Paris 2010

Paris 2010
Garden at Versailles

Friday, March 30, 2012

Song from Mad Men

There was a familiar song by Dusty Springfield played at the end of last Sunday's episode of Mad Men.  It's called You Don't Have To Say You Love Me and here it is -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR4vE9xL3yk&feature=colike

Hope you enjoy hearing it again as much as I did.  They always have good songs on the show.

A Little Kiss

Hope everyone was able to watch the two hour season 5 premiere of Mad Men last Sunday night.  I thought it was great!!  Here are some videos from AMC's webpage -

http://www.amctv.com/mad-men/videos/inside-episode-501-502-mad-men-a-little-kiss

You might want to watch these videos after you've seen the episodes in case you are worried about spoilers.  You can watch the entire premiere episode online from the AMC website for a limited time.

The video about the costumes is interesting - the show has a wonderful costume designer named Janie Bryant.

Monday, March 19, 2012

Seek ye first, the Kingdom of God

I had posted the video for this song from the Cosby Show a long time ago and I noticed today that it's now marked "private."  Here it is again (although I don't know if it will be allowed to stay on here) -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AflsFMXcgHo&feature=colike

Mad about Mad Men

Here is a clip showing where Season 4 of Mad Men left off -

http://www.amctv.com/mad-men/videos/where-season-4-left-off-inside-mad-men

A behind the scenes look at Season 5 -

http://www.amctv.com/mad-men/videos/a-look-at-season-5-inside-mad-men

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Mad Men photos

Here are some beautiful photos of the Mad Men cast.  The upcoming 5th season begins on March 25th on AMC with a 2 hour episode.  Don't miss it!!


Don Draper


Mad Men Season 5


Don and Peggy


Betty


Roger & Don


Roger, Don & Pete


Joan & Lane


Pete and the guys from SCDP


Peggy


Pete






Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Mad Men Cookbook

There is an unofficial Mad Men cookbook called The Unofficial Mad Men Cookbook: Dine like Draper and Drink like Sterling: Recipes to Satisfy a Mad Men Appetite written by Judy Gelman and Peter Zheutlin.

Here is the review from goodreads-

The appeal of AMC's award-winning period drama Mad Men, shortly to begin its fifth season, lies as much in its painstaking portrait of 1960s America as in the emotional lives of its characters. In The Unofficial Mad Men Cookbook, Judy Gelman and Peter Zheutlin explore the show's culinary backdrop, from the food we see on the table at Sterling Cooper power lunches to the dishes Betty serves at Draper dinner parties. With more than 60 recipes, photos, and other images all drawn from the period in which Mad Men is set, The Unofficial Mad Men Cookbook is perfect for appreciating the role food and drink play in the hit series or for throwing your own historically accurate Mad Men-inspired cocktail party.

* Find out why Betty might have chosen her "Around the World" dinner party theme; plus why Don’s Heineken ad campaign would have been so well-received by the public; and try a gazpacho from Spain, using a recipe Betty herself might have.

*Learn why Sardi’s, the restaurant where Bobbi Barret and Don celebrate selling her husband’s new pilot, was a likely location for post-TV deal celebration, and make Sardi's famous steak tartar for yourself.

Includes a color photo insert of 16 dishes, plus additional black and white photos and other images of bars, restaurants, and food advertisements from the 1960s.

Looks like it's worth checking out.  I wonder if my library has a copy.

Garden

Garden
Versailles

The Louvre

The Louvre
Paris

Paris

Paris
The Seine

Arc de Triomphe

Arc de Triomphe
Paris

Paris in May

Paris in May
Paris

The Louvre

The Louvre
Paris

Chihuly glass sculpture

Chihuly glass sculpture
Victoria & Albert Museum, London

Monet's Water Lilies

Monet's Water Lilies
Orangerie Museum, Paris

Westminster Abbey

Westminster Abbey
London

Bruges

Bruges
View from our hotel window

Amsterdam

Amsterdam
canal

Arc de Triomphe

Arc de Triomphe
Paris

Lilacs in London

Lilacs in London
St. Paul's Cathedral

The Royal Guard

The Royal Guard
London

Music man

Music man
Bruges

Joy at the Palace

Joy at the Palace
London

Guard

Guard
Tower of London

Jackson in Bruges

Jackson in Bruges
Belgium

Canal bridge

Canal bridge
Amsterdam

Houseboat

Houseboat
Amsterdam

British police

British police
London

Oscar Wilde's Grave

Oscar Wilde's Grave
Paris

Rhododendrons in the park

Rhododendrons in the park
Amsterdam

Versailles

Versailles
Joy in the palace

Winter scene

Winter scene
wow!

Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year
dragon

Sweet peas

Sweet peas
love 'em

Pretty bouquet

Pretty bouquet

Princess Diana Fountain

Princess Diana Fountain
Hyde Park

Gardens

Gardens
Versailles

End of summer daisies

End of summer daisies
Our yard

Cool art

Cool art
Tate Modern, London

Penguin party

Penguin party
penguins

Pretty kitty

Pretty kitty
My sister's cat

Jon Hamm

Jon Hamm
Is he a great looking guy or what?

Mad about Don

Mad about Don
Mad Men

Love Monk!!

Love Monk!!
Love To Tony

January and Jon

January and Jon
Beautiful people

Jon and January

Jon and January
Mad Men actors

Mona Lisa

Mona Lisa
The Louvre

Royal Crescent

Royal Crescent
Bath

British phone booth

British phone booth
London

Harrod's Department Store

Harrod's Department Store
London

Versailles

Versailles
bedroom

Trafalger Square

Trafalger Square
London

Tower of London

Tower of London
London

Seattle Public Library

Seattle Public Library
Seattle

Lavender

Lavender

Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Hydrangeas

Hydrangeas
beautiful

Coffee love

Coffee love
yummy