I am delighted to announce a great opportunity for those of you in Northern California to meet Rick Steves, travel writer, TV host, and radio personality. A deeply philanthropic guy, Rick is coming to Sacramento to do a talk and reception as a fundraiser for two causes near and dear to my heart: the Rwanda School Project and Lutheran Social Services of Northern California.
And as one of the organizers of this event, I hope you will all come!
There are two ways to enjoy Rick Steves' visit to Sacramento: Reception + Lecture: $99 per person
Includes admission to an intimate reception with Rick Steves prior to the lecture with light refreshments, reserved seating for the lecture, and an autographed copy of one of Rick Steves' books.
Lecture Only: $40 per person
Includes general admission seating for the lecture.
I'm very excited to announce that I will be a guest on Rick Steves' radio show this weekend, August 21-22. We will be talking about Michelangelo and Rome -- two of my favorite subjects -- as well as my book, A Journey into Michelangelo's Rome.
For a list of stations and air times, check this link:
If your local NPR station doesn't offer Travel with Rick Steves, you can listen to it anytime after August 22 from the audio archives on Rick Steves' website. It will also be available as a podcast on i-Tunes and other podcast directories.
And, for Northern California fans of Rick Steves, I will have a big announcement next week -- a fantastic opportunity to hang out with Rick Steves! More details to come!
See you on the radio!
Travel guru, Rick Steves, in Italy (image courtesy of Rick Steves)
Bert Cooper: “New York City is a marvelous machine, filled with a mesh of gears and springs, like a fine watch . . . wound tight, always ticking.”
Don Draper: “Sounds more like a bomb.”
— Conversation at the Sterling Cooper office, Season 1, “New Amsterdam”
Sleek skyscrapers. Impeccable coifs. Curvy secretaries oozing cool as their sharp-suited bosses cut if close one more time. The boozy cool of Mad Mensure has me hooked. I love the mystery of Don Draper, the wit of Peggy Olson, and I aspire to be as meltingly fabulous as Joan Holloway Harris.
But perhaps the biggest character in the TV series is the lovely New York City herself. From the smoky caverns of Sardi’s (where Don has dinner with Bobbie) to the slinky rooms of the St. Regis (Pete’s favorite hotel hangout)… from Bloomingdale’s (where Pete and Trudy register for wedding gifts) to Henri Bendel’s (“which, as Bert Cooper points out, has the distinction of being the first clothing store to use headless mannequins”)… and the towering glass palaces of Madison Avenue… New York shines in this homage to the 1960s.
Mad Men may be set in a bygone era, but many of the places where the television show is set are still part of the New York landscape. And Mark Bernardo has written the perfect guide to help you find them -- Mad Men’s Manhattan: the Insider’s Guide. Filled with tidbits about everything from the real-life firms on Madison Avenue to the bars, clubs and nightclubs haunted by the Draper and his cronies, Mad Men’s Manhattan finds the fact in the television show’s fiction.
The ebook’s pages are filled with rich descriptions of the television show’s landscape as well as elegant details about the true histories of each location. Additionally, a detailed map makes navigating through the city a breeze. And Mad Men’s Manhattan is punctuated with evocative photographs as well.
That's the Mad Men version of me!
Mad Men’s Manhattan is the guide for anyone wanting to plan a sleek night on the town or a few days immersed in the fabulous world of Sterling-Cooper.
Mad Men’s Manhattan is available as an ebook download for $4.95 – a 1960’s price for today’s technology. You can purchase Mad Men's Manhattanhere.
