Martha!

To celebrate MLK Day, I went to the Martha Stewart show!  I have decided that going to see tapings on Monday Holidays is such a great idea because there is really no other time when I can go to these.  I work every other week day unless I'm out of town for vacation!  Martha was a lot of fun and they even gave me FOUR tickets!  Awesome.  Joy, Rosella, and Katie joined me and we all thought it was really fun.

The same crazy man who pumped up the audience for the Marriage Ref was there to wake us up bright and early and make sure we knew when to laugh and clap and oooh and ahhhh.  We received an email a few days before the show warning us that it was their HOT show.  It said to wear HOT colors (red, orange, pink, etc...), if possible and that there would be HOT treats, HOT guests, and HOT crafts during the show.  We all participated in our red and pink!

Rosella, Katie, me, Joy!

 The Garden area of Martha's stage

 One of the kitchen areas

It was very, very cold that day and they kicked off the show by giving us all delicious hot chocolate to drink while we watched the taping.  Then Martha introduced us to a chef who recently opened a fancy schmancy French restaurant in the city.  This chef was sooo cute!  Definitely fit in with the HOT theme.  He cooked up some delicious looking prawns and later a pasta sauce.

Zac Posen, the designer, was there for the crafty section of the show.  He gave us all a tutorial on dying pillow cases.  They turned out pretty cute!  Of course, they used HOT Rit dye colors like red and pink. 

A techy dude came to show us the newest HOTTEST gadgets that are coming out soon.  I was so hoping that after they showed us all these cool cameras and laptops that they'd say "And we have one of each for everyone in the audience today!"  Nope, didn't happen.  But, our next guest did come through with a take-home gift.

The final guest is some kind of chili pepper expert.  He was kind of a funny, old man.  Martha was pretty into his chili pepper knowledge though.  And, he gave us all a copy of his book to take home so we can further educate ourselves on chili peppers and maybe even cook up some of the recipes included in the book (I plan to as part of my New Year's Goals!!)

All the guests for the show (minus Zac Posen who had to sneak out early)

Chili Pepper Man, HOT Gadget man, Martha, and super HOTtie chef!

Martha stayed around for a Q&A after the show was done taping.  A poor girl in the audience asked her what she cooks when she gets home late at night.  I saw Martha's response coming before she opened her mouth and felt SO bad for this girl.  Martha, of course, went on and on lecturing the poor girl about how bad it is to eat late at night.  Had to have been a bit embarrassing for her!

Q&A!

 The crafty area of the stage - notice the bins full of dye for

Zac Posen's pillow project.

 My new Chili Pepper book!

 While trying to pump up the audience, they tossed out free

stuff.  I got this super absorbent sports towel.

Maybe I'll take it to the gym with me.

As we exited the show, they pointed us towards

a food truck that was passing out FREE food. It was

the weirdest thing.  You could pick out 1 drink and

one food product.  I got OJ and chips to take home

and save for another day!

After picking up our free goods, we went to Cookshop for lunch which is when we ran into Dean Sheremet.  Man, I've only been to Cookshop twice which is just not acceptable.  It was so good!