3/16/2008

"The new phone book is here, The new phone book is here!"

Steve Martin's character iin "The Jerk" yelled that when he first saw his name in the phonebook - he was a little slow. Gardening for Golfers is now available on Amazon! Simply go there and search for "Gardening for Golfers" and you'll find the book. (Psst - you can save on shiipping if you spend $25 or more on Amazon. The book is also available on Barnes and Noble.com as we'll as some sites in the United Kingdom. How cool is that?

 

3/3/2008

Gardening for Golfers soon to be on Amazon and Borders

We're checking everyday for the availability of Gardening for Golfers on Amazon.com and Borders.com. With our fancy-schmancy ISBN number, we're now registered in the official Bowker's Books in Print database, and that makes us legit. We were legit before, we're just more legit that is. Watch this space for more details.

 

2/3/2008

Don't buy anyone this book for Valentine's Day!

If you want to spend time with that special someone on St. Valentine's Day, don't give them this book as a gift. Once they see it, they won't put it down, and you won't get to have any quality time with them. If you want to ignore our warning, order now so you have it on time. At least we warned you!

 

1/13/2008

Gardening for Golfers featured in Santa Barbara News Press "805 Bound" Book Section

The Santa Barbara News Press featured Gardening for Golfers in their "805 Bound" book section. They describe the book as follows, ""Trim your shrubs with your clubs" promises this chortlesome and meandering tome about golfing, gardening, a little of both and sometimes neither." How cool is that? Chortle is defined as "gleeful chuckles", which could not be more apt to describe Gardening for Golfers. Bravo!

 

1/2/2008

Gardening for Golfers Author in Brad Pitt "Nose Job" Controversy.

Santa Barbara is a small town. Gardening for Golfers author Peter Blair is embroiled in a local controversy with Santa Barbara homeowner Brad Pitt over nose shape. Some locals believe that Peter's recent Septoplasty to fix a deviated septum was really just a veiled excuse to change the shape of his nose to be more like Brad Pitt's. It is fairly common for people, especially sorority girls, to get nose jobs under the guise of a deviated septum. Neither Mr. Blair or Mr. Pitt would comment on this controversy, although Mr. Blair indicated that he already had larger lips like Angelina Jolie's. We'll keep you posted if we smell anything fishy on this gossip.

 

12/16/2007

Author attends Target World Challenge at Sherwood Country Club - Tiger sees the book!.

The author and family attended the final day of the Target World Challenge tournament and spent some time by the first green sitting next to Tiger's mom. As Tiger walked from the 3rd green to the 4th tee, he saw a copy of the GFG book being held out by Peter's daughter Christina. Tiger smiled and nodded "hi" , very uncharacteristic of him when competing. By his reaction, we think he liked the book. We were treated to a viewing of Baby Sam and Tiger's wife Elin, who greeted him at the 18th hole to congratulate him on his victory.

 

12/7/2007

Author to appear on "Garden Gossip" show on Santa Barbara AM 1290,
Friday, December 7th.

Author Peter G. Blair is set to appear on the "Garden Gossip" radio show at 11:00 am PST. He'll be talking about his book and pretending to know something about gardens. There may be some golf mentioned as well. You can hear a live streaming version of the show by visiting www.newpress.com and clicking on the AM 1290 link at the top left on the page. Peter may mention some of his Roundup Recipes, so have a paper and pencil handy...

 

12/6/2007

Santa Barbara Independent Magazine Features article on "Gardening for Golfers".

Check out the link below to the online story about Peter's book. We only had to buy 4 years of full page ads to get the coverage, but it is worth it. Props to Matt Kettmann for writing up the story. You can even get the story in iPod format, but we're not sure what that sounds like.

 

Santa Barbara Independent

 

 

11/29/2007

GFG Book announced at Buck Owens Crystal Palace in Bakersfield, California

During the Buckaroos live broadcast from the Buck Owens Crystal Palace last Friday, November 23rd, the band congratulated author Peter Blair for the release of his "Gardening for Golfers" book during the show. Peter and family were in town for Thanksgiving and some local book promotion. Peter had the Ceaser salad with Chicken and an Iced Tea by the way.

 

11/19/2007

Rebroadcast of KTYD Early Show appearance

In case you missed Peter's appearance on the KTYD morning show last Friday, November 16, you can hear a tape of it by clicking below:

 

Windows Media

 

It's not actually a tape, but most people understand what we're talking about.

 

11/14/2007

Author to appear on KTYD Early Show this Friday, 11/16 at 8:40AM PST!

Peter will be talking about his book on Matt McAllister's Early Show on FM 99.9 KTYD in Santa Barbara. Peter and Matt played golf together a few years ago, and Matt liked Peter's style. It may be that Peter still owes Matt some money from the round, but tune in live and see for yourself. Peter is scheduled at 8:40am PST, so visit the Early Morning Show link and click on "Listen Live". By the way, if you did not already know it, Matt McAllister held the Guiness Book of Records for the most number of tee shirts worn at one time. He broke one record on the David Letterman Show. This link to youtube.com shows his attempt to wear 155 shirts at the same time. Peter may go for a similar record wearing golf sweater vests. We even have a press release about it!

 

11/1/2007

Gardening for Golfers Is ON SALE!!!

It's been a long time coming, but the book that 4 or 5 of you have been waiting for is ready! Click on the book to the left to place your order. Thank you for your patience.

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