http://blog.secondstyle.com/2006/10/benefits-for-hyasynth-tiramisu.html Clothes, and shoes, and hair, oh my! Sun, 24 Apr 2011 18:05:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://blog.secondstyle.com/2006/10/benefits-for-hyasynth-tiramisu.html/comment-page-1#comment-539 Second Style Fashionista » A fashionette’s weekend Wed, 18 Oct 2006 23:54:21 +0000 http://blog.secondstyle.com/2006/10/benefits-for-hyasynth-tiramisu.html#comment-539 [...] Finally, I was lucky to attend a benefit for hyasynth Tiramisu. This was an incredible experience for me, as I’m sure it was for everyone who attended. There is nothing that can truly describe the warmth in the room and genuine sentiments of encouragement, but it was far from somber. The music was great and the auctions were competitive. Everyone was beautifully-dressed and were in a genuine spirit of giving. In RL these kinds of charity auctions and balls are out of reach for most every day citizens. Sure, L$1500 isn’t a lot of money in US dollars, but it’s the collective power of these micropayments that matter. The one dollar you give, is one dollar subtracted from those medical bills. And it’s not like giving to the Red Cross or clicking on a donation box on a web page. It feels real, genuine, and (for lack of a better word) human. [...] [...] Finally, I was lucky to attend a benefit for hyasynth Tiramisu. This was an incredible experience for me, as I’m sure it was for everyone who attended. There is nothing that can truly describe the warmth in the room and genuine sentiments of encouragement, but it was far from somber. The music was great and the auctions were competitive. Everyone was beautifully-dressed and were in a genuine spirit of giving. In RL these kinds of charity auctions and balls are out of reach for most every day citizens. Sure, L$1500 isn’t a lot of money in US dollars, but it’s the collective power of these micropayments that matter. The one dollar you give, is one dollar subtracted from those medical bills. And it’s not like giving to the Red Cross or clicking on a donation box on a web page. It feels real, genuine, and (for lack of a better word) human. [...]

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