February 18, 2009

Signing books at the fabulous Georgia Aquarium

This past Tuesday, I traveled to Atlanta, Georgia for what turned out to be, one very busy day.  Most of my time in Atlanta was spent at the fabulous Georgia Aquarium, which happens to be the largest aquarium in the world.  Its doors were opened to the public in 2005 after being built with a $250 million gift from The Home Depot founder, Bernie Marcus.  This stunning aquarium is home to roughly 80,000 animals from more than 500 different species.  But more about the actual aquarium in another blog.

My first order of business was to be interviewed by a few different Atlanta news people and I rather enjoy these interviews.  Immediately following, was yet another book signing, and I must say, another huge success.   People were able to purchase Martha Stewart Cookies and Martha Stewart’s Cooking School.  The line was enormous and I signed nearly 800 books!  Please have a look at these photos and visit again, tomorrow for another installment from the Georgia Aquarium.

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  • Hi Martha, What a fabulous place for a book signing, not only for you and your staff, but for your 800 or so fans who came to meet you in Atlanta. I love the aquarium's blue water as a backdrop behind your signing desk. It makes your hair look absolutely stunning! How thoughtful of that one lady to buy 20 books and have you sign them for her friends. How lucky are her friends!!! Looking forward to the aquarium blog tomorrow. Jan

  • Good luck and God bless you always.
    Best Regards,
    Rowaida Flayhan

  • Very cool Martha

    Announcing on your show where you will be appearing does help us find you and then we will come LOL~.

    Pam from California

  • Martha
    Just caught you on Conan tonight short but sweet. Thank you and Conan for some fun memories over the years. Now you will have to come to California more often to see him and ME! Martha you can get a ranch out here. Bring The Martha Show with you. Location,location, location Martha!

    You looked fab of course~

    Pam from California

  • Good Morning Martha:

    Wow! 850 Cooking School Books to sign, how do you do it! How lucky for those who get to buy a book with your autograph and get to meet you personally. How about coming to wonderful Florida here at The Villages? We would all love to meet you!

    Betsy

  • Martha~
    The Georgia Aquarium is one of my family's favorite places. We love the whale sharks!! I just wanted to say what a pleasure it was speaking with you on "Ask Martha" on Sirius last Thursday. It was the true highlight of my week. I had the question about scones.
    I am very disappointed that our local CBS affiliate bumped you for the "Bonnie Hunt Show". How I miss watching your show in the evenings after work.
    Thank you again and have a great rest of the week!

    Brett Aschliman
    Fort Wayne, IN

  • I certainly hoped everyone from my home state of Georgia treated you in the most gracious way Martha. Sadly, I could not attend due to a job interview but hopefully one day I will also get my book signed too.

    Isn't the Aquarium a delight? What a beautiful background for a signing. I hope you enjoyed your time here.

  • What a spectacular place for a signing! The aquarium here isn't as big, but it's a lovely place none the less 🙂

  • Wow, was a beautiful place to sign books Martha; such a calming and relaxing atmosphere! That line was amazingly long but I’m not surprised since your Cooking School book is wonderful. I hope the woman who bought 20 of them had a wagon to haul them home in! She'll be making a lot of people happy that's for sure. I hope you have equal success when you sign again in Miami on Saturday at the South Beach Food & Wine Festival.

    Loved seeing you and those Martha Stewart Living segments on Conan last night and I think he really enjoyed watching you eat a taco and drink some ale. I remember that episode from years ago when he dared you to eat fast food and drink beer. Cute! You are a good friend to visit him this week just to say good-bye.

    Thanks for sharing these pictures and I look forward to seeing more. Trish

  • I keep seeing all these book signings from all these cities. I wish there were pictures from your signing in Philly a couple months back. We feel a little neglected.

  • Martha, I'm so glad that I got to tell you in person that you have been my favorite teacher! Thank you so much for coming to Atlanta and being so gracious. It was a very memorable day!

  • Wow, you probably need some hand reflexology after a marathon signing like that!! Lovely pics--I have had the pleasure of visiting this aquarium and know it's a lovely place to spend some time!

  • i have no idea how i missed this! i live 10 mins. from there! drats. next time. kewl she's having my pal Joe Truex of Repast on the show sometime soon! Maybe I'll make in on, too! *wink*. Thanks for sharing with the world, our lovely aquarium!

  • Hi Martha,
    I wanted to tell you why I renewed my subscription to your magazine. I was not going to renew any magazine subscriptions, but then the latest copy arrived and I thought, "I don't want to let anything this beautiful and wellmade go out of existence!" So I renewed.

    Then today my daughter sent me some of your sheets for Valentine's Day and I put them on my bed and wrote her: "That Martha makes things well."

    Magazines and sheets - you do good things.

    Thanks,
    DeEtta

  • Thanks for sharing the Georgia Aquarium pics. I will be driving by there in a couple of weeks with my Mother and Sister - wonder if I could get them to stop in? Have you been to the nearby Tennessee Aquarium ? You look great - jc

  • (...I'm not posting today, Martha...I just received and am reading 'The Martha Rules', and I'm now on page 49 [giggle]...it's compelling, and I can't put it down! 'Entertaining' hasn't arrived as of yet...)

    =^..^=

  • Martha, I'm sure you have this effect on a lot of people, but when I met you I lost the ability to speak. To make matters worse I recruited my fiance to take a picture of me and you while I got my book signed and it wasn't until I got to the car that I realized he took a picture of little more than my butt! When I asked him WHY he didn't get a picture of you, he told me I was standing in the way! So not only did I not get to speak to you, I ended up with no picture of you either. Thank you for posting your pictures.

  • HI MARTHA THANKS FOR COMEING TO ATLANTA ,GEORGIA AND FOR SINGING BOOKS FOR US AT THE GEORGIA AQUARIUM IT WAS GREAT SEEING YOU I LOVE YOUR COOKIES AND MILK THEY WHERE GREAT I LOVE YOUR SHOW AND YOUR BOOKS THERE GREAT I LOVE MEETING YOU I ALLWAYS WANTED TO MEET YOU AND KNOW I HAVE IAM SO HAPPY WHEN I SEE MY BOOK THANKS FROM LUZ AND DIANA THE TWO SISTER HUGS FROM ATLANTA ,GEORGIA

  • Hi Martha, I was at your book signing at the Ga Aquarium in the media pit. Your are so pretty in person and im glad I got a chance to take some pics of you! I had you on my vision board and knew that one day I would meet u. Didnt get to meet you but just seeing you and taking pics was good enough! If you would like to read what I said pls visit my blog page at:
    http://www.talkingwithtami.com/blog/martha-stewart-at-ga-aquarium/

  • Martha,

    It was so great to meet you in Atlanta on Tuesday!!! The event was great and I really enjoyed the cookies!!! I am really looking forward to seeing the Atlanta show. I had the opportunity to meet you at a signing in Boston in November of 2006 and have always been impressed with how gracious and generous you are with you fans.

    Sincerely,
    Carey Moore
    Atlanta, GA

  • you looked good in those jeans Martha.I'm looking forward to getting the cookie book from the library!

  • Martha,
    What a dream come true! I have been a fan for so long and have always wanted to meet you. What luck that you would come to Atlanta. It was great to see you, I can't wait to try all the cookies in your book. The 17th was my husbands birthday, he " switched " birthdates with me because he knew how much it meant for me to see you, isn't he great? And what a wonderful gift for me.
    Hope you enjoyed being here as much as we enjoyed having you.
    Sincerely,
    Rhonda
    Buford, Georgia

  • Hi Martha! It was so great to meet you in Atlanta!! Beaker (our service dog) also enjoyed meeting you and the fishes in the aquarium. The Atlanta Paper captured some really great pictures of your day! http://projects.eveningedge.com/gallery/view/evening-edge/martha-stewart-aquarium/

  • Hi Martha, i'm a soon 14 year old girl from Norway and i love your show. I teach many things from you and i get many tips from your show. It is amazing how much you do, even book singning.
    You Martha, you are Amazing with a big A=D

  • Dear Martha. Thank you so much for taking time to sign an autograph for my sister Linda last Friday at the Trenton Bridge Lobster Pound.

    She had just learned, within the hour, that her beloved Poodle, Koby, has cancer. She was just walking in from the vet appointment when I called from the lobster pound to tell her what you had done.

    Words can not express how your jesture brightened her day, and eased her pain.

    Also, Martha, you noticed a carrier that I was using to help my aging Border Collie walk. You remarked that it was a "good idea". Its something I designed and had a friend sew up for me. Would you like to have one to demonstrate on one of your shows? If so, please advise where, and to whom I should send it. Also, please let me know what size you feel would be appropriate- medium or large.

    Thanks for your beautiful and good influence in a challenging world.

    Sue Kurylo
    8 Berry Ave
    Machias, Maine
    04654
    (207) 255-3638