PW!!! MM!!!!

Last night was a bit of a departure for me...Sylvia and I attended a book signing at Border's in Buckhead.  What book, you ask?  Why it was Black Heels to Tractor Wheels, by none other than Ree Drummond, aka The Pioneer Woman.  I have been following her blog for a few years now, and have made many of her recipes.  She is a an awesome cook, wonderful writer, and just all around funny person.  The kind of person that makes you think, "Wow, I could be friends with her...if only she didn't live in the middle of Oklahoma."  Meeting her only confirmed that feeling, she was warm and down to earth and spent about 5 minutes talking to me and Sylvia....and all the other hundreds of mostly women who had waited for their chance to meet her.  She posed for a few pictures as well.  I did not bring my camera, didn't want to seem like a dork.  (Note to self: next time bring a camera so you don't have to ask your new best friend Emily who stood behind you for 2 hours in line to take a picture on your phone.)  She joked with us about not being puffy from the traveling, how her boys enjoyed the hotel pool, how MM would love to come to dinner with us and eat a steak.  She never seemed rushed, even though she had been signing books for 2 hours by the time we got to her, and had at least 3 more hours to go.


And we also got to meet MM.  Who is MM?  That would be Marlboro Man, aka Ladd Drummond, her husband and consummate cowboy.  Here he is, and may I note that when I texted this photo to my sister Mary, she asked for one taken a bit lower, and from the other side...if you know what I mean.  He does know how to wear his Wranglers and as Sylvia pointed out, "He is the real deal honey, I'm from Texas and I can tell you that is a true cowboy!"  Love Sylvia, she always tells it like it is.   

You can just see the belt buckle of their oldest son in the background, and to the right of MM their younger son.  Two very sweet, well behaved boys who read books and answered any questions people asked of them.  I didn't engage them at all, that felt kind of weird to me.  But I did try and sneak a picture of them, plus give Mary the view she was looking for:

And of course he signed our books as well, and posed with us, such a nice guy.

 And here we are with Ree, again not the best shot, but it was on my phone.

A fun night, capped off by dinner at The Buckhead Diner, which I had never been to before.  Oh my...very good.  Had to take a shot of their homemade chips with homemade blue cheese dressing, I am not ashamed to say we licked this plate clean!

Sophie saw this picture and asked, "Oh man Mom, did you have funnel cake without me??"  Ummm, no!

So go ahead and check out The Pioneer Woman, you will not be disappointed.