Pioneer Woman

To know the PW is to love the PW. She has an amazing blog where she writes about a million things, including (but not limited to) photography, cooking, home schooling, and a city girl's experience living life on a ranch. I am astonished daily by her photography - my main drive to check out her site - and the amount that this powerhouse accomplishes each day. Holy moly. She also has a generous heart and a share-the-wealth attitude toward learning. If you want guidance on how to get to know your camera/take better pictures, cook amazing meals, teach your kids lots of cool new things, she's your girl. Well, she's our girl. We can share her. :)

PW was in town to sign her cookbook. My mother-in-law gave me this awesome book for Christmas and I was so excited to have her sign it. A group of us, (Kate, Anne, Dao, Trish) went to meet her.

We met in the bookstore cafe so that we could settle down/get ourselves under control. I was definitely giddy. (photo by Dao)

(kate, anne, trish, me)

PW gave a 20 minute question and answer session for the crowd and then we were IN. (Here's a shot of the crowd during the signing itself.) (Photo by Dao)


The tickets were free, but you had to get them ahead of time. Of course, we assumed they were be gone IMMEDIATELY, so we sped over to the bookstore months ago to pick them up on the first day. We were in the first group of 20 to meet her - and we were in a 'pack of 5' so I felt like we got to hang out with her longer (during all 5 of our signings, we were gathered around talking to her, laughing)

(kate, anne, dao, me - top row; trish and PW - the twins - second row)

When I sat down, I told her how much I loved her Favorite Salad e.v.e.r (served it to my dinner club last year) and she said it was her favorite too. We laughed about how it makes so much it can feed an entire ranch. We laughed. We bonded. It rocked. (Photo by Kate)



Afterward, we all went out for dinner at M5. I fully expected to be home by 8:45pm and instead Trish dropped me off after 11pm. Loved the company of all these girls. Lots of stories to swap. Lots of laughter in the mix. I can tell our little photography club is going to be much fun. :) PS Shouldn't Dao be a food photographer? Look how great this appetizer looks.


See the inscription? "Love to Brooke!" Seriously, we bonded. She meant it. :)