Okay, so Marianne is in Texas, which leaves the cataloguing of our last adventure to me. Nintendo was hosting a special preview of one of their new games, and since we were in that Gamer Girl frame of mind due to the release of Marianne’s new book…what better way to celebrate?
The game being feted was Animal Crossing: City Folk for Wii. It’s rather like Second Life for kids. The event was set up such that the more you played the game, the more “bells” you received. You could buy stuff with the bells.
Earning our Bells:
Once we’d earned our bells, it was difficult to decide how to spend them. Sephora makeovers?
Or time with a psychic?
In the end we decided on the later. It’s always nice to check in with a spiritual advisor to find out just how doomed one is at any given moment. Not that finding a new Holy Grail mascara wouldn’t be a deeply spiritual experience for me. I mean, seriously, if I could find a mascara that didn’t dry out within two weeks of purchase…
But I digress.
As usual, media-savvy Marianne knows how flattering the profile shot is (as does the psychic, for some reason), whilst Liz is all “Blaaaaaarrrrrh, camera, I’m right here!” moonface-like.
All in all, free cocktails and ‘dourves, video games, makeup, and fortunes. Good times. Thanks Nintendo! (Excuse me while I go play the Animal Crossing turnip stock market now…)
Oh, you want the results? Marianne = not currently doomed at all, Liz = slightly doomed with overtones of recovery predicted for early next year.
Liz
Filed under: Events, General Babble, Out & About in NY | Tagged: Animal Crossing, Liz Maverick, Marianne Mancusi, psychic, Rebels of Romance
just looking at the way the psy-chic was looking at you…
…did you leave her booth with as many rings on your fingers as you started with?
she totally looks like she’s trying to do a vulcan mind-meld with Marianne…and Marianne is falling for it.