On Saturday, December 18, steampunks gathered to view the Houdini Exhibit at the Jewish Museum, followed by friendly socializing at the Waterfront Ale House. Ardent Houdini fan Miriam was our hostess, and the group was comprised of 25-30 or so steampunks from LiveJournal, Facebook, MeetUp, and assorted friends and friends-of-friends.

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A few weeks ago, a friend and I did a South Street Seaport photo shoot. It was also a scouting mission, to see if the area is suitable for a Pub Crawl and Photo Shoot (it is). Appropriately for a scout, I wore my Civil War viviandiere costume. I wore the same to the Library, but those photos were hopelessly dark and blurry. These are a great ( Read more... )

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We had a delightful Picnic and Stroll on Governor's Island last Saturday. Eleven people were in attendance, including the four kids, and seven of us were in costume. Apologies for the poor quality of some of these photos - my digital camera is a low-end device. For brevity's sake, non-costumed people are not pictured here, but you can see them in ( Read more... )

This are photos of our August 26 Photo Shoot in Central Park. Saturday morning was hot and steamy, and my thoughts ranged from "Maybe I won't wear the jacket" to "I'll look fine without the vest" to "F--k it, I'm wearing the lightest shirt that isn't a tee." The rain resulted in a flurry of phone calls, but finally I got the word out to nearly ( Read more... )

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Because of rain, our 'picnic' was held indoors, in liu_xing's lovely Victorian townhouse. There was a lovely spread, most of which was prepared by liu_xing and serindrana, laid out in the parlor. I was a little late arriving because I had class in the morning, which precluded me going to the Time Traveler's Picnic. After enjoying some authentic ( Read more... )