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Who’s ready to see some crazy zombie action next week? We can’t wait to share it with you!Posted on June 1, 2012 with 8 notes
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Steampunk Web Series Gains, Um, You Know
If you were trying to find a cadre of paranormal investigators from the 1880’s, the dining room of the Burbank, CA Panera just might be the last place you’d think to look. Yet it’s here, gathered around a cluster of thrown together two-tops that nearly half of the performance troupe/rising web stars of the League of S.T.E.A.M. and I have chosen to meet. At a glance it might look like a gathering of geeks (myself included) come to talk about their latest exploits in the elaborately constructed shared fantasy world they’ve devised. The observation wouldn’t be so far off the mark, only the folks I’m talking to are some of the most talented and accomplished costumers and prop makers in the vibrant L.A. costuming scene.
Posted on May 19, 2012 via Turnstyle with 12 notes
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“Whom shall you telegram?” Here’s a behind the scenes peek at next week’s new adventure!
Posted on May 18, 2012 with 5 notes
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Cocktail of the Week: Pimm’s Cup
The time for refreshing, light, effervescent drinks is upon us. Well, unless you live in the southern hemisphere, in which case I suggest you offset my beverage recommendations by about six months.
Today I would like to recommend the Pimm’s Cup. Long a favorite of our friends over the horizon in Great Britain as a summer tipple.
Pimm’s #1 is a gin based liquor containing quinine and infused with a blend of herbs. Even if you aren’t a gin drinker, I would venture to suggest you give this drink a try!
- 2 oz Pimm’s #1
- 1/4 oz fresh lemon juice
- Ginger Ale
Take a highball or Collins glass and fill it with ice. Add the Pimm’s and lemon juice, then top with your ginger ale. 7-up or other lemon-lime soda will work as well, but the best is a nice crisp ginger ale. Give it a quick stir with a bar spoon, and garnish it with a cucumber slice. Yes, that is the official garnish of the Pimm’s Cup.
Now you are ready to watch a match of Polo, or Cricket, or Quiddich, or whatever it is they are into over there!
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Posted on May 11, 2012 with 3 notes
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- 2 oz Pimm’s #1
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Our adventures continue with a brand new episode! Spring has sprung, so it’s time for the League to take a day off from monster hunting. But in this episode, a relaxing day of gardening turns terrifying when Ellie and Coyote make a startling discovery about the League’s lawn ornaments!
Posted on May 10, 2012 with 7 notes
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What is Tuey doing with that harmless unobtrusive Gnome?
Find out tomorrow with our newest “Adventures of the League of S.T.E.A.M.” episode!!!
Posted on May 9, 2012 with 4 notes
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![Seeing as how the Kentucky Derby will be running for those roses this weekend, I feel it must be time to talk about the Mint Julep.
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Why are they connected? Well, since about 1838 the Mint Julep has been the traditional refreshment of the Kentucky Derby. Popular all about the southern United States, it dates back to at least the mid 1700’s. Originally made with French Cognac, the more popular expression of this mix now uses Bourbon Whiskey. The Julep is also the very first cocktail that yours truly experienced, back when I was just a neophyte in the arena of spirits. It is a drink that I greatly enjoy and I hope you will as well.
Here is what you will need:
Several sprigs of Mint (spearmint is traditional)
3 oz Bourbon
Crushed or Shaved Ice
Superfine Sugar or Simple Syrup
While you are perfectly capable of enjoying the drink from a rocks or highball glass, the Mint Julep is traditionally served in a dedicated pewter or silver julep cup. Choose your vessel and fill it with ice and set it aside. Take a mixing glass or tin and add either bar (superfine, not powdered) sugar or simple syrup. I prefer to err on the side of lightly sweet, and so I use a tablespoon or so. Separate about 10 leaves from the mint sprigs and place them in the bottom of the tin. Add a splash of water and muddle gently. Gently! You want to release the mint’s essence, not the chlorophyll in the leaves. Add some ice to the mixing tin and then add your bourbon. Stir gently with a bar spoon for about 30 seconds. Remember your julep cup, filled with ice? The outside should be nicely frosty. Dump it out, getting rid of any meltwater. Then fill it about halfway with shaved ice, such as you’d use for a snow cone. (if you do not have access to that, crushed ice will do.) Using a strainer, traditionally a julep strainer, pour the bourbon into the julep cup. Take 1-3 sprigs of mint and slap them briskly across the back of your forearm. This will break open some of the cells and release the aroma of the mint. Place these sprigs into your cup so that they stand as a leafy bouquet. When you pick up the julep cup hold it by the base or the rim, so as to not tranfer too much body heat and melt the ice overfast. Head out to the porch, put your feet up and sip!
A note on the whiskey. The finer the bourbon, the finer the drink! However, you want to avoid high proof, aggressive bourbons as this is meant to be a sipping drink, not a punch to the palate. That said, my current choice would be a Bulleit, Elijah Craig or Buffalo Trace bourbon. Oh, and recall when I spoke about flavoring one’s simple syrups? What does that suggest to you, hmm?
To your continued health!
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Seeing as how the Kentucky Derby will be running for those roses this weekend, I feel it must be time to talk about the Mint Julep.Posted on May 6, 2012 with 2 notes
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The Twittertape Machine—inspired by the ticker tape machine of the late 1800s that kept the rich abreast of the movement of their stocks—is a steampunk device that prints ones Twitter feed, without a computer or ink. It just requires an Ethernet connection.
Posted on April 28, 2012 via Picture Book with 19 notes
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Our friends Clockwork Couture have reached their funding goal!!!!
Their Kickstarter “Clockwork Zepelin and Steampunk Shoppe Project”
reached their goal, there is still time to donate and receive a print of some of the images here!
Posted on April 28, 2012 with 5 notes
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I did an interview with Japanese Steampunk band Strange Artifact.
You can read it here:)
(via hildekitten)
Posted on April 27, 2012 via Steampunk'd with 43 notes
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