Ree Drummond (aka The Pioneer Woman) is one of those people I discovered a few years ago and since then have followed her religiously. Between the beautiful photographs (scenery and her gorgeous family) and the food.. oh, the food.. it’s impossible not to fall in love with what she does. As I learned last night, she’s an incredible person as well.
Last night I made the journey into Buckhead to wait with an estimated 850 people to get my The Pioneer Woman Cooks autographed. As a bonus, Bakerella was also in attendance, as were Betsy and Hyacinth (Both with recipes in the book. Betsy is Ree’s sister, and Hyacinth a good friend of hers).
She was originally supposed to speak, but there were just too many people. The Borders staff were stressed and overwhelmed and this was painfully obvious. But despite that, the faces of the women (and even men!) around me were cheerful, smiling and incredibly patient. These people wanted the chance to meet her, because what she does is just that good.
Four hours after my arrival at Borders I shook Ree’s hand, she personalized my book and I got my photo taken with her. All of the stress of driving in traffic in an unfamiliar place, in sitting on the floor for four hours (Although I met some great people, some of whom might even be reading this blog!) seemed to melt away and I am so glad I went. I made it home at 12:15am. Hungry, exhausted and with a “my car won’t start!” scare behind me. I did not get lost, I did not get into a horrible accident or get mugged (I’m such a small town girl lol).
However, I don’t know that I could do it again anytime soon. I am glad I picked this one!
Hi, Lydia! I’m glad to hear that you finally made it to meet PW. What an adventure! I have yet to post about it but will do so later today. It was such a pleasure chatting with you last night. Thanks for all the wonderful info on the Kindle. I may just have to save up my pennies and get one. I can see that being such a great thing to have, especially when I am up reading in the wee hours of the morning.
I am going to browse through your blog (hope you don’t mind) and will definitely be back to visit. I have to, we’re kindred spirits afterall.
Take care and maybe I’ll see you at another book signing-
Karin Smith
Hi Karin! It was wonderful to meet you! I’ve bookmarked your blog as well and plan to peruse it later on.
oh lydia! i’m so glad i found your blog! i took a picture of you with hyacinth and betsy that night. It’s up over at my flickr account:
And just in case you don’t remember me:
great post!
katie
Katie! Glad to see you found my blog! Thank you so much for the extra photo. It’s a great one.
Hope you and your friend are doing well this new year!