Column: Martha Stewart: In spite of all that perfection, it's hard not to love her

Martha, Martha, Martha.

Look at her.

Look at her 81-year-old self with her full head of tousled blonde hair and luminous skin, rockin' those skinny pants at The Breakers and getting two standing O's from the 500 bejeweled, bedecked, hard-to-impress women at Wednesday's Old Bags Luncheon.

Look at her business empire, her healthy lifestyle, her spotless but welcoming homes, and her mastery of all things culinary.

And don't even get us started with the white bathing suit on the cover of Sports Illustrated, looking all supermodel-y and stuff.

We despise her.

Not really. It's jealousy. We want to be her ― except for the keeping a clean house, pulling the weeds, eating vegetables and keeping a clean house things.

As superstars go, she's remarkably affable and approachable, as demonstrated by the two meet-and-greets that bookended her appearance as guest speaker for the luncheon.

Here are 10 things to love about Martha Stewart:

1. When she talks about her unlikely friendship with Snoop Dogg, she smiles.

2. She launched her line of CB gummies in Palm Beach, at a dinner in The Colony Hotel's garden. Hundreds of the fruit-flavored chewies were skewered to the trees for guests to sample, lending new meaning to the term "low-hanging fruit."

3. When asked about the secret to happiness, she said, "If you want to be happy for a year, get a spouse. If you want to be happy for a decade, get a dog. If you want to be happy for the rest of your life, get a garden."

4. She can think on her feet. When a visiting West Virginian unwittingly asked Martha if she had ever been to that state ― oblivious, apparently, to fact that Martha served her prison sentence there ― she replied, "Yes. But I don't think I'll be going back."

5. Like many others, she bemoans missing the boat in the real estate slump of the 1990s. "I passed on buying an oceanfront home," she said Wednesday. "Coincidentally, I think the property belonged to Tommy Hilfiger, who's here today because his wife Dee Ocleppo is being honored."

6. Although her white swimsuit from the SI cover ($192 from Monday Swimwear) now boasts icon status, her favorite swimwear line is Eres.

7. On Wednesday, she was anxiously awaiting the arrival of her newest family member, a brindle French Bulldog en route from Orlando.

8. She has her own department on Amazon, with more than 1,000 offerings.

9. She did Pilates four times a week for three months to get in shape for the SI cover.

10. Her 100th book, due out in October, will be appropriately, 100 of her favorite recipes. "You will absolutely cook these," she said.

Well, not us. But somebody.

This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Daily News: Martha Stewart, lifestyle queen and OG influencer, visits Palm Beach