Tomorrow, June 17th, Second Life’s 18th Birthday celebrations ‘Hidden Worlds’will begin, with SL18B regions filled with exhibitions and art installations by Second Life residents. This year I am particularly looking forward to it, for personal reasons, and I will blog about that tomorrow!
The SL18B regions are non-commercial, so there is nothing to shop…but fear not: you can shop till you drop at the SL18B Shop and Hop! Sixteen regions of shopping malls, yes you read that right: 16! And as always, lovely decorated by the Moles!
Each region has 20 shops, so in total 320 Second Life Content Creators have awesome items for you and: every creator has a free gift in their shop, so you do not even need to bring your L$ wallet to go home with an inventory filled with cool stuff!

I’d say: put on your sensible shoes and go!
But befor you go, here is a whole list of important links for your convenience:
SL18B Destination Guide Category will have a listing of Community Experiences, Events, and Shopping Regions: https://secondlife.com/destinations/sl18b
SL18B Shop & Hop Vendors Flickr Group: https://www.flickr.com/groups/slshophop
SL18B Shop & Hop Blog Post with complete list of all Merchants with direct SLurls: https://second.life/sl18bshophop
Landmarks for SL18B Shop & Hop:
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Hollyhock/97/125/55
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Lupine/99/127/56
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Poppy/95/129/57
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Snapdragon/97/129/57
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Chickory/97/128/57
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Aurelian/129/100/57
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Gleaming/128/94/57
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Dahlia/127/99/56
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Tinseled/128/98/56
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Snowflake/159/128/58
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Golden/158/128/58
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Halcyon/158/128/58
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Gilded/160/128/57
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Frosted/128/161/57
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Jubilant/128/163/57
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sugarplum/128/162/57
Happy Birthday Second Life! And….happy shopping!
