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Maddict: Palm Springs Dreaming

On a Mad Men note (yes I'm obsessing!) do you remember when Don goes to Palm Springs in The Jet Set in Season 2 and has a grand time with his new friends leaving Pete (without a driver's license) to meet all the clients they were both sent to California to handle? Of course you do. The house Don stays in is actually the Fox Residence, which formerly belonged to Frank Sinatra, in Chatstown and not in Palm Springs. But it has clearly got that Kaufmann/Neutra vibe going, right?

The house below is situated in Palm Springs and belongs to interior designer Emily Summers. I love how she lets the house's 60's architecture guide her interior decorating but still manages to give it a modern feel.

- all pictures from Architectural Digest

Maddict: Season 5 Premiere

I'm so excited, in my opinion the fifth season couldn't have started in a better way. I love the dynamic between Don (Jon Hamm) and the new Mrs. Draper, Megan (Jessica Paré). In many ways she is so much better suited to Don than Betty ever was and seems unafraid to challenge him. Add to that her fearless performance of Sophia Loren’s Zou Bisou Bisou at the unwanted surprise birthday party she throws for Don. This girl has some spunk. Later, when the excessively private Don sulks about her turning their intimacy into a show she doesn’t let him get away with it and makes it clear she feels her love for him and efforts are unappreciated, which in time forces Don to explain to her why he reacted the way he did and she seems to understand him.

I think the first two episodes clearly show this main difference between Don’s relationship with Megan compared to the one he had with Betty. In explaining he strengthens their bond instead of pushing Megan away the way he did Betty. Maybe Don is becoming better at relationships or maybe he simply met his match in Megan. Either way, I can’t wait for this week’s episode.

- photo from AMC

Maddict: Count Down to Season 5

I think self-initiated projects often generate fantastic work, it might be because of the lack of stirct briefs or clients with minds already made up on how a project will look in the end. Take these Mad Men season five posters by Radio for example, aren't they fantastic?

I hope someone at AMC sees and orders them as is.

- images from Radio

Maddict: Mad Men Withdrawal

I presume I am not the only one desperately trying to cope with Mad Men withdrawal. I haven't been this obsessed since I discovered Levis 501's in seventh grade. I find myself constantly searching for reliable substitutes, The Hour and The Nifty Fifties have thus saved me from complete deprivation. The highly anticipated Pan Am might do the trick although the series seems to lack Mad Men's cynicism and darkness, which I think is at least part of what makes Mad Men great. Matthew Weiner notoriously prides himself in depicting the era the way it really was.

Since it was announced that Mad Men wouldn't return until early 2012, I have found myself obsessively collecting a whooping stash of pictures from previous seasons and of course seasons one to four on DVD. I thought I'd share these pictures from season one to help all you Maddicts cope.

- images from AMC, Madmenscreencaps and Emma-Jane