Liv'n La Vida Mad Men

When I was in the hospital with Sophia Walter's good friend Chris and his wife Heidi came to visit toting ice cream and movies as well as seasons one and two of Mad Men. Chris made very clear that we were not to keep Mad Men but we had to try it out because he absolutely LOVED the show. Heidi clarified later that it wasn't that Chris didn't want us to keep the show but that he didn't want to hear if we didn't like it because he loves it so much.

Walter and I didn't get to watch it until after we brought Sophia home but within a couple episodes we were hooked! Set in New York City, Mad Men takes place in the 1960s at an advertising agency on Madison Avenue. The show centers on Don Draper, a senior executive at the agency, and depicts the people in his life, in and out of the office. It is awesomely written and really, really addicting, eliciting a lot of out-loud gasps and 'No he didn't!"'s.

So a week ago Chris proposed that we go to the Tulalip Casino and have a Mad Men night. Walter and I really liked the idea of going for a Mad Men night but weren't looking forward to the gambling (just don't like throwing money away on that kind of venue). We started working out in our head what we would wear, and do to the coloring of our hair and skin tone I felt I most identified with Joan Holloway and Walter with Donald Draper. We act in real life nothing like what these characters act like in the show, it was just their appearance we thought we might be able to achieve. I purchased "Bumpits" (ha! yes, I did!) and styled my hair in as close to a Joan Holloway Bee Hive that I could get it, wore my closest cocktail style dress, wore a lovely shade of purple eyeshadow, dark brown eye liner and loaded up my eye lashes with mascara - making my blue eyes pop, and put on my redist of red lipstick and nail polish.

Walter pulled out his nicest suit, tried to find his most 60ish retro type tie, and attempted to gel his thick, short hair into a side part, Donald Draper style.
We came together nicely. And after thinking all day on Friday how I was going to pull off a spaghetti strap dress, without a nursing bra and potential support of these milk maids, and I decided I would try out my bustier that I wore under my wedding dress. Proudly I have lost 44 pounds since the day Sophia was born and the bustier came together perfectly and held those gals up proper and secure all night. Funny enough I totally came across with not only the Joan Holloway hair but her chest! Walter joked he could sit his glass on them and he was so right!

We met Chris and Heidi in the hotel lounge for the Casino and had 60's cocktails (Old Fashions, Manhattans, (couldn't get Mint Julips due to no crushed ice) and Vodka Gimlets). Good for our bodies but sad for us we didn't get to try a Greyhound or a Tom Collins. We had dinner in a really nice resturant in the Casino that consisted of 5 courses and each course was accompanied by a glass of wine that came from a bottle that was worth over $100. Everything was fantastic although we agreed the wine chosen for dessert wasn't quite what you would anticipate and thought something better could have been chosen, but it was still really delicious. We ended the night with more cocktails and then I went home because I had plans the next morning with Padon and Sophia and Walter crashed in Chris and Heidi's room.

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We didn't gamble, Chris and Heidi treated us to an amazing night, and Jane and Jason helped make it so by watching Sophia and Padon for us and agreeing to stay the night. I felt so self concious for leaving a 4 month old with Jane to potentially wake up with at 2am but Jane and Jason were confident and Sophia ended up sleeping through the night so it all worked out wonderfully. It was an amazing night and I'm so glad we were thought of and invited.