Doing the MadMen Thing

Tonight, Pam and I are traveling to downtown Baltimore to attend a friend's themed wedding reception.

The chosen theme?

Dress in the fashion of the time period from the AMC television series MadMen.

Pam just got her hair done with a little lift on the ends and I got a trim (just to look a little more clean cut).

What are we wearing you ask?

Well ...
Pam got a got a nice blue dress with a ruffle and I will be going casual with a suede sport jacket and a maroon mock turtle. Here is my work-up from the AMC MadMen website. I am the one on the left. Unfortunately, it would not let me change the color of the mock turtle, but the jacket is close to the color that I will be wearing.

Xmas Delerium

Xmas Delerium
Originally uploaded by 1Sock

Pam and I were thinking it would be fun to travel to Texas this year for Christmas. The whole conversation started following a phone conversation between me and David a couple of weeks ago. David had suggested that maybe the whole family could come down and it would be a big 'ole Texas hoe down - or something like that.

Sadly, after talking with mom and dad this past weekend, it sounds like this year is not going to work, if it was going to be a "whole family" event. Besides which, it would make my schedule pretty tight too. I have a few Xmas gigs that I am expected to sing at with my madrigals group - the least of which is First Night in Herndon, Virginia, which would mean the Xmas trip would have to be cut short so I could be home for that.

Perhaps, if we start planning now, next year's Xmas could be pulled off flawlessly. In the not too distant future, Pam and I will try to find another time to make it back to good old Waco, Texas.

Eat Mo' Moonpies

Eat Mo' Moonpies
Originally uploaded by 1Sock

You know the trouble with signs like this out in the midwest on some old highway? The sign entices you in - 'cause who doesn't like a nice moonpie now and then - but the store is completely gone. All that's left is an old parking lot with a lot of old rusted out cars and some antique signs ... much like the moonpie sign.

Pam and I spotted this sign while sitting in line at a construction site along New Mexico State Route 68, south of Taos, New Mexico.

No moon pies were had. Just disappointment.