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In Remembrance of Brannon Hall-Garcia, Friend & VP of Sirromac Enterprises.

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

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Alfred, work harder to let people know about your service: they need to know that you serve more than you try to get“.  Brannon’s final words about the business.

Several weeks have passed since the last blog post was served. To our loyal readers and those of you here for the first time, an explanation for the Brannonlong silence is past due. It’s with great sadness that I inform you that Brannon Hall-Garcia vice-president of Sirromac Enterprises died of Cancer on June 13. Not only did Brannon play a significant part in the creation of the business through his encouragement and tireless support, he was also first and foremost a devoted friend, a best friend of many years.

A Great Passion for Art & Travel

Brannon embraced an insatiable passion for Art & Travel which made our partnership in the creation of Classic Curios Emporium & Classic Lifetime Travel a harmonious match. We shared this love of Art & Travel, making the process of planning and ‘fact finding’ always adventurous and festive. Brannon was very generous with his enthusiasm and knowledge as we visited museums, art galleries, auction houses, and antique shops. To add even more to our inspiration, we attended business seminars and classes to acquire the skills and tools in preparation of launching the business. Ebay University Classes, Trump University Intensive Seminar, The Synergy Marketing Group Summit (now the dynamic organization that provides our travel products through netTrav Inc), plus The ‘First Steps to Success’ a seminar presented by the world renowned Dani Johnson.

‘Who Traveled The World The Most?’

Hours totaling days, over the years, were spent sharing our travel experiences, particularly our love of the exotic, the art of travel, differences of  foreign countries  and their people.  We often enjoyed boasting, focusing on who had traveled the world the most. After much teasing, it was acknowledged that he had been to all the major cities of South America! But I always got the last word by reminding him that, my next trip to Southeast Asia would be my fifth! Then it was time to open the second bottle of wine. By the way, we were in the same ‘ball park’ with great opera houses and concert halls. What Fun!

Art & Travel Renew The Human Spirit!

There is much more that could be said. It is with great celebration that I dedicate this blog post to Brannon who sincerely wanted the business to be a success. His encouraging words will always resound with great depth. His final comment expressed to me about the business was “Don’t Quit. Don’t Quit. Don’t Quit.” There’s so much great stuff to be shared with like-minded people and those who truly desire to learn more about the renewing powers of Art & Travel. A few days later he made the comment that was used to open this blog post….

Quality Of Service Is The Key!

As my business education and growth of the company continues, it will always be a top priority to remember Brannon’s comments, and not forget that personalized service and attention to detail is the key. As the world society becomes more ’self serving’,  Self Service does not deliver a satisfying experience, when the product being served  is discovery,  joy, adventure, and renewal - in other words -  Art & Travel.

That which we GIVE Away, we always get to KEEP.

Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!

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Together Everyone Achieves More!

Alfred
866-470-5700 /
Travel@Sirromac.com

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Part Three - The Last Day in Paris - wanting to return someday soon!

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

 

The Last Day in Paris - wanting to return someday soon!

What an enjoyable moment it is to receive, as the travel agent, notice that your customers were fully satisfied with the travel arrangements made for their trip. I’m delighted to introduce Eric Birk & Bernadette Hoke, who are both established concert artists (organ & piano) living in New York City. It gives me great pleasure to post the Travel Journal - Part Three, of their first trip to Paris France.

Our last day in Paris……

had spectacular weather!  We began early at the Louvre, entering directly from the Metro station into the modern mall they have built beneath the museum.  We lucked out that the Louvre seems to have recently changed its schedule to be open on Mondays (closed Tuesdays), as our guidebooks conflicted.  In any case, since this was our first visit we mainly hit all the highlights:

1.  the winged Nike of Samothrace
2.  the Venus de Milo
3.  the Mona Lisa
4.  La Grande Odalisque by Ignres
5.  their one Vermeer on display (”The Lacemaker
not far from where I got this wonderful photo out the window:)

6.  “The Card Sharper”  by La Tour and, of course,
7.  I. M. Pei’s pyramids which marry the 16th century palace to the 21st!  We got there at a perfect time to see the sun refracting through the largest one:

After a few moments of nearly getting lost (but the 17th century & earlier rooms were certainly breathtakingly decorated), we moved on to our other destination, the chapel known as La Sainte-Chappelle.  Located on the Île de la Cité (the same isle on which Notre Dame cathedral sits), it is in the middle of a group of government buildings known as the Palais de Justice.  When we bought our tickets, the next entrance gate was peopled by guards and citizens entering court or paying parking tickets, etc. (kind of like Borough Hall or the Supreme Court in lower Manhattan) and the ticket seller was puzzled that we were skipping the other museum which they intend for you to see first (armor and dungeons it looked like to us), but the chapel closes at 1:00, and it was 12:15!  

The sun was streaming brilliantly through the windows (Click to View). Every surface that was not windows is painted. They are in the process of restoration, inside and out. (Outdoor view is the center photo at the top of this message.) After that, we sought out ideas for dinner, walking through L’Opera scoping out La Grande Colbert (used in the movie “As Good as It Gets”– decided against) and got great shots of  The Garnier Opera House.

We  then  made  a final stop at Galleries Lafayette (rotunda pictured below), which brings us to the end of our trip, and a commercial prop to wish you a Joyeux Noël!The next day clouds were back & it was time to get home, but we can’t wait to return to the city of lights– someday soon, we hope!Wishing you a bright and Merry Christmas, Eric & Bernadette.

We hope you’ll also enjoy the hyper-links provided, particularly the ones offering great moments with Daniel Roth and Sophie-Véronique Cauchefer-Choplin at the magnificent Cavaille-Coll Organ (The Travel Journal parts 1 & 2).

We look forward to your future visits. If Eric and Bernadette’s journal causes you to reminisce of your trips to Paris, we invite you to share   your memories and impressions. Your comments are always welcome!

Thank you and Enjoy!

Alfred

866-470-5700 / Travel@Sirromac.com

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