I’ve been spending some time working on my new fiction book about a lounge lothario assassin. More on that in the coming weeks. This week we talk to Rory Snyder about Mod Palm Springs which is coming up in October. I also have some inconvenient truths about classic cars for you, there’s some Batman news and I have a cool house with a great history...

The king of television Johhny Carson reigned supreme for decades on the box and is part of the mid century story arc that we just love here on the Cocktail Nation. His story is so very big that it’s difficult to do it justice so I thought let’s take a look at the beginning of his career and what made the man. We have a look...

The film “Grace Of Monaco” is going to be our spotlight this week with my good friend and movie reviewer Laura stoping by the penthouse studio to let us know what she thought about the Sydney Premiere of this film. We have a cool blog to check out on the possible endings for Mad Men next year by good friend of the Cocktail Nation, Chris...

We are talking mid mod with a very nice online magazine that is free to enjoy. News on Mad Men, we talk swank advice with a look at the art of small talk, another wonderful actress has left us so we will have a look at her life plus the best lounge and exotica sourced from across the globe....

Another week of comedy this time and I thought we would have a look at the comedy of Joan Rivers. This week we lost a legend of pinup photography in that of Bunny Yeager. I’ve got a weird JFK assassination theory I have come across, a cool book on Penthouses and some news out of the Tiki Joes Ocean camp....