Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Lights on the sky contributors...

And more wonderful contributors are saying "YES" to Hospice of Acadiana... Kathy and Danielle Truxillo Britt - Fine Gems by Andy's Jewelry, Cameron and Jody - Luxury accesories by Jody's of Lafayette, Chefs Giorgio Floridia and Antonella Minardi - Gourmet Italian cuisine and the fabulous Jennifer Ransonet - Make up Designer... Yes, Hospice of Acadiana will shine!

Lights on the sky...
Bolero
The 4th day of December, 2014 at 2:00 PM
City Club River Ranch



Farrah....

Another fabulous model saying yes for Hospice of Acadiana... The beautiful Farrah Graham...
Lights on the sky...
Bolero
The 4th day of December, 2014 at 2:00 PM
City Club River Ranch



Monday, September 29, 2014

Model's parade....

And the parade of fabulous models saying yes to Hospice of Acadiana begin...
Lights on the sky
The 4th day of December, 2014 at 2:00 PM
City Club River Ranch


Sunday, September 28, 2014

Draping for Hospice of Acadiana...


And the mannequins are ready for me... 
Draping for Hospice of Acadiana begin....

"Lights on the sky.... Bolero"

Raoul Blanco

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Lights on the sky…

Lights on the sky…

In the transition of life our loved ones passed to be our beautiful “lights on the sky”… This morning September 23, 2014 Ms. Rae Gremillion – Director of Community and Development for Hospice of Acadiana, Ms. Jeanne Fontenot – Event coordinator for Hospice of Acadiana, Ms. Patricia Gannon – Society Writer for The Acadiana Advocate and I met for a cup of coffee and to share a moment to begin planning “Lights on the sky…”

“Lights on the sky” will be the name to our event and it will benefit 100% our Hospice of Acadiana… This is a collection that I have being creating filled with much love and passion. To remember our loved ones, now beautiful lights on the sky and to be there for this incredible organization that does so much for our local community.  The event is to take place at City Club of River Ranch on Thursday the 4th day of December at 2:00 o'clock in the afternoon.

Two magnificent and exquisite ladies have said yes and are to chair this exclusive event. Ms. Patricia Gannon will have a full story to follow this announcement soon so please stay tune. As for now, I will love to see all of you attending and supporting this beautiful cause. You can get your tickets right now by calling Hospice of Acadiana at (337) 232-1234. Let’s say “YES” to Hospice of Acadiana, let’s be there…

Love you all,

Raoul Blanco



Sunday, September 21, 2014

Poor writing or journalism….

Poor writing or journalism….

It always amazes me the lack of respect, professionalism and originality that some called “writers or journalists” possesses… I believe that writing with ingenious humor is a natural; it must run in the writer’s vessels to be able to reach their hearts and others….

In a recent “The Daily Advertiser” publication, I believe it was this past September 19 and I said believe because I don’t follow this writer, I was told that this society writer (a she)wrote a column about the new iPhone 6 where she made very distinctive remarks to a specific class thinking this will make her “funny”… It didn’t take me much to pull out this column online and yes, there it was... I copy the remarks directly from her column and they read as follow:

“I always wondered what companies do with all those old phones. They say there is a recycling program, but who knows? They could end up in some Central or South American country just like old cars and T-shirts that were printed with the name of the losing Super Bowl team.

You can just imagine a bunch of poor Ecuadorans running around with iPhone 3s in T-shirts sporting the Denver Broncos logo with "Super Bowl XLVIII Champions" printed below.”

Great, isn’t?! There’s one thing called “fact check” used by reporters, writers and others in this kind of business which I guess this lady didn’t bother to do or use (strike one)…… Also, there’s a second and very noticeable fact in this article which is called “racist” and surprisingly this writer’s editor let it go through circulation (strike two)…… Bad thing for a paper that is trying to survive in the competitive world of media specially having two other companies ranking superior to this one (strike three and out!)……

Well guess what??? A fact check shows the following:


Of all of Latin America, Ecuador shows the strongest smart phone growth over the last three years, up almost 250%. The country has the most active cell phones per capita, more than one for every inhabitant, than any country in Latin America.

SOURCE:
Ecuador leads region in cell phones

http://www.cuencahighlife.com/post/2014/03/19/Smart-phones-and-tablet-sales-soar-in-Latin-America-and-trend-is-expected-to-continue3b-Ecuador-leads-the-region-in-cell-phones.aspx

Perhaps this lady should know that to be a “GOOD” writer, reporter or commentator is more than wearing pearls and a fur cuffed cardigan for a picture…… How about a public apology by her and her editor??? Not that that will make her a better writer anyways… 

Raoul Blanco

Picture- The reporter's picture impersonation