Basket of Kisses

The Fashion File: Advice, Tips and Inspiration from the Costume Designer of Mad Men, by Janie Bryant, with Monica Corcoran Harel You know, it’s a tricky thing to combine your “angle” with straight-ahead fashion advice, as I discovered with Are You a Jackie or a Marilyn? It’s easy to lose your way or to muddy [...]

This time around, we are giving away two copies of Sterling’s Gold by random drawing. To enter: Add a comment with your favorite Rogerism. For an extra entry: Follow Roberta/Basket of Kisses on Twitter and leave a separate entry here saying so. Winner will be selected by a random drawing of all entrants. Please no [...]

We didn’t win. (Cakespy did.) But the good news is, Chronicle Books is offering 35% off to all losing blogs and their readers! Yippee! Use the promo code “HAULIDAYS” for your discount.

Are You a Jackie or a Marilyn?: Timeless Lessons on Love, Power, and Style by Pamela Keogh. Hardcover, 272 pages. You know what would be a fun book? A book that took Paul Kinsey’s Season 2 statement that all women are either a Jackie (Kennedy) or Marilyn (Monroe) to heart, and in a lighthearted way [...]

This one has multiple methods to win, and a prize worth about $500! Here’s how it works: Bloggers who post a list of $500 worth of Chronicle Books they’d like to win get entered into a random drawing. Every commenter on the winning blog then gets entered into a second drawing, so that a blogger [...]

Don’t forget to enter our contest. Two winners will be able to answer all their Jackie and Marilyn questions with a new book by Pamela Keogh.

Mad Men and Philosophy: Nothing is as It Seems edited by Rod Carveth and James B. South The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series takes us on a journey through a pop culture phenomenon (usually a TV show) via a philosophical lens. Each chapter written by a different well-credentialed person (usually an academic) means that [...]

Sterling’s Gold: Wit and Wisdom of an Ad Man by Roger Sterling Sterling’s Gold is both a delight and a disappointment. Its only real flaw is also its only real reason for being. The book is comprised of quotes from Roger Sterling through four seasons of Mad Men. Each page (171 of them) is a [...]

Are You a Jackie or a Marilyn?: Timeless Lessons on Love, Power, and Style by Pamela Koegh is a brand new release by a best-selling style author. To get a feel for the book, you can take the quiz at Vanity Fair. We have two copies to give away! To enter: Leave a comment saying [...]

Mad Men Unbuttoned, by Natasha Vargas-Cooper If you read the excellent blog The Footnotes of Mad Men (now renamed to go along with the book), you are familiar with the concept of Mad Men Unbuttoned (as well as the author and the style). It’s not about Mad Men so much as it’s about Mad Men’s [...]

She Ain’t Heavy, She’s My Mother, by Bryan Batt Bryan Batt (Salvatore Romano to us) has written a loving memoir about his mother, Gayle. She is a Southern belle of diverse charms, a comic figure, a tower of strength, a maze of idiosyncrasies, and deeply, deeply loved by her son. (Presumably, she is deeply loved [...]

The Accidental Tourist, Movie Version: Macon: Sarah, I’m going back to Muriel. Sarah: (Sits up in bed) I knew what you were going to say. Macon: I’m sorry, Sarah, I tried, but I can’t make this work. … Sarah: I thought this might happen. I don’t know why it’s no good for us anymore. Macon: [...]

Wiley, the publisher of the “…and Philosophy” series of books that examine pop culture in a philosophical light, is offering Basket of Kisses five copies of Mad Men and Philosophy to our lucky readers. To enter, simply comment below. Comment by August 31 to be eligible. Want to double your chances? Become a Twitter follower [...]