It's Baton Rouge: Out To Lunch

Most of us spend our days at work, whether that’s at the office or in this new post-covid world, in some sort of hybrid, virtual, workspace. But whatever it is you're doing, it’s probably pretty serious and grownup. But, imagine if you spent your work day doing something totally fun and goofy! The kind of thing most people do at parties or on vacation. Stephanie Morace is owner of Balloonatics of Baton Rouge, a local business that specializes in balloon arts and entertaining. That includes everything from the balloon animals and sculptures you see at carnivals and kids’ birthdays to high-end decorative walls for corporate events and galas. Beyond her day-today balloon world, Stephanie travels the country demonstrating her techniques at trade shows and competitions. It’s not at all what she envisioned she would be doing back in 2013, when she left her job as an environmental engineer to hang out her shingle as a balloon artist and entertainer. In the years since Balloonatics has grown beyond Baton Rouge to New