I’m so full of happiness and excitement that I’m not even sure where to begin with this post!
Last spring when I wrote about adding Gwyneth Paltrow’s newest cookbook to my kitchen shelf, I had no idea I would add to the experience just a year later! goop, Gwyneth’s lifestyle brand that focuses on incorporating chic wellness to every aspect of life, opened a pop-up shop in my neighborhood last week. Everyone was buzzing (because G has amazing taste) but we all went WILD when they later announced that she would make an appearance to sign her cookbooks!
As soon as I got the news via Instagram, I made plans with one of my best friends, Miss M, to go! We knew it would be a zoo, so we arrived 30 minutes early — the line was already wrapped around the building! I thought of a few things to tell Gwenny (you know, because we are chic hippie soul sisters), but when it was finally my turn to enter the shop, and then in the smaller room where she was sitting, my mind went blank! I was in awe that she looks just as gorgeous in-person as she does in films, and was very sweet! (The pics her team took didn’t turn out that well — was awkward that they made you stand in front of the table and didn’t give you direction on how to stand, but they are still pics with Gwenny! Also, I need to work on my posture!)
Her kids Apple and Moses were even wandering around, chatting with people and coming up to her table. Right after she signed my book, Apple came over because a ring she tried on got stuck on her finger! Gwenny couldn’t pull it off, so she told Apple to go to the bathroom and wash her hands. You can certainly tell she adores her kids and is very hands-on with them.
Well, goop there is! It was such an awesome, once in a lifetime experience to meet Gwyneth Paltrow!! Miss M and I are all smiles with our signed cookbooks!
