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Trykoski’s lights!

December 14, 2009 by Hank Stuever Leave a Comment

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For those of you in Dallas or anywhere near Frisco, I do hope you’ll find time to check out Jeff and Bridgette Trykoski’s lights this year. I won’t be able to — which feels strange after spending so much time over the last three Christmases doing just that — but I very much recommend it. It’s on every night from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. until Dec. 30 or so (and not when it rains or snows). Check out Jeff’s website for the details with directions for seeing the house. Don’t forget there’s a YouTube video of what you’re in for (though this is a few years old now — much has changed!). If you do go to the Trykoski house, please remember to bring  non-perishable food items for the donation box out front — Jeff and Bridgette have collected tons of food for Frisco Family Services Center food bank. No cash, please!

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Frisco and Plano, from the rear-view mirror

November 19, 2009 by Hank Stuever 4 Comments

BarnesandNoble-FriscoAbout 50 or 60 (?) people came to the Tinsel reading at Frisco’s Stonebriar Centre Tuesday night. For those who expected fireworks (or a Hank Stuever effigy burning!) I am so sorry to disappoint: The crowd was very interested in the book and gave me a very warm reception. (Um, it helps that the audience included a surprise: my mother the nun, Sister Joann Stuever.) I think people in Frisco who hate the book (whether they’ve read it or not; and you know who you are) are doing the exact right thing: Ignoring it, mainly. That’s straight off of page 5 or 6 in PR for Dummies. It’s also the cruelest thing you can do to an egomaniac author! So nice work, city of Frisco.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Barnes & Noble, book tour, books, Bridgette Trykoski, Caroll Cavazos, Frisco Texas, Jeff Trykoski, Legacy Books, Plano Texas, reaction to Tinsel, readings, Stonebriar Centre, Tim Flannery, tinsel, Tinselectomy, Tyra Damm

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