Mid2Mod: Mad Men

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Friday, May 11, 2012

Party like it's 1965!

Nice things just keep happening for us. In addition to the feature in the May issue of Indulge magazine, we were recently invited to provide a display of vintage furniture for a Mad Men-themed martini mixer given by Sebesta Blomberg for a group of engineers, architects and others involved with the building trade.

The event was last night at the Aloft Hotel in downtown Dallas, and my SIL was in attendance. Mad Men lookalikes performed skits based on the TV series, door prizes were awarded, martinis flowed, and people came to party.

I helped stage the area before the festivities started, so all I got were shots of our room setting. As we left, we saw a throng of people in 60s attire waiting to get in. Later I tried to contact my SIL to remind him to get some shots of the activity, but his phone was off!

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Envy...of the Big P variety

I have an embarrassing confession to make. I suffer from a socio-psychological attitudinal modernity issue that would confound even Freud. I have prop envy.

There, I've said it. I’m addicted to Mad Men, but instead of swooning over Don Draper, I lust after Don Draper’s desk lamp. Instead of being on the edge of my seat so I don’t miss a single twist or turn of the plot, I’m far more apt to squeal with delight, “OMG, did you see that turquoise vase in the reception area?”

I pore over articles about Amy Wells, the set decorator of Mad Men. I hang on every word of interviews with Scott Buckwald, the show’s prop master. I want their jobs. I covet every item they touch. I’m obsessed.

But there is hope for me yet. Now that Don and pals have moved to new digs, items from the old Sterling Cooper set are being sold, and I found several on eBay. I placed a bid on a chair from Pete Campbell’s old office, and winning it just might cure me.