Forward
by Ms. Brooke Ervin

I was born and raised in New Royal City, the daughter of Estella (neé Warren) and Frank Adams. I obtained a degree in Political Science from Orleans University, and then moved back to New Royal City where I got a fast-paced job in the business world. I met and married Mr. Wrong - also known as Charles Ervin - and we had a beautiful, baby girl that we named Alicia.

When Alicia was a toddler, Charles ran off with his young secretary, Dena Blomfield - leaving Alicia and I without so much as a backwards glance. Things in the city became more unstable, and when Alicia became a teen, I decided to move her out to a quiet suburb and enroll her in a good, private school. I felt much safer than having her go to the local city high school where girls her age were turning up pregnant at alarming rates.

One of the things I've learned in being a parent is that trying to stop something from happening usually causes it to occur. My darling Alicia hooked up with a local young man here in Dramatowne - Brandon McGraw - and the two now have a pair of darling twin boys, Tristan and Taylor. It isn't what I wanted for Alicia, of course, but there's no changing what's already been done. I moved Brandon into our home, helped the two get married, and quit my time-consuming business job to help Alicia raise the boys. My grandsons mean the entire world to me and are my heart; I wouldn't go back and change the past even if I could!

Alicia is now a young adult, and the boys are becoming quite the little gentlemen themselves. Brandon plans to soon join the military - which is wonderful since he can't seem to hold down a normal job - and our home life is hectic, but happy.

After quitting the business life, I needed something to occupy my mind in between changing diapers and bottle-feeding, and the Record Keeper's position was the perfect fit. I've always had a deep love for Vieux Carre Parish and it's intriguing, and sometimes, seedy history. I've learned a lot, going through the old records, and have been able to add some of my own knowledge as well. I intend to keep this position as long as the state will allow it, and can't now imagine wanting to be anywhere else. The job has also helped give me wonderful ideas for my latest endeavor, romance novelist. My first book, Sims in Heat, has done exceedingly well. My next novel, based on an infamous Dramatowne love tryst that happened over 100 years ago, Not My Nooboo, is due out soon.

I am currently pregnant and am eagerlyly awaiting the birth of my second child. The twins are excited to have a new playmate, and at the idea of having an uncle younger than they. The identity of the father is something I do not plan to divulge. Husband running off with young secretary, pregnant teen daughter, baby out of wedlock to unnamed person - I suppose it's all fitting for the Record Keeper of Skasimlaki's most notorious parish!

If there is any information - past or present - that you need on Vieux Carre families, or any of the lands that make up Vieux Carre Parish, please feel free to contact me anytime at brooke.ervin@skatoolaki.com. You can also stop by or drop a line to me at the Record Keeping Building at:

Vieux Carre Parish Record Keepers Office
420 Marigny Street, Ste 7
Dramatowne, SL
90241

If you would like to contact the main record-keeping office or get in touch with any other parish record keepers, please visit the Skasimlaki State Records Office page.

Cities & Towns

Dramatowne is the parish seat of Vieux Carre Parish, in the US state of Skasimlaki.

Also included are the suburbian Bourbon Boroughs, the small shopping district of St. Ann's Quarter, and the metropolitan New Royal City.

Young adult sims wishing to continue their education may do so at either Orleans University or Laveau Liberal Arts College.

Statistics

Vieux Carre Parish currently has a population of 27 Sims.

History

Vieux Carre Parish is one of the oldest parishes in Skasimlaki. It was founded by the once infamous Madame Ursuline, and has suffered - and come back - from numerous disasters, including the Voodoo Alien Invasion half a century ago and, more recently, the attempted take over by mad scientist, Katrina Tempest.

Vieux Carre Parish is also as renowned for its vampire population as Strangetown is for its alien population.

Important Sims

Mayor Regan Mitchell

One of the youngest mayors in Skasimlaki, Mayor Mitchell's sheer willpower and determination helped her make it to the position at such a young age.

Regan is the daughter of renowned Dramatowne politician, Richard Mitchell. Her mother was the popular day-time soap actress, Abigail Boden. Regan inherited her father's shrewdness and her mother's good-looks and is a dynamo not to be reckoned with.

Her schooling was at St. Elizabeth's All Girls Private School, where she graduated with a 4.0 GPA and a number of scholarships available to her. Regan pursued an Economics degree and graduated Summa Cum Laude from Orleans University. From there, she went on to intern in the mayor's office and worked her way up the political ladder.

Mayor Regan, very active in the community and known for donating her time and money to various charities, was the people's choice for Mayor and won the election by a landslide. Her opposing candidate, Carmelina Angelo, joked she that should just step down and give the election to Ms. Mitchell.

Mayor Mitchell currently resides in Dramatowne and is single, with no children.

Brooke Ervin, Vieux Carre Parish Record Keeper

Brooke Agatha Ervin is the only child of Frank and Estella Adams. She was a powerful Executive in the business world before quitting her hard-earned job to stay home and help her pregnant teen daughter raise her twin boys.

A devoted mother and loving grandmother, Brooke - used to the fast-paced buisness world - needed something to occupy her mind when her daughter Alicia got older and was better able to take care of the twins herself. Applying for a vacancy at the Record Keeper's Office, Brooke hoped she would be chosen for the job. She had long loved Vieux Carre's sensational past, and had been writing short stories for a variety of publications based on stories her grandmother, Lucille Warren, used to tell her about the parish's residents and their ribald lives.

Brooke now is a busy grandmother, the full-time record keeper and spokesperson for Vieux Carre Parish, as well as an up and coming novelist in the romance genre. Her first book, Sims in Heat, has just been released but has recieved wonderful feedback from the community, and from bookstores around the state.

Brooke lives at home in the blustering suburb of Dramatowne with her daughter, Alicia, her son-in-law, Brandon, and her twin grandsons, Tristan and Taylor.

Further Information

All information on this page was compiled and written by Vieux Carre's official record keeper, Brooke Ervin. The article on Brooke was written by Charlotte Bordas and appeared in the New Royal News . No information on this page may be reprinted or republished without the consent of Ms. Ervin and/or Skasimlaki Hosting.

Any queries about Vieux Carre and its areas, must be forwarded to Ms. Ervin at brooke.ervin@skatoolaki.com.