin gift from Aeva with shapes by Novus and Shape it Up. Hair is from Alli & Ali, where numerous styles are on sale for 50l through the end of the month.

Boardshorts

• Shorts: Flow - MF1 Boardshort 6, 13 Liquid Size (135l at Mens Dept until Sep 30, MESH)
• Pose (left): Stakey - Tough Guy 06 (Previous Hunt Gift)
• Pose (right): SAAL Body - Strike Boy Male Model Pose 5 (Not Free)

The Palms

• Bathing Suit: Flow - Asto Remy Swimming Trunks 70's 20 Size Liquid (85l at Mens Dept until Sep 30, MESH)
• Necklace: Glam Dammit - Casablanca Necklace (Group Gift)
• Bracelet: KOSH - LOR Bracelet male (Group Gift, Unisex. In group notices until Oct 7)
  
• Skin: (Red)Sand - The RAAF naturel bald regular skin (New Release) 
• Shape: Shape it Up! - Steel 6.97 FEET (Contact Alexx Usbourne for availability, Modded) 
• Hair: Alli & Ali - Brian Hair Sunlit Brown (50l Sale Price until Sep 30)
  
• Eyes: Poetic Colors - Milky Eyes Chocolate (Check with store owner for availability, MESH)
  
• Pose: Icons of Style - Summer Boy Pose 2L (Free, includes 10 Poses)

California Dream

• Bathing Suit: Flow - Asto Remy Swimming Trunks 70's 17 Size Liquid (85l at Mens Dept until Sep 30, MESH)
• Necklace:  Cheerno - NeckLace JoJo Cherry (175l at Mens Dept until Sep 30)
• Skin: Aeva - Elijah Tone 4 Beardy (Group Gift, includes 9 tones)
• Shape: Novus Studios - The Classic Male III (Not Free)
  
• Hair: Alli & Ali - Huck Hair Light Brown (Group Gift)
• Pose: Expressive Poses - Noah 4 (Free, includes 4 poses)
• Build: Follow Us - California dream bar (Not Free)

Snack Bar

• Shirt: Deco - Islander Shirt medium retro (200l at Mens Dept until Sep 30, MESH, also includes hat)
• Shorts: Flow - MF1 Boardshort 6 Liquid Size (135l at Mens Dept until Sep 30, MESH)
• Shoes: SF Design - Mens Sports Sandals (Ultimate Menstuff #32, Texture Change. Note: Hunt is over, but gift still available at time of publication)
• Glasses: Kumaki Glasses Style - Carlyle 1.00 (New Release, MESH, Texture Change)

Goodbye to Summer

• Tank: 22769 - Over Head Tank Red L (100l at Mens Dept until Sep 30, MESH)
• Pants: 22769 - Sweatpants Red M (110L at Mens Dept until Sep 30, MESH)
• Pose: Icons of Style - Summer Boy Pose 4L (Free, includes 10 Poses)
• Beach Chair/Umbrella: End of Daze -EOD Beach Chair/Umbrella (Previous Hunt Gift)

The Shop (Pt. 2)

Continuing Astrid's previous post, some more shots with Never Totally Dead's build from the Mad Pea Hunt, this time with male fashion from Mens Dept and other places (the shape is a gift from the Menstuff Hunt) and another 22769 dress from the Gallery Gift Shop (the round may be ending today) and BSD Design Studio's Post Modernism shoes from Fashion United.

Note the luggage from BSD Design Studio. These are fully scripted with drawers and panels that open, come in a variety of colors including the LV original motif shown below and are available until mid-week at SL Fashion Week.

• Jacket: G&D - Las Vegas Jacket M (Not Free, MESH)
• Shirt: Nerd Project - SHIRT003 L size (Available at Mens Dept until Aug 31, MESH)
• Tie: Coepio - MOH HUNT Tie M (MOH 3 Hunt Gift, MESH, Texture Change. Note: Hunt is over, but gift still available at time of publication)
• Glasses: X-Sight - Nerd Glasses Heavy Metal  (Menstuff Hunt #71 until Sep 2, includes 2 versions)
• Skin: Kooqla - River Silver dark brows (Not Free)
  
• Shape: Ultra Shape - Gene (Menstuff Hunt #124 until Sep 2)
  
• Hair: Mr. C - Hector Espresso (Not Free)
• Eyes: Poetic Colors - Milky Eyes Milky Sea (Check with store owner for availability, MESH)
  
• Pose: Icons of Style - Summer Boy Pose 3R (Free, includes 10 Poses)

• Dress: 22769 - Eiko Dress Black XS (180l at The Gallery Gift Shop until August 12, MESH)
• Shoes: BSD Design Studio - Post modernism Blk Leather (On Sale at Fashion United Project, MESH)
• Necklace/Bracelet/Earrings: Chop Zuey -  Paparazzi III Rd Set (Not Free)
• Skin: Aeva - River Tone 4 First Kiss (100l at the Outlet until Aug 14, includes shape, various skin options & appliers)
  
• Shape: Baholi - Astrid Curvy (New Release at She & Him event until Aug 31, includes multiple versions)
  
• Hair/Hairbase: Miamai - Loroi Black2 (New Release, MESH)
  
• Pose: Axix - Aria 7 (95L for 8 poses) 

• Sweater/Shirt: Aitui - After School Black m (Available at Mens Dept until Aug 31, MESH)
• Pants: American Bazaar - Dereck Pants M Charcoal (Not Free, MESH)
• Shoes: Jeepers - Flynn Blue (Not Free)
• Pose: Unorthodox - War 1 (Not Free)

Decor

• Trunks: BSD Design studio - Model Offshore Luggage Original Colour/Brown (Available at SL Fashion Week until Aug 14, MESH)
• Table: Kusshon - Light library table (130l)
• Chair: Kusshon - Streetart chair yellow (85l in Gacha)
• Lamp (desk): Senzafine - "Metropolis" Art Deco Table Lamp (New Release, MESH)
• Lamps (ceiling): POST - Athénée Salon Lamp (200l)  
• Rug: POST - Shanghai Club Rug (30l)
• Art (Middle Left): POST - Chinese Landscape Painting (Free)
• Art (Middle Right): Silent Hill by Madison Walkner (Mad Pea - Room 326 Hunt Gift until Aug 31)
• Art: Breno - Broad Frame Taxidermy Butterfly (99L, MESH)
• Books (Floor): Kusshon - Book Row (55l)
• Books (Desk): Cleo Design - Books (Included with certain furniture sets)
  
• Telescope: An Lema - Antique Telescope model (Sinister Steampunk Hunt3 #9 until Aug 31)
• Lion desk item: An Lema - Lion Heart (Sinister Steampunk Hunt3 #9 until Aug 31)

 Build

• Never Totally Dead -  The Old Shop (Mad Pea - Room 326 Hunt Gift until Aug 31)

Hunt Hints & SLURLS mentioned in this post: Mad Pea Hunt - Ultimate Menstuff Hunt - Sinister Steampunk Hunt

Delicious

Tomorrow is the end of the Femboy hunt and I couldn't let the occasion go by without whipping up a little something delicious. Aeva has a great skin/shape combo in the hunt (includes all tones), which is perfect for showing your more feminine side, although I suspect the skin would work well with other shapes. I'm wearing the A:S:S: gift from the hunt, which would probably, ahem, look equally good on women and the hair is a "survey" gift from Chichikee! (includes multiple tones and female hair as well). To get the hair gift, all you have to do is answer a few questions from the survey machine located in-store. It takes a minute and is well worth it. Update: Chichikee! owner Chiana Meredith had actually just removed the survey from her store, but will put it back out only through the weekend  - so show her some love guys.

Four Walls and a host of other hunts also end tomorrow. If you haven't gotten Sway's gift yet, take a break from shopping and treat yourself to a cupcake.

Delicious Trap

• Complete Outfit: A.S.S - Snow Prince (2l, Femboy Hunt #7 until Jan 31, Partial Mesh)
• Bracelet: ASO - Leather Bracelet (Group Gift)
  
• Ring: HuHu - Love Ring (40l at the Black Market until around Feb 12, Mesh)
• Earrings: Maxi Gossamer - GoGo Disks Candy Colours (Group Gift - See group notices, Texture Change)
• Necklace (left): Before Sleep - Cupcake Necklace (Baking Mania Hunt gift #30 until Jan 31, includes matching earrings & complete outfit)
• Necklace (right): Cazimi - Fem Boy Winter Trap Necklace (2l, Femboy Hunt #7 until Jan 31, includes 2 versions)
• Tattoo: Juicy Box -  Born this way Tattoo 1 (100l on marketplace)
• Glasses: Gato - Zebra Glasses (Previous Hunt Gift)
• Nails: Le Forme - French Nails (Group Gift)
• Brows: Jesylilo - Mona Blond Eyebrows (Previous Group Gift)
• Liner: BlackLiquid - Glam Boy Liner Night (Not Free)
• Hair: ChiChickie! - Lucas Blonde (Survey Gift, includes multiple tones & female hair)
• Eyes: Insufferable Dastard - Ice Eyes Gray (Not Free)
• Skin/Shape: Aeva - Andrej 2 Freeze No Brow Freckle (2l, Femboy Hunt #5 until Jan 31, includes skin fatpack)
• Pose (Right): Ma Vie - Revealed 09 (60l for 10 poses for a limited time)

Decor

• Couch/Pose: Icons of Style - Dafne Sofa Pink (Winter Store Hunt gift until Jan 31, numerous other pose/prop gifts available)
• Cupcake Tray, Sign, Plate - Sway's - Have a Cupcake (20l, Four Walls Hunt until Jan 31, Mesh, includes other decor items)
• Texture: Khan Omizu Textures - In the Pink (40l for 10 textures in "Cherry Blossom" Pack)

Hints & Slurls for hunts mentioned in this post: Baking Mania Hunt - Femboy Hunt - Four Walls