Launch parties are always fun\u2026but they are even more fun when the author is a dear friend of Book + Bottle and this is their very first book!<\/p>\n
We are so excited to host the launch party for Matt Lettelleir\u2019s new book The Open Door: A Philosophy of Welcome for Leaders, Cities, and Everyone Who Opens a Door!<\/p>\n
Matt will be in the shop with his books available for purchase from 5 to 7 PM on Tuesday, August 25th to meet readers, sign books, and talk about his inspiration for his book! We can\u2019t wait to see you there!<\/p>\n
About the Book<\/p>\n
A love letter to St. Petersburg from a third-generation local, The Open Door traces how this city taught the author what real hospitality looks like \u2014 rooted in three generations of St. Pete hotels, bakeries, and bar rooms, and built into a genuine case that the same principle that shaped this city\u2019s best places can build stronger businesses, teams, and communities anywhere. Come celebrate a hometown story with citywide relevance.<\/p>\n
About the Author<\/p>\n
Matt Lettelleir is a government affairs and civic leadership professional based in the Tampa Bay area, with a career spanning chamber of commerce leadership, healthcare public policy, and external affairs across Florida. His family has been part of St. Petersburg\u2019s hospitality history for generations.<\/p>\n
Matt resides in St. Petersburg, FL with his wife (Chevonne) his son and daughter (Joe and Anastasia), and his dog (Brandon). He enjoys traveling, long road trips, trying new food, and attending Hoosiers, Bucs and Rays games.<\/p>\n
The Open Door is his first book, published through Theodore Foley Press.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Launch parties are always fun\u2026but they are even more fun when the author is a dear friend of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":379289,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-379288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/379289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}