Publisher’s note
T
ime has flown by again... and another year is almost done.
‘Tis the time to take stock of what we’ve accomplished, and what we want to do in the New Year. With AVENUE being in the running in the Avi Choice Awards, and the counting of votes coming up, knowing that we were voted Best SL® Magazine by our fellow residents would be one of the best Christmas gifts that all of us at AVENUE could receive. As Christmas comes around each year, it makes me think about what I could give to residents of Second Life®. I am not a creator who makes tangible things--and any of my close friends and staff would tell you ‘never let Rusch try to build or edit a building’--you can be sure that something will go missing or awry. Building classes are on my to-do list for the New Year. However, this year, through a business partnership with Zanze Estates, I am able to see to fruition a dream I had five years ago. It was my dream to create a place where models, fashionistas, artists and other like-minded residents would live, work and play together. Combining my passions for fashion, music, entertainment, lifestyle and the arts, I have worked with Colpo Wexler of Digital Cult to realize my vision on a four-sim region, with Neo-Zen aesthetics. The process, and the results, has been amazingly gratifying through months of 18-20 hour work days-
-in spite of health problems and real-life disruption. It is my honor and joy to present to you the realization of this dream as a gift for Christmas--the birth of zenshi; a new home for all of you. So I would like to cordially invite you to join us for our Grand Opening on the 16th of December, where we can look forward to a new home--a social environment that will bring us joy, fun, and expansion of our minds and hearts together, into the New Year. Here’s to the closing of a year and the birth of a new one... of possibilities realized, and yet to be realized. Have a wonderful Christmas and a bounteous New Year!
Rusch Raymaker Rusch Raymaker Publisher
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