The Night Amber and I Hung out With Dooce and The Pioneer Woman November 6, 2009
Posted by Emily in : Friends , trackbackOn Wednesday night, my friend Amber (who I met through blogging and bonded with over our screaming babies) and I went to the Pioneer Woman book signing in Salt Lake City.
About 3,000 other people thought it would be a good idea too . . .
We all froze our buns off outside waiting for our group to be called into the bookstore to meet PW and get our cookbooks signed.
While we waited outside in the dark freezing night, we chatted with other bloggers and Pioneer Woman readers. It was fun to be around so many different people who were all there for one thing: to meet Ree.
Among the PW readers was a celebrity blogger (besides Amber and me, of course) who I practically tackled to meet.
One of the first people to get their books signed was DOOCE. YES. THE DOOCE. THE PIONEER OF ALL BLOGGERS. The one and only blogger to be featured on Oprah, Today, Good Morning America, Bonnie Hunt, and a slew of other shows.
I yelled, “Dooce, Oh my gosh! How are you!” LIKE I HAD KNOWN HER FOR YEARS. (By the way I greeted Heather, Amber thought I HAD known her for years. Ahem . . .)
The weird thing is, I have known her for awhile.
She just doesn’t know me.
I started reading her blog about six years ago, and David and I talk about her like she’s an extended member of our family.
She is just as dynamic in person as she is in her writing. Funny, bold, and confident. It was such a fun surprise!
Next up:
Pioneer Woman. The one and only Pioneer Woman. Ree Drummond.
She was beautiful and gracious. Exactly how I imagined she would be.
My lucky friend Amber was one of the many to get her cookbook signed. (Hundreds of people were not able to get an autograph because there were just too many people there.)
It was such a fun night.
Meeting celebrities and all . . .
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I love dooce! She is hilarious. I will have to check out Pioneer Woman.
Oh my goodness!! You are SOOOO LUCKY!! I LOVE REE and I LOVE DOOCE! And is that Katey by her side? Oh man they have the cutest daughters(you do too) and I love her posts!!
I am still waiting on winning a kitchen aid on Ree’s site (i just know that i will win whenever there is a green one)!! And I made her chicken parmigiana the other day and a recipe from pastor ryan and also her crispy yoghurt chicken! Ohh now my mouth is watering!! Sooo delicious!!
I can’t believe you got to meet both on one evening! You are lucky!!
Im laughing right now…the night was a lot of fun. Your PICS! They turned out fantastic!!!
Okay Im a little embarassed! Im totally star struck with that giddy smile on my face with Ree! FUNNY! Super glad we did that!
I have seen so many blogs about this, and am so sad I didn’t know about it! I love Ree, and in fact, just made her delicious apple dumplings last weekend.
Sadly, my feelings aren’t so warm in regards to Dooce.
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Oh wow and now you have a famous blogger post a comment on this post!
Now I am even more jealous!!
That is so cool!! I am so excited for you. I don’t know who Dooce is so I’ll have to look her up.