TAMMY LECHNER'S CELEBRITY HOSTED SO-CAL BOOK TOUR - LOS ANGELES & SAN DIEGO - JUNE 2008
"OUR TEAM - OUR DREAM: A CUBS FAN'S JOURNEY INTO BASEBALL'S GREATEST ROMANCE"
(please note: all "book tour" photographs by Adrienne Helitzer©)
BOOK SIGNING AT "TASTE CHICAGO" IN BURBANK, CA HOSTED BY CELEBRITY CUBS FAN JOE MANTAGNE -- JUNE 8, 08
Author Tammy Lechner celebrates OUR
TEAM-OUR DREAM during a book signing party hosted by celebrity
die-hard Cubs fan, actor and producer Joe Mantegna at "TASTE
CHICAGO" - a Burbank, CA restaurant owned and operated by
Joe and Arlene Mantegna. On the day of this event, June 8, the
Cubs played the LA Dodgers at Chavez Ravine, just down the road.
Part of the crowd joining Lechner and
Mantegna at "TASTE CHICAGO" includes huge Cubs fans
Brett and Cristine Godsey (at left) of Joey Armadillo's Restaurant
and Bowling Alley of Niles, Michigan.
Lechner and Mantegna joined by Jan
Riggs of Los Angeles,(top, center) and Christina Paine of San
Diego
Mantegna with model and actress Christina
Paine of San Diego, CA. Paine, a huge baseball fan, assisted Lechner
with photo editing during the production of "OUR TEAM-OUR
DREAM."
Mantegna with Bobbi Smith of New Preston,
CT and Christina Paine of San Diego
Mantegna with actor Gil Serna of Los
Angeles
Lechner and Mantegna with Marlene
Schneider of Apple Valley, CA
Lechner with another group of Cubs
fans at the TASTE CHICAGO book signing event in Burbank including
Lafern Watkins (fourth from left) who hosts the "Morning
Show" on ESPN Radio in Los Angeles.Watkins is joined by fiance
and "HUGE" Cubs fan Bill Cusack (third from left).
BOOK SIGNING AT "ASAGGIO'S DEEP-DISH CHICAGO PIZZA" IN SAN DIEGO HOSTED BY CELEBRITY CUBS FAN JERRY BISHOP -- JUNE 4, 08
Author Tammy Lechner with San Diego's
most "Die-Hard" Cubs fan Jerry G. Bishop, a noted radio
personality in both Chicago and San Diego. Bishop hosted a book
signing by Lechner for "OUR TEAM-OUR DREAM" at his restaurant,
"Asaggio's Deep Dish Pizza," in Seaport Village, San
Diego. On the day of this event, June 4, the Cubs played the San
Diego Padres at nearby Petco Park.
Christina Paine of San Diego joins
Lechner and Bishop at the book signing for "OUR TEAM-OUR
DREAM." Paine, an actress, model and huge baseball fan, assisted
Lechner with photo editing during the production of "OUR
TEAM-OUR DREAM."
Tammy Lechner presents Jerry Bishop
with a signed print of the cover photograph of the book "OUR
TEAM-OUR DREAM"
Christina Paine and Jerry Bishop salute
author Tammy Lechner and the book "OUR TEAM-OUR DREAM: A
Cubs Fan's Journey Into Baseball's Greatest Romance"
Author Tammy Lechner set up for a book
signing at Jerry Bishop's restaurant, Asaggio's Deep Dish Pizza.
Attending Cubs fans received a free beer and a discount on an
order of Chicago Deep-Dish pizza.
Jerry Bishop, owner of Asaggio's Pizza
in San Diego's Seaport Village and host of author Tammy Lechner's
book signing at the venue, holds court with Cubs fans visiting
the restaurant prior to the Cubs vs. Padres game at nearby Petco
Park.
Cubs fans gather around author Tammy
Lechner and show off their autographed copies of "OUR TEAM-OUR
DREAM during the book signing at Asaggio's Pizza in Seaport Village,
San Diego. Pictured from left are Nicholas Huebner, Michael Whaley,
Ashley Huebner, and HUGE Cubs fan and Mark Prior faithful... Sandy
Whaley (mother and beloved partner of this Cubs-friendly family).
San Diego Union-Tribune sports reporter
Karen Pearlman stops by to meet Lechner and get a copy of "OUR
TEAM-OUR DREAM" autographed for her die-hard Cubs fan father.
San Diego Cubs fans drop by the book
signing event at Asaggio's to meet with author Tammy Lechner and
talk about the Cubs chances for the World Series during the 2008
anniversary season marking 100 years since the Cubs last MLB championship.
San Diego Cubs fans drop by the book
signing event at Asaggio's to meet with author Tammy Lechner and
host Jerry Bishop to talk about the Cubs chances for the World
Series during the 2008 anniversary season marking 100 years since
the Cubs last MLB championship.
Book signing host and die-hard Cubs
fan Jerry Bishop of San Diego learns from a young Cubs fans how
many years she has been following the Boys In Blue.
More young Cubs fans in training attend
the book signing event for "OUR TEAM-OUR DREAM" at Asaggio's
Pizza in San Diego's Seaport Village.
Cubs fans enjoy perusing through their
newly acquired and personally autographed copy of "OUR TEAM-OUR
DREAM" by Tammy Lechner duuring a book signing event in San
Diego, June 4, 08
Cubs fan Brett Godsey of Niles, Michigan
shows off his #22 Mark Prior jersey during a book signing event
for "OUR TEAM-OUR DREAM" at Asaggio's Pizza in San Diego.
Author Tammy Lechner validates Brett
Godsey's choice of wearing a Mark Prior jersey at a book signing
event in San Diego. Prior, a number one draft choice of the Cubs
in 2001, spent several checkered season with the Cubs before being
released in 2007 and signed by the San Diego Padres. Prior is
a San Diego native and celebrated in Southern California for his
outstanding success as a baseball player at USC.
Brett Godsey of Niles, Michigan enjoys
going through the book "OUR TEAM-OUR DREAM" with event
host Jerry Bishop. Godsey's photograph is in the book, taken in
1998 in the bleachers of Wrigley Field.
Cubs fans surround Jerry Bishop for
a photo opportunity during a book signing event for "OUR
TEAM-OUR DREAM" hosted by Bishop on behalf of author Tammy
Lechner. The event, held June 4, 08, took place at Bishop's restaurant
at Seaport Village, San Diego.
Cubs fans pose for photos with Tammy
Lechner, author of "OUR TEAM-OUR DREAM: A Cubs Fan's Journey
Into Baseball's Greatest Romance," during a book signing
event in San Diego, June 4, 08
Brett and Cristine Godsey joins in
on a photo opportunity with Jerry Bishop who hosted a book signing
event for Tammy Lechner, author of "OUR TEAM-OUR DREAM"
at Asaggio's Pizza in San Diego
Brett and Cristine Godsey of Niles,
Michigan enjoys talking "CUBS" with Jerry Bishop and
his son, Chris Bishop (left) during a book signing event for "OUR
TEAM-OUR DREAM" at Bishop's restaurant, Asaggio's Pizza in
San Diego's Seaport Village
Author Tammy Lechner is joined by Cubs
fans during a book signing event for "OUR TEAM-OUR DREAM"
at Asaggio's Pizza in San Diego's Seaport , June 4, 08
Producer Alana Alkema (left) and photojournalist
Christopher Maue from San Diego's Fox 6 News TV join author Tammy
Lechner and event host Jerry Bishop during a book signing at Asaggio's
Pizza in San Diego's Seaport Village, June 4, 08
Many thanks to Jerry Bishop and his
son Chris, onwners and operators of "Asaggio's Pizza"
in San Diego's Seaport Village, offering truly the best Chicago
Deep Dish pizza imaginable! The Bishops generously hosted a book
signing event for author Tammy Lechner and her book "OUR
TEAM-OUR DREAM" on June 4, 08 when the Chicago Cubs played
the San Diego Padres at nearby Petco Park.