Spend a day with book publisher LuckyCinda at Wine and Words event in Palm Desert
Former Hollywood actress - most notably of Pretty Woman - is hosting a Wine and Words event in Palm Desert to talk about her Hollywood days, her career as a Nashville songwriter and to promote her latest work, an adventure novel.
RIDGECREST, CA, March 28, 2011
Fine wine and a good book is what guests will be treated with during an evening of Wine and Words in Palm Desert at Cuistot Restaurant March 31 starting at 5:30 p.m..Author Lucinda Sue Crosby will be reading excerpts of her book, "Francesca of Lost Nation," while guest enjoy a meal and glass of wine. Diners will be surrounded by French decor as they eat by candlight under the breathtaking desert skies, as Cuistot, on El Paseo, is famously known for its top-rated Chef as much as for its ambiance.
Storytelling is one of Crosby's fortes having spent several years in Nashville as a published and recorded songwriter and was a commissioned poet hired by golf legen Arnold Palmer before a stint as a journalist. Her latest writing project is a novel released in 2010.
The book has already garnered two literary prizes given an Honorable Mention for Fiction by both the Hollywood Book Festival and Independent Book Publisher Award. The story is a fun adventurous story about a car-racing, poker-playing and spirited grandmother who delights in entertaining quirky characters. She also supplies her granddaughter a memorable summer in 1947 Iowa when the pair team with barn-storming pilot to catch a wanted felon and stumble across a century-old secret of how the town got its name.
Crosby will be also be sharing stories about her days in Hollywood where she teamed with movie icon Garry Marshall in seven films including "Pretty Woman" and "Beaches."
For reservations, call Cuistot at 760-340-1000. Tickets are $30 single; $50 couple and include one dinner and one drink from the Happy Hour Menu. Ticket holders will also get an autographed copy of the book, (one copy only for couple tickets).
EVENT INFORMATION:
Wine and Words March 31 starting at 5:30 p.m. at Cuistot Restaurant, 72595 El Paseo in Palm Desert, (760) 340-1000. Tickets are $30 single; $50 couple (dinner, drink and book-1 copy only for couple ticket)
BOOK INFORMATION:
http://www.luckycinda.com