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You know on 30 Rock when Liz Lemon smells Oprah's hair and just wants to be in her presence? Yeah...that's how I am about Martha Stewart. Not in a stalker-y way, but I adore her. We both do crafts. We both make cupcakes. We've both been in prison. Wait.

I respect someone who has built an empire on clean sheets and homemade pie. That's amazing. And so, on Monday, a dream was fulfilled and I got to meet...the woman herself.She was in town to promote and sign her new book Martha Stewart's Cooking School: Lessons and Recipes for the Home Cook. Which quite honestly, is a great book for learning basic cooking techniques with wonderful step by step pictures, much like Everyday Food magazine. Coolbeans and I headed over there early and we were near the front of the line. Which is stupid since other people had been waiting since 3am. Suckas. The line QUICKLY filled in and in no time there were hundreds behind us.

The wait was quick despite the crazy, I mean CRAYZAY fans in line. The funniest part was when we were joking about what would be on her rider of what she MUST have at the signing. Just as we were talking about it, the store manager came up frantic because someone had moved the chair at the table. Apparently they had bought the chair especially for her, she had specified that it had to be made of 'hard wood.' Hilarious.The store was really disorganized but it worked in our favor and in the end, we wound up being FIRST in line. I was cracking up. I have good luck, I told you. Before we knew it, she had arrived. The papparazzi went nuts. It was surreal that she was right there, standing just 5 feet in front of us. You know how some people look nothing like how they do on tv? There's no mistaking that this was indeed the one and only Martha Stewart. She walks talks, is exactly like she is on tv.
When Coolbeans stepped up, it was complete chaos and the bookstore staff got even more crazed and were bending the books to get them signed quicker. Right then Martha reprimanded the staff for thrashing the books and then gave Cool Beans the 'can you believe these people?' eyeroll. Yay for a very Martha moment.

Things were crazy disorganized like I said, which probably drove her nuts, I know it drove me crazy - and I ended up standing in front of her much longer than I had expected. We had a decent conversation, I told her how I cooked for my kids and even had the nerve to show her my cupcakes postcard (email me your address and you'll get one). Yes, I had the balls to show the Queen of all 'Good Things' my stuff, but I took a chance and she actually said they were cute and she asked if she could keep the postcard! HELL YES. Even if it ends up in the trash can, it was nice of her to ask. It totally made my day. I was thrilled that I got to talk to her and finally meet her in person. Yay for good things.

More pics, here.