I’ve done a couple of  interesting things in the past few months that have a photography angle and are probably blog-worthy, which I want to get posted before wedding season hits hard …

The first is regarding Martha Stewart…  First, I need to tell you that I took this picture of Martha Stewart at the Time 100 Most Influential People Gala last year.   

Anyway, coincendentally, my friend, Cathleen, and I were at a charity event a few months ago with a silent auction and decided to bid on two tix to The Martha Show in NYC…and we won!  So last month we went and I decided to make a 5×7 of the photo from the Time 100 event and put it in an envelope to try to leave for her there.

So we were in the pre-show room with Martha-style muffins for about an hour and BIG photographs of her and her dogs.  I asked one of the handlers if they could give it to her.  She told me, "Well she takes audience questions at the end and we’ll just call on you and you can give it to her!!!"

So that’s exactly what happened  and I ended up being able to have a  small conversation with her about the party, she looked at the picture and asked if she could keep it and was extremely gracious.  And, then showed it around to her team!  Here she is taking more questions with my  photo in her hand (small thrills)–sorry for the image quality – this photo was taken with my phone!

Then they gave the audience about $200 worth of goodies including Rick Bayless’  new cookbook (he was a guest).  Nicole Miller was also a guest.  It was just a really fun and different experience and I encourage you to do that sometime!   It would be a great thing to do with a bridal party! 

A side note is Cathleen and I wanted to treat ourselves to a fancy NYC lunch.  I had four restaurants that are all notoriously hard to get into programmed into my phone.  After the show, I called Nobu first at 11:30 and said "you couldn’t possibly fit two in for lunch, could you?".  They said "can you be here in 15 minutes?"  We went and stayed for 3 hours!  The food was excellent – it was one of the best meals I’ve ever had in my life.