Mad Men

The sun is setting outside, and my office is currently filled with warm orange and yellow light. It has been a gorgeous weekend! Unfortunately, I spent all day Saturday inside in class (an ethics seminar...which I dashed out of early, not sure how well that ethics lesson was learned!), and today I was supposed to be indoors doing work: reading, writing, laundry, etc. What that translated to was sitting with or near the computer, but not really doing so much work on it.
Reg was out of town for the weekend at a family reunion (that I couldnt attend due to class), so it has been a relatively quiet, peaceful, solo weekend. It is amusing how still the house is when it's just Oscar and me! Other than Friday night- which induced all sorts of ridiculous at the annual Pittsburgh magazine "40 under 40" party (perhaps more on that later), it was been a weekend to create calm, beautiful stillness.
Now is a perfect time to update this blog on our fabulous halloween soiree! I know I said that the housewarming was our LAST party of 09, but I couldnt stay away from the hostessing for long! It started as a casual invite to the neighbors to come over to pass out candy, and turned into a 60's-MadMen-themed event. You know how this girl loves a good themed costume party! Approx 5 other couples came over, dressed in their most fabulous tie-bars and crinolin, lucky strike cigs behind the ear, ready for some scotch-drinking fun.


we served early 1960's food: meatloaf, ambrosia salad, popcorn balls, pigs in a blanket, sherbet punch, etc.

If you watch the show, you know that the key players are Don and Betty Draper, the "perfect" all-american couple, Joan Holloway the slightly bitchy office manager with hips like that, the "office men" especially Roger Sterling, and Peggy Olson.
We did our best attempts at impersonating not only the outfits, but the language, voice, and all around attitude. Thanks to Eons in Shadyside for a ton of costume help!

So, how'd we do?


our Betty Draper


my best Joan attempt


the real Joanie




No caption really needed. Except Im obviously very in love with this man!





a few more of our guests.

and finally....


the actual cast. I think we did pretty well for ourselves

what a swell night.....