Oprah Update – Day at the Oprah Show

Yesterday I didn’t get a chance to blog, sorry but I spent most of the day yesterday at The Oprah Winfrey Show studios. Boy do they have that place locked up tight; it’s harder to get into that studio than through airport security!!! No cameras, cell phones, writing paper or utelsils, no drinks, water….I tell you. It’s good though; for Oprah’s sake.

We were there at 7 am, we got shuffled through the crowd and luckily were VIP’s so our party’s name was called first to sit down cuz it was packed in there. You have to wait a little over an hour before they take you into the set but they fed us which was cool.

We knew we were seeing a Dr. Oz Show and the topic was a follow up show to one about kids and obesity. It was pretty good, I actually learned a few things. It will air the day after the original show with that topic and they couldn’t tell us when but to check http://www.oprah.com/ for listings. Who knows if they spanned the audience; I couldn’t tell so I’ll have to tape it just in case they show ME! It wasn’t an audience interactive show so we didn’t get to ask questions except before and after the show while we sat there.

Oprah looked good though, it’s funny, she had 3 people swarming around her before and in between breaks fixing her makeup, clothes and putting on her shoes. She looked a little tired for this first show but then we found out she was doing 3 shows that day and we actually got to stay for a second taping as well!

That was kinda cool – two for the price of one!

It was interesting to see all that went into the taping of one show and all the people it takes to do it. It was a fun experience.

The second show was also a Dr. Oz show but the topic was about The Science of Beauty; it’s going to air supposedly on Nov. 11 cuz they actually said that one. It was about what products are good or not good for your skin, body, etc. and I found out that ALL of those cellulite creams don’t work, none of them! (Not that I’ve used them….but interesting…hee hee).

They gave us one of the books that they promoted on the first show which was “Eat This, Not That”; it’s about food substitutions. We only could take photos outside the studios so I’ll have to post those when I got home.

The rest of this day I spent actually by myself, shopping, eating and drinking all over Chicago! Did you know Oprah had a store? It was like the Disney Store but all Oprah, mostly sweats and tshirts types of clothes, foreign made products and Oprah gifts – of course I had to buy a few things for myself and a few of my favorite women….

Today I’m off to the local eWomenNetwork GLOW event with one of my clients who lives here, Marina Collazo – I’ll show her pic later too! (I don’t have my cord to download pics with me….boo hoo).

Have a great day!!!

–Kat Out