Basket of Kisses

When my Mom’s basement flooded with 5 feet of water this past September, we had a lot of stuff to go through, including two bags mid-century  Christmas and Greeting cards.  Sadly, I had to dispose of all these memories, but not before I photographed every one of them, for I’m currently ‘reviving’ them with Photoshop [...]

November 1,2011. I had a funny experience today.  While at a favorite antique shop today with my darling mother, I was taking in all the nostalgia around me when my eyes fell on a strangely familiar doll.  It had up-swept blond hair,  and a luxuriant, strapless pale blue brocade gown. “That doll looks like Betty [...]

The theme that cuts across all of American male life is ‘not living up to some standard’. – Marshall Herskovitz Man Of The House, the second episode in the excellent PBS series America in Primetime, premiered on PBS last Sunday night. Now midway though its four-week run, the series has already examined women on TV [...]

  FYI: The Kennedys is now available on DVD, The Reelz Channel will be re-running it starting November 6th (check your cable listings for more details) and it is now available through Netflix (DVD and Blu-ray) ———————————————————————————————————— Quite a few Mad Men fans either grew up in the 1960s or enjoy watching things that take place in [...]

I’ve watched three episodes and I am as ambivalent as I was when The Hour started.  I like it. I don’t like it.  This is a good, solid show that I think could be better.  I was expecting a British Mad Men, and what I got was a Rubicon flavored spy/mystery filtered through a British [...]

This fall brings two Mad Men inspired period pieces on major networks. While they may not be as good as our beloved Mad Men, the networks clearly see a market for shows set in the early 1960s. Do you plan to watch Pan-Am on ABC or The Playboy Club on NBC this fall?

I really just love this: a blog explores the slow downward slide of the fantasy realm of vintage Maidenform ads, as seen in Season 2 of Mad Men. Very funny.

Here’s a nice piece in Life from a while back that Basketcases will enjoy. It’s vintage office photos, circa 1965, with Lizzie commenting on the photos. The interview took place before the Season 4 premiere. The photos are the juicy goodness, though. How much do I love this one: You can feel, smell, see that [...]

Since we won’t be seeing Mad Men until next year, I thought I’d share with you my random thoughts about some of my favorite MM styles and props.  Ah, what I wouldn’t give to be a walk-on– just to wear some bitchin’60’s fashion and pass through those fantastic 60’s sets! First, a Costume. Peggy wore [...]

One of the things that I’ve noticed about Peggy is that she doesn’t try to be professional by acting like a man. Maybe it’s Bobbie Barrett’s advice, or maybe it’s the absence of other advice. In the ’80s, when women in the workforce started being a reality and not an anomaly, the “power suit” came [...]

Last week we discussed great musical moments from Mad Men. Now imagine you’re a guest on the show. You’ve won a contest, or you’re just that cool, and there you are in your sixties drag (can be S5 or any prior season). What’s your theme music? I’m thinking this is a song that has never [...]

“Never trust a man who has not a single redeeming vice.” — Winston Churchill SF Caramia’s observations about the importance of tobacco on the show and for SCDP made me think about the time back when I was a kid in which the trappings of adulthood were linked to bad, unhealthy, forbidden vices, such as [...]