We spotted PW's oldest daughter and Krysta suggested we get our photo taken with her. I got over my embarrassment and agreed (glad I did.) She was super cute and TALL! Yes, she had cowboy boots on.
We couldn't really find a place to sit while we waited so we walked around the bookstore for about three hours as we waited for our turn. We spotted a lovely older woman wearing these stripper shoes. I stifled the urge to ask her where she bought them.
Later, I started reading a book on my iPhone, which Krysta found to be quite funny considering we were in a book store. Note the horrible grow-out. Hair appt is on Tuesday, in case you were wondering.
Remember how I said at first we didn't think it would take so long? Well, we were wrong. Fifty people per group, each with a book or two or three to sign makes for a long wait. Plus she didn't do any sort of public speaking -- just the signing so that made things go a bit longer than we expected. The event started at 5 PM and we got up to the front of the line shortly before 8 PM. As soon as it was our turn to go up, she had to take a bathroom break so we waited a bit longer.
When she came back, we took pictures and started chatting. She said she loved Seattle and decided to stay here today as well before heading down to Portland for her signing there on Monday night (I'm glad she stayed because we have had sun all day today.) We talked about our favorite PW recipes (in case you were wondering, Krysta's is the prune cake and mine is the apple dumplings -- not in the cookbook.)
There's a better picture of Krysta on facebook but this one is better of me...my blog, my choice of picture, right??
I cannot express how sweet, lovely, kind and funny she was. She told us to scoot in because she had no personal space issues at all, which I loved. She is exactly as you would expect her to be: normal, down to earth, totally approachable and someone you would be friends with if you lived on the next ranch over.
Such a fun night -- so glad we went!
