Monthly Archives: October 2019

Alyssa Milano Book Signing

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Actress, activist, and author Alyssa Milano made an appearance to sign copies of her new children’s book Hope: Project Middle School. The event took place at The Grove’s Barnes & Noble in LA.

The event was scheduled to start at 7 p.m. and unlike the last book signing I attended, I arrived very early. When the event started Alyssa discussed her book alongside the illustrator Eric S. Keyes. It was then followed by a Q&A session and book signing.

I’ve always been a big fan of Alyssa’s earlier work such as the movie Commando, where she co-starred alongside Arnold schwarzenegger and the TV sitcom Who’s the Boss? It was a pleasure to finally meet her.

Eric S. Keyes is also a character designer for the TV series The Simpsons. I had him sign the book as well.

The only issue with this event is that the line moved very slow. For whatever reason some people get to the front of the line and have to tell their life story. Overall it was still a good event.

Barry Zito Book Signing

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Former major league pitcher Barry Zito came to my neck of the woods to sign copies of his new book titled Curveball. The event took place at the Barnes & Noble store in Redlands which is literally minutes away from my house.

It was scheduled to start at 2 p.m. but due to unfortunate circumstances, I arrived a bit after 3 in the afternoon. Upon arrival I was informed by staff that Barry was done signing for the day. I guess there was a much smaller turnout than anticipated.

Barry did sign a number of books for the store before heading out. A staff member did swap out my copy of the book that I had purchased the day before for a signed version. It has a sticker attached to the front of the book which seems to be their authentication.