Carla Bruni: The Finale

Okay, I am going to leave Carla Bruni alone after this. I have low rated her enough, so now I will say a few positive things about her in closing. Instead of condemning her (which she probably gets all the time) some of us of the female sex need to sit her down and tell her in a kind manner to try and meet a sweet natured, mature guy who loves her for herself and not as a trophy or sex icon. She should drop the eternal boy types off her list and get her a real man. And if she is thinking about reforming Nicholas, guess again. Too many women think they can reform bad boys, or in Nick's case an old bad boy. Men have to see the need to reform.

Fellow blogger Internation Musing/Hans posted more private photos of the new first lady of France yesterday. In looking for more interesting photos of her, I found her own website on which one of her songs is played. I actually like the song and the layout of her website. Her voice is rather good, with a kind of mellow huskiness. Hans did say she is multi-talented.

Here is the Carla Bruni website with more of her private photos. She has even put some of Emily Dickinson's and Christina Rossetti's poems to music. These two women were exact opposites to her in behavior, but she must identify with them in a way, because why would she bother to put some of their poems to music? Perhaps she has a hidden wish to be a little purer.

Even though I disagree with her lifestyle and life decisions, I have to admit the woman is intriguing.

Here are more photos of her alone and with Sarko in Egypt.

Mexican Romantic: Alejandro Fernandez

Like many singers I love, I just happened upon Alejandro Fernandez by hearing one of his songs I liked on a CD I bought of Grammy Award Winning Latin singers.

Alejandro Fernandez is one of Mexico's most popular singers. He began his career singing mostly ranchera and mariachi music like his father Vicente Fernandez, another singer famous throughout Latin America. Alejandro has the nickname "El Potrillo" which means "the little colt." His father Vicente, is called "El Gran Garanon" meaning "the great stallion."

In the last several years, Alejandro Fernandez has changed his style to Romantic pop ballads, always sung in Spanish. He has partnered with singers like Gloria Estefan, Placido Domingo, Marc Anthony, and more recently with Beyonce.

At 36, Fernandez has been married twice and twice divorced. He has five children. He says of his music and himself, "“Romanticism is something that will never die. I’m super, ultra passionate."
I think of Alejandro Fernandez as a kind of Mexican Elvis, but sans (without) the moves. The following video is one of my favorite songs by him and is from his first acting effort Zapata: El sueno de un heroe; translated into English, "Zapata: The Dream of a Hero."