not of this world: 02.11

I have been following The Pioneer Woman , aka Ree, since 2007, not long after it began. I love her recipes, humor and photos. Last year, she published her first cookbook, The Pioneer Woman Cooks.
My friend Leah was lucky enough to go to a book signing in Atlanta. Leah had books signed for my friend Carolyn and I. She also held a picture of each of us while she had her picture taken with PW. That was about as close as we came to meeting Ree during her cookbook signing tour.
Ree also wrote about meeting her husband, Marlboro Man (Ladd), on her blog. She has completed the story and published it, Black Heels to Tractor Wheels- A Love Story.
As soon as Carolyn saw that Ree was coming to San Francisco, she asked me to go with her. The day went perfectly. We arrived in SF at about one in the afternoon, went to the bookstore and received our signing letter. They go by the alphabet and we were in the B group. We had quite a few hours to kill before the signing so we went to find something to eat. The weather was perfect and we found ourselves eating a very late lunch alfresco. We had plenty of time to get back to the bookstore to claim our seats. The second row was perfect! Thank you Carolyn for such a fun, fun day! Thank you Ree for being so real.

Ree signing my book. She is sooo sweet and too cute! I look like a mess because it was so hot in the store.

Nice closeup of Ree since I was sitting in the second row.

Ree's girls are the beautiful redheads, Alex (13) and Paige (10). Also in the photo, her mother-in-law and her niece. I was wearing a pair of wedge mules and Alex was wearing flats. We are the same height with our shoes on. She is about six feet tall. I wanted to take the picture to show Madison how tall Alex is since they are the same age. Madison feels awkwardly tall at 5 feet 6 inches.

Books Inc. is the oldest independent book store west of the Mississippi. Located in San Francisco's Opera Plaza.

This was the view behind us. The crowd rounded the corner on the left all the way to the entrance of the store. That must be the reason it felt like it was 100 degrees in there!