Mac's 'Hood

Thanks, Mac!

Both Toni's Hogan   and Ari's Ayleth   are in the Classical Music career. This is different from the Maxis music career and is one of several on MTS2. This one gives inventory items at certain promotions. Also has great costumes! Here, he proposed and she accepted.


Ari's Ayleth and LoWisa's Stella are both vets and very much involved with each other. They're both at level 8 in the Vet career. There are several vet careers. This one is a toughie. When they weren't working they were improving their skills and spent 5 days without a career advancement. A good LTW for this career is the no-trump max 7 skills, since they'll be most of the way there at level 10.


They bought a new house together. A brilliant 1x1 by ScaryRob on MTS2 It's the best 1x1 I've seen. It has four open-plan levels: Ground: garage, 1st floor: Kitchen and half bath, 2nd floor: Living, 3rd floor: Bedroom and full bath. Unfurnished at around 40K. Since the rooms are open-plan, it's best suited for a single or couple. Really award-winning exterior architecture. 


Three (count 'em) balconies. Ayleth and Stella both have the science hobby and needed logic as well


Ayleth proposed engagement to Stella and she accepted. BTW, with these two lovely vets on duty, kitties were jumping into their carriers and doggies were whining at the front door with their leashes in their mouths.  


Now and then one gets sims that one really gets involved with and starts to love... Years ago, Nerissa, an NPC captured my heart, was ditched by one guy but found happiness with another. She even survived a neighborhood crash. She and Sugah's Nathaniel had two daughters and are now grandparents.

Now along come two attractiveness-challenged simmies - both in-game offspring of celebs. Germain Depardieu is the son of Gerard Depardieu and Audrey Tautou, and has his dad's schnozz. Agatha Peel is the daughter of Emma Peel and Hugh Laurie and has her own rather unique beauty. Germain was taken with her when he was a teen and she a child. They kept up with each other when he went to college and now that she was in college, he visited and proposed...


And she happily accepted!  


Agatha wasn't much of a hand at cooking, but she did make some subs for dinner. lientebollemeis on MTS2 has contributed some really delicious-sounding subs    as Sims 2 foods (only require lunch meat sandwich skill). In RL, these are served by a deli in his home town. Almost worth making a pilgrimage to Netherlands! He's also contributed a large number of great careers!


The night before finals, she said "Why study, I've got 'em nailed"   So she ditched her single sleep sofa with matching cushions, put a double mattress on the floor and called Germain. It wasn't a study date!



Later on... Then, while he was still asleep, she was thinking "We need to work on this some more"  


She's now an adult and has moved into the main neighborhood. I'm sure that as soon as Germain's thread becomes active, she'll be moving in with him. Then marriage, then kids... That should be interesting!

Congratulations on all the engagements and marriages! Your sims seem very happy.

I downloaded the Classical Music career a while back, but I hadn't seen the Vet career. I'm going to check it out.

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Then marriage, then kids... That should be interesting!

 I, uh, look forward to the pictures. I think.

Oooohhh... Classical Music Career... I like it! Thank you for the link, Mac!
It requires University, BonVoyage and Freetime (because of the selected inventory items), so maybe it's not compatible with my game, since I don't play with Uni?!?
I'm gonna have to check that 1 x 1 lot out by ScaryRob, too.
I like the idea of three balconies and an open floor plan. Thanks!

Ayleth and Stella are a stunning couple. Beautiful pair!

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...with these two lovely vets on duty, kitties were jumping into their carriers and doggies were whining at the front door with their leashes in their mouths.  

I have no doubt!  

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Now along come two attractiveness-challenged simmies...

To put it VERY mildly, good sir! EGADS!!!

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Then marriage, then kids... That should be interesting!

It just goes to show ya... There is someone for everyone!  

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It wasn't a study date! ... (PG interlude)

Haha! Oooh la la!

Sugah wrote:

It requires University, BonVoyage and Freetime (because of the selected inventory items), so maybe it's not compatible with my game, since I don't play with Uni?!

I'd give the career a go anyway. Uni does have a few musical instruments (which are the career awards - ongoing at several levels).

I don't really know what would happen if one of them were called for and uni wasn't there. They don't appear with the usual career awards but just show up in inventory.

lientebollemeis has a classical music career here which might suit your taste better. For some reason a hack (which one ) I use disables his many great careers. His classical music career looks really good!

Do check out ScaryRob's 1x1. I've tried several over the years and really like this one. My guess is that ScaryRob is an architect in RL.  Do bear in mind that the lot wouldn't work too well beyond a single or a couple.

Mac wrote:

lientebollemeis has a classical music career here which might suit your taste better. For some reason a hack (which one ) I use disables his many great careers. His classical music career looks really good!

I'm thinking I may try that one out, since it doesn't mention musical instruments that might've come with Uni, Mac.
Better safe than sorry. I think Lientebollemeis' Classical Music Career only requires base game!

Lots going on in mac's 'hood... Gillian Murphy and Ethan Stiefel ( Toni) have a new daughter, Natalia

And the family that dances together stays together!


Meanwhile Toni's Damien and the stunning Carolyn Cole ( Elle) got married

And they have a new daughter, Kitty Cole (I had to crop this picture - sometimes the wrists appear unnaturally thin, so crop 'em out) Still a very loving pic of mom and baby  


Rohan, the son of Beren Erchamion and Luthien Tinuviel and Clarissa (by Birdgurl) became engaged. He was just out of univ and she's been around for a while, so she popped the question!


Benjamin May ( Ulli) and Anna Lisica (by Lisica022 on TSR  ) are also engaged. Benjamin is Knowledge/Scorpio Pharma Industry/Science while Anna is Family/Pisces Pharma Sales/Arts. Lucky the pharma company that lands the two of them  


The social event of the season was another pirate wedding - Ari's Miranda Moon and Brendan (aka Jean Lafitte)     They're both pirates (both at level 7, quartermaster). They had their wedding on the beach at Cher's new beach house: Kingfisher.   Note that since the wedding was a nighttime affair, some of the pictures are a bit dark.
 
Pirate lasses sometimes take the initiative!  


Jean toasts his new bride


The wedding buffet on the porch looked so nice that I had to take a picture of it. All the pirates went indoors to eat.


And here they are... Jean in the pink with his back to the camera, then Zoe (dancing girl, honorary pirate, married to Brendan Teach), then Miranda - the new bride, Jacqueline Sparrow, Jack Sparrow, and Brendan Teach. All except Jack Sparrow are by Ari.


Jack and Brendan enjoy a joke: "How do you tell the bride at a pirate wedding?"  "I don't know, how do you tell the bride at a pirate wedding???"  "She's the one with the rhinestones on her eye patch!"  Arrr   Arrr   Arrr  


After all the guests left, Miranda and Jean had a quiet time together around a beach fire.


They wasted little time (and the child of two of Ari's sims will surely be stunning). Miranda's waiting her moment relaxing on the beach.


They have an new daughter, Svetlana. I picked the name of an Artist in St.Petersburg, Russia, who inherited her late mom's kitty and has put it in all sorts of art classics - from renaissance painters, thru impressionists, thru moderns. We actually have two of her reprints framed and hanging in our new house (the Manet and the Hokusai). For a lot of fun, check out her website

Jeremy Gique wanted to be sure of one of the very prettiest sim offspring ever... Ruth Aster (daughter of two of Ari's simmies    ) so he proposed and... she accepted!


They had a very quiet wedding - just the two of them. But that didn't mean she didn't get to wear a beautiful wedding dress


Ginny Genni is the daughter of Giada (Jen   - we miss you) and Toni's Neil   Here she is as a child with her mom.


She's turned into a very pretty teenager and is now off to college - a future dancer! In the background is the start of a self-portrait she was making when she was a child.


Ari's Leaf, who became smitten   with Toni's Lana, broke off his engagement with Blossom ( Elle). But soon Blossom found true - and lasting - love with the celeb Sean Bean


All sorts of engagements between born-in-game sims. Fred is the son of Toni's Wil and Maeve (from SimTR). Shirley is the daughter of Geoff Webster ( SimPly Edward, I think) and the celeb Julianne Hough.


And Kane Sugah (son of Sugah's self-sim and Keanu Reeves) and Lily Potter (daughter of the celeb Harry Potter and BeckyLynn's Vanessa) became engaged. Looks like Sugah will have some grandchildren at last!


Toni   just contributed Thomas (I'm using him - minus the hat, which doesn't work too well with other clothing) He's Knowledge/Taurus Military(doh)/Culinary. I set him up to be the perfect match for Crystal Sugah, Sugah and Keanu's daughter, then put him into a house next door. You can see the result!



They soon became engaged. Thomas popped the question during breakfast. Dr. Sandra Bullock didn't seem to notice - even when he had his hand in her breakfast plate


But Thomas knows he has to make a good impression on Crystal's dog Honey. If it's "paws down", it's all over!


Thomas passed the Honey test and he and Crystal had a bit of a snuggle while Honey was left to her own devices...


BAD DOG!    

Wow! All these engagements and weddings and babies! So much excitement!

Thrilled to see my simmies' next generation (Neil's daughter) and tickled pink by Thomas and Crystal's relationship. I'm thinking Honey might be a bit jealous! Is it like her to knock over the garbage can?!

Mac wrote:

Dr. Sandra Bullock didn't seem to notice - even when he had his hand in her breakfast plate

That made me giggle out loud.

So much going on in your hood, Mac! You took great pictures and I love all the happiness in the air.

Agatha Peel moved in with Germain Depardieu. Here they're entertaining visiting neighbors: celebs Luthien Tinuviel and Beren Erchamion, and Clara Bloom, the born-in-game daughter of Orlando Bloom and Ari's Lilah


So many of the lovely ladies contributed on this site are, quite frankly, DDG (drop-dead-gorgeous  ,   to all their creators). Agatha Peel is the daughter of two celebs: Emma Peel and Hugh Laurie (aka House). Children of celebs in this game often turn out, shall we say, interesting. She's not DDG, but in her own way, her looks are beautiful, but flawed. In RL, those can be the ones who are the most intriguing. She inherited her looks from her dad.    So did her fiancee, Germain Depardieu, who certainly has his dad's schnozz (He's the son of Gerard Depardieu and Audrey Tautou).  I've really fallen in love    with these two pixel babies and have been very happy to follow their romance and now to celebrate their wedding. They fell in love as children and later on when he became a teen, and really got involved in college (see the top of this page).

Now the story continues... "Dad! Don't worry about me! Comb your hair already!...................................................................."My little boy!"   "Awww Mom!"


"I'm fine, mom! Mom!"   ..................................................................................................................... "Sweetheart, you're beautiful!"   "Dad"  


And so they were married...


Germain toasts his new bride. I don't know what it is about the Champagne, it always seems to attract wedding crashers. NPCs Danielle Lillard (in the purple dress) and Komei Tellerman (hidden) show up just in time. Good for Agatha! She fed Germain very properly and didn't give him a facefull of cake!


"I thought they'd never leave"


Agatha's made more friends, mac - with 2 bolts and maikkij - with 3!


Oh yes... Agatha's now pregnant. But we'll have to wait until next season to see their offspring! This just in... It's Dorothea Depardieu! (Of course all babies look alike)

Mac wrote:

She's not DDG, but in her own way, her looks are beautiful, but flawed. In RL, those can be the ones who are the most intriguing.

I find that to be true for me. I don't usually find a celebrity to be very interesting until they've got a few years on their face. Pierce Brosnan was bland and boring to me until he got older and had some lines on his face. I think Helen Mirren has possibly been one of the most interesting and gorgeous women at every stage of her acting career.

However, I tend to like my sims to be fairly attractive. They don't have to be perfect, though. I'm not going to kill off a baby just because I don't want its genes passed on (my SIL did this once).   She always has an Elvis Presley in her game, but she won't let him breed.

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Comb your hair already!

Cher64 wrote:

I don't usually find a celebrity to be very interesting until they've got a few years on their face.

Funny you should say that... Gibson and Rona aren't celebs, but they do have a few lines on their faces. They're both by Toni   , and I "de-elderated" Gibson to make him an adult. Gibson is Knowedge/Pisces Journalism/Literature and Rona is Family/Pisces RealEstate/Nature. They discovered each other over a quiet dinner.


And one thing led to another...


So he "popped the question"  


And she said "yes"  


They then had a very decorous evening and night together. Very proper, mind you... After all, they're... it's just possible... they might be...   30!  

What's nice is that you know Gibson is going to age well!

Oh my, 30?! They're practically at death's door ...

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Oh my, 30?! They're practically at death's door ...

One of my peeves about the Sims (all versions) is the age classifications. The "adults" are 20-somethings and the next step is the "elders" who limp and moan and wheeze - right at death's door indeed.    Where are the parents of the kids in university? The 40-50-somethings?

The game is obviously aimed at the teenagers and the (very) young adults. And here we are...  

Oh, it's just lovely seeing Gibson and Rona together!

I agree with all you've said about the lack of proper transitions for adults.  I've got a huuuge collection of character lines, eye bags and assorted wrinkles of varying degrees, so I can age my simmies more realistically.  I also have regular coloured hair and facial hair for elder simmies, so when they do reach that age, I can have yet another phase.  It makes things much more interesting.

Now for the tale of Genni... No   not, The Tale of Genji - the purple prose of Lady Murasaki. The tale of Genni!
The two Genni brothers, Vincent and Guido pictured here are the twin boys of Marcello Genni and Cara Genni
Vincent is a budding scientist, out of university he's already a science teacher, and Guido is all athlete, currently an MVP on his local team. They couldn't be more different


Here's most of the family... From the left: Marcello ( Jen) - he's a Space Pirate, his brother Nico (also   Jen) - Nico is Chief of Staff at Simsville hospital. He's married to Sandra Bullock - chief of staff at a nearby hospital. They have a daughter Angelique, who's an up and coming athlete. Next to Nico is Giada (yet again   Jen) - She's a sister to Marcello and Nico. Then Cara, (creator reference lost) - Marcello's wife and mom to Vincent and Guido, finally Ginni Genni, Giada's daughter - a future dancer and about to go to university. Obviously Guido takes after his dad and Vincent takes after his uncle Nico.


Guido has managed to get 3 bolts with Ari's   Katia. She's all into fitness and it took quite a man to get her!


Vincent is just starting something with chemistry teacher Daria Machado (Toni  )  - just one bolt but hoping there will be more chemistry to come...    Brother Guido, having spent the afternoon jogging then falling into bed without a shower, roused himself out of bed in his grubby PJs to join them for dinner. Thanks Bro!  


Jen - thank you sooo much for Marcello, Nico, and Giada. Ari, Katia is just one of the lovely ladies you've contributed. We miss both of you!

Vincent and Dario are so cute together!

Yes, I wish EA had made another age between adult and elder also!

Mac wrote:

Brother Guido, having spent the afternoon jogging then falling into bed without a shower, roused himself out of bed in his grubby PJs to join them for dinner. Thanks Bro!

Guido and Katia seem to have some serious chemistry, and Vincent and Daria look sweet together.

Ewww...Guido! nasty!

I wanted to make sure I had enough time to review all of your Mac's 'Hood game antics and respond properly (since my last visit to your thread), Captain.
Please forgive my delay in returning!  

I love the pic of Gillian, Ethan and Natalia all practicing ballet together.
Congrats to Damien & Carolyn on their marriage and the birth of their daughter Kitty.
Sweet pic of Carolyn smooching her wee one.
Congrats to Rohan & Clarissa and Benjamin & Anna and Sean Bean & Blossom and Fred & Shirley and Gibson & Rona (whew!!!) on their engagements.
Congrats to pirates Miranda and Brendan (aka Lafitte) on their wedding and the birth of their daughter Svetlana.
I enjoyed their wedding photos and was pleased to see their special event took place @ Cher's Kingfisher!
Congrats to Jeremy & Ruth on their wedding. Her wedding gown was lovely.
Ginny Genni DID turn out to be a natural beauty, didn't she?

Love is sure in the air in Mac's 'Hood. Ooooh la la!

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"How do you tell the bride at a pirate wedding?"  "I don't know, how do you tell the bride at a pirate wedding???"  "She's the one with the rhinestones on her eye patch!"

Dr. Sandra Bullock didn't seem to notice - even when he had his hand in her breakfast plate.

I don't know what it is about the Champagne, it always seems to attract wedding crashers.

Special congrats goes out to Sugah's Kane and his fiancée Lily and Sugah's Crystal and her fiancé Thomas on their engagements.
Yaaaaaay! Grandbabies for Sugah!!!  

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I think Helen Mirren has possibly been one of the most interesting and gorgeous women at every stage of her acting career.

She IS a knockout, Cher! I agree! Just gorgeous!  

Oh, dear.
Unfortunately, I have run out of time, Mac. I hope to return later today, but my grandgirl should be here shortly,
so I must get offline now and prepare for Nana's Day Care to be in session!

Sugah wrote:

Nana's Day Care

Lucky Baylee!

Lucky Sugah!

(Lucky Reesi!  )

Lots of pairing up going on in my 'hood. Andrew Garfield (  to Cleotopia on TSR) and Sharron (adapted from Princess Labcat   ) have moved in together


Tamino Woodfae (the son of Ari's self-sim   and celeb Patrick Swayze) and Penny Connery (daughter of Hunter's Trinity and celeb Sean Connery) are engaged. I love the brown streak in her hair - same as her mom's.  


As are Samuel Sparrow, son of Jack Sparrow and a budding pirate and Heather Huffington ( Caleb)


And Pete Varner  (son of celeb Brittany Murphy and Simem's Logan Varner   and the celeb Taylor Swift by wickedpoppies on MTS2)


Gavin Potter (the son of BeckyLynn's Vanessa   and the celeb Harry Potter) wasn't finding any love   not even any friends   . Then Jennifer Love Hewitt ( to imaginarynight on MTS2) showed up with three bolts! More on her later.


Ulli's   Benjamin May and Anna Lisica ( to Lisica 02 on TSR) are married and have a little one on the way.


Birdgurl's Clarissa and Rohan Erchamion (son of star-crossed lovers in Silmarillion) are married. He took her surname "Bird"


Ben Nevis, the adopted son of Toni's    Kendra and Ari's   Quinn and Ari's Lani have moved in together


Meanwhile, in the Weasley tribe, daughter Ginny has turned into a rather serious child, and her brother and Toni (daughter of the Broadswood-Smythes) have a little girl, Rhiannon



Ruth is the daughter of Ari's Zoe and Brendan (both by Ari   - and her sims do make beautiful babies) and Jeff Gique (son of Ari's Jeremy and celeb Jennifer Grey). Don't tell maikkij   , but she is the loveliest sim I've ever seen, and Jeff just beat me to her!   Here she is with her new daughter Georgina, both in a tender moment and when Georgina became a child. That's Jennifer Love Hewitt helping them celebrate.
 

On a whim I started the Ottomas family (one of the canned families provided by EA). They are: Granny Dora holding Tommy, Peter and Samantha (holding Odile), and Sharla and David in front. I'm very thankful for Dora and keep feeding her "green stuff". She's doing most of the babysitting and training toddler skills. 7 Sims! Three-ring-circus to play!  


Ulli's German Inspired Old Villa  is just perfect for the thundering herd and yes, granny's in the attic!

Mac, I just responded to your PM and am so excited!
Thank you for sharing the blessed event with me.
(Won't blow it for the rest of your Mac's 'Hood readers. Mums the word.   )

Okay, when last I got caught up in this thread, I left off with the handsome twins, Vincent and Guido (sons of Jen's verrrrry snackolicious Marcello) ...

I bet Guido and Katia, if they settle down and have bambini, will have some goooooorgeous babies!

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Brother Guido, having spent the afternoon jogging then falling into bed without a shower, roused himself out of bed in his grubby PJs to join them for dinner. Thanks Bro!   ...

Don't tell maikkij, but she is the loveliest sim I've ever seen ...

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Jen ... Ari ... We miss both of you!

Congrats to the many couples who are engaged, married and/or are having babies in your very busy neighborhood, Mac.
Have you told us the actual name of your 'hood? If so, I've forgotten.  

I look forward to learning how the Ottomas family and their 3 ring circus ( ) are doing in Ulli's German Inspired Old Villa!

Btw, Anna Lisica looks like quite an exotic beauty (from her profile image).
I look forward to seeing what her and Benjamin's little ones look like.

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...both by Ari   - and her sims do make beautiful babies...

Upon reading about all of the many Sims you have downloaded from Sugah's Place, I've come upon a neat idea, Captain.
An idea which you, in particular, and some of our other beloved forum family members, have inspired.
Tell me what you think...

We could start a thread called the Sugah's Place Offspring Project.
(Many moons ago, about 5 years back, Hunter and Nonni were going to start one at Basic. That's where I got the idea for the name.   )

In that section, folks who have downloaded Sims from Sugah's Place can share images of what (our paired) Sim models' offspring looks like.
We could share generations of descendants, taking it as far as the Simmer cares to go (eventually).

I rather like the idea myself!

Sugah wrote:

Tell me what you think... We could start a thread called the Sugah's Place Offspring Project.

I like the idea! I don't know how structured you'd want it. It would be interesting to post pics of mom and dad and offspring together, perhaps giving in text the lineage of the parents.

A lot of my offspring are now adults. Babies, toddlers, and even children don't give the real impression of how the sim will turn out (Simone Broadswood-Smythe - see page 21 of this thread) is a perfect example. Maybe limit the offspring shown to teens, YA, and adults. See what other feedback you get on this. (And just maybe there might be a better place than this thread to solicit the feedback)

Lovely pairings and offspring Mac! Enjoyed seeing all of the new families!