I was within 2 metres of Martha Stewart. I am still in shock.
Due to the joys of jetlag, I was up at 3am. Watching CNN Headline News and repeat episodes of The Real Housewives of Orange County and the Shape N Slim Infomercial. (See the difference – over in Edinburgh it was BBC Radio 4 – now, infomercials) But I was feeling much better than the day before so knew this was a good thing! Being up and ready by 7am was fantastic – I was able to see the city while it was still a little asleep. Walking through Times Square, when the temps are below zero and before the crowds was lovely. I got asked twice what perfume I was wearing? And not by dodgy people either… strange.
I grabbed some breakfast at Pax and made my way down to West 26th to the Martha studios where I checked in and was given my audience ticket and was told to come back at 8.30. I wanded over to Dunkin’ Donuts where there were a bevy of 40-something year old ladies with lots of foundation, big hair and big voices. I had a feeling they were going where I was going.
I sat down with my DD hot chocolate (the best hot choc in the world) when a lady came over and introduced herself and said that they were behind me when I was picking up my ticket and saw I was on my own and asked if I wanted some company! Awwww! It ended up her son, who was with her and her husband works here in NYC and arranged tickets for them all to Martha. Awww! It ends up this son happens to work in stocks in the Fox News building around the corner from the hostel. Spoooky! Anyway they were from Boston and were so nice but we got split up when it was time to go into the studio.
The studio is GORGEOUS and I took lots of pics. But better than anything – guess who was joining Martha today? Joan Rivers! *faints* Seriously – it was one of the most hillarious segments ever. Joan who is so out there and Martha who is not. They should seriously do a show together – people had tears running down their face it was so hillarious. I loved every minute and Martha is just totally STUNNING in real life. She has it going on – and is so polite and warm and when the cameras were off… she was the same. She stayed around to answer audience questions afterwards and was just really polite but not uptight. I cannot describe her – she oozes intelligence and is just such a lady. Bless!!!!!
Primadonna she definitely is not – even in the ad breaks with all the crew she has, she would still clean the chopping boards and the cooking stuff herself.
I’ve then spent the morning and afternoon just wandering the streets. I headed back to Columbus Circle to the Bose shop. I so want the headphones. I explained to the guy that Ev and I were here last year debating the same thing. The new ones are so hot. Let me know what you think.
I then wandered around Whole Foods Market and made my lunch and then did some more wandering around mid-town. I think now I will head up to Bloomingdales as I really need to find a new winter coat and the sales are on. Yay!
Tomorrow morning I am up early again to be at Fox News by 7.45am for The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet
By the way – it is freezing and it is going to be getting colder. But NYC warms me like nothing else! This is my place – it felt comforting coming here – seeing the smoke rise for the subway grates, smelling the burning pretzels, people who just talk to you for no reason (if you don’t want this to happen, keep your headphones in), the guys selling dodgy NYC photos, people playing Otis Redding at 59th Street station – it just doesn’t get any better.