John Slattery Is Another Mad Man

I am so thrilled that a new season of Mad Men has started up. I wanted to share these photos (by Nathaniel Goldberg) of John Slattery, who plays ad exec Roger Sterling, from GQ with you. Who watches Mad Men? Who are your favorite characters up there? Are you excited about the new season? Let me know what you think.













P.S. I won the following award awhile back from The Great White Dope, but never posted about it. I thought it was time I did.

Some Random Photos of Frank Sinatra & Friends

Here are some random photos of Frank Sinatra and some of his pallies back in the late 50's to mid-60's. I hope you enjoy them. Cheers!



The Rat Pack together in action.



Dean Martin, Judy Garland & Frank Sinatra are rehearsing in Las Vegas in 1958.



Frank's sitting at his piano in his home. That's a model of his personal jet on top of the piano.



Frank's cracking up after falling out of a chair at a Miami party.



Frank's doing what he does best - perform under the spotlight.



Frank's wiping his face off with a towel.



Sammy Davis Jr. and Frank Sinatra point down at some other guy's shoe.

P.S. I hope you liked all those photos. I wanted to let you guys know about this poll, "Sinatra & Jay-Z: Two Generations Of Cool," at the website of Madison Square Garden.

Here is the promo information sent to me:

Two BIG musical legends,one BIG CITY, MSG asks: Who sang New York City's true anthem better? Frank Sinatra and Jay-Z both have recorded sensational hits declaring their love for the city that never sleeps. Sinatra's 1980's hit, "New York, New York" still lives in on people's hearts today while Jay-Z's catchy hip-hop tune, "Empire State of Mind," has become the anthem for all celebrated NY sport victories. Jay-Z claims he's "the new Sinatra" in the hit song also, but does the Hoboken-native Frankie still hold the title for the city's anthem. YOU DECIDE who the king of NY is here:

Also, be sure to tune-in on Friday, December 4th @ 10:30 PM when MSG airs two iconic performances. Leading off is Jay-Z’s Answer the Call September 11th performance, followed at 11:30 p.m. by Frank Sinatra: The Main Event, a concert which originally aired live Oct. 13, 1974.

For more info, exclusive photos, and video on Jay-Z, click here: http://www.msg.com/jay-z/



For more info and exclusive photos on Frank Sinatra click here: http://www.msg.com/sinatra/

*Also, you can purchase at the website a box-set titled: Sinatra: New York containing 70 previously unreleased songs and includes four compact discs and one DVD featuring concerts Ol’ Blue Eyes’ performed between 1955 and 1990 in venues all around the city, including Radio City Music Hall. If you purchase the box-set there, you'll receive an exclusive CD of the Main Event concert.

I hope you'll check out the website. Make sure you vote in the poll on whether Frank Sinatra or Jay-Z has the true anthem for the Big Apple. Thanks.

P.S.S. I received the Beautiful Blogger Award from the Wabi & Sabi blog. I greatly appreciate it. Thanks so much.

Sammy Davis Jr. Does His Part For Charity, Plus An Award

This photo comes from 1969. Sammy was playing at a charity concert in Philadelphia. It was a benefit to help raise funds to deter gang violence. Sammy was always involved in a lot of different causes to help out others. That's one of the things I really admire about him. He used his celebrity status to really try to make things better in the world.

P.S. I received the Over The Top Award from the wonderful Jessica at her fantastic blog Chronically Vintage. I really appreciate it.



I'm to answer a series of questions with one word answers. Here are those questions and answers:

1. Where is your cell phone? desk

2. Your hair? short

3. Your mother? Amazing

4. Your father? Inquisitive

5. Your favorite food? Homemade

6. Your dream last night? Unmemorable

7. Your favorite drink? Tea

8. Your dream/goal? Travel

9. What room are you in? Office

10. Your hobby? Reading

11. Your fear? Age

12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Richer

13. Where were you last night? Work

14. Something that you aren’t? Disorganized

15. Muffins? Yum!

16. Wish list item? Car

17. Where did you grow up? NC

18. Last thing you did? Write

19. What are you wearing? Pajamas

20. Your TV? Bravo!

21. Your pets? None

22. Friends? Fantastic

23. Your life? Stressful

24. Your mood? Contemplative

25. Missing someone? No

26. Vehicle? Old

27. Something you’re not wearing? Shoes

28. Your favorite store? Belk

29. Your favorite color? Blue

30. When was the last time you laughed? Tonight

31. Last time you cried? Forgotten

32. Your best friend? Cousin

33. One place that I go to over and over? Bookstore

34. One person who emails me regularly? Friend

35. Favorite place to eat? Bojangles

I hope you enjoyed reading those. It's quite hard to put just one word for an answer. I might have answered some of them a little differently otherwise. Oh well.

I'm to present this award now to 6 other bloggers:

Cafe Fashionista

Chic Femme

Clarabelle

Couture Carrie

Dapper Kid

Felinofelice

It's Unbeweavable!

Dean Martin & Shirley MacLaine Have Fun Together, Plus An Award

Dean Martin and Shirley MacLaine are having quite the good time with each other. I'm not exactly sure when or where this was. Any ideas? Whether we know the details or not, it's still a fun picture of two great friends having a good time together.



This photo comes courtesy of my pallie Timmy.

P.S. I was given the Better Than Ice Cream award by my ultra cool sister Stephanie at her very absolutely fabulous blog Chic Femme recently. I want to thank her very much. I'm glad she enjoys what her big brother does her. I know that I really dig her blog. If you haven't checked it out yet, I hope you will do so.



There are so many blogs out there that I think are better than ice cream. I'd love to give this award to everybody, but I am going to set a limit on myself. I'm bestowing this award on the following blogs:

Autumn Jones

Chronically Vintage

Dad's Dish

Marian Kihogo

The Panty Drawer

Dean Martin Had An Accident, Plus An Award

I played golf with Dean Martin yesterday. Let's just say I'm not that good at all. I ended up hitting Dino by accident. He rolled down a hill into some trees. Yikes! Now he's confined to bed. I said I'm sorry, but nobody will let me anywhere near him now.



This photo comes courtesy of my pallie Timmy.

P.S. I received the Superior Scribbler Award from the fantastic blog Tights Lover. I appreciate it so much. I am a huge fan of that blog. I hope you'll check it out.



I am tasked with bestowing this award on five blogs. That is so hard to do because there are a lot more than five I would love to honor with such an award. Here are the five I picked though:

Cafe Fashionista

Dapper Kid

La Dolce Vita

Radiator Heaven

Slacker Chic

Sammy Davis Jr. On Ebony Magazine, Plus I Got An Award

I love this cover from Ebony magazine featuring Sammy Davis Jr. It's the March 1980 issue. Sammy looks so happy here. Plus check out those threads. Sammy always had such cool style. He's definitely one cool cat.



P.S. I was honored with the I Love Your Blog Award by the wonderful blog Janettteria. I appreciate it so very much. I had a hard time picking which blogs to bestow this award on. I love all your blogs. I'm giving this award to anybody who wants it. You all deserve it.

Flying With Sammy Davis Jr., Plus An Award

I hope that everybody had a cool & swingin' weekend. I was invited by Sammy Davis Jr. to spend the weekend with him. We flew off to a private island for the weekend. There were lots of cool cats and sex kittens there to enjoy life to the fullest. An amazing time was had by all of us. Cheers!

P.S. This blog has been honored with the I Love Your Blog award by the wonderful blog JANETTERIA. Thanks so much. I really appreciate it.



There are so many blogs that I love, but I stopped at 12 blogs. I'm giving this award to:

Cafe Fashionista

Clarabelle

Cool Stuff For Dads

It's Unbeweavable!

La Dolce Vita

Men's Fashion & Lifestyle Aficionado

Planet Mondo

Pop Champagne

Slacker Chic

The Mod Revival

The Sixties Beat!

The Sydney Girl

Frank Sinatra Is Full Of Tricks, Plus An Award & Random Facts About Me

Frank Sinatra is a man of many talents. Here he is performing a tablecloth trick for his pallies at a Miami hotel in 1964. Wow. It looks like it was some kind of party.

P.S. I was given the Honest Scrap Award by the fascinating blog FilmFather. Thanks so much. I really appreciate it. Anybody willing to post 10 random facts about themselves consider yourself winners of this award.



I've been tagged several times lately to reveal 7 to 10 random facts about myself, including in this latest award. I thought it was time that I sit down and actually share some more about my life. These are actually all things from my childhood and adolescence. I'm posting this to both my blogs today. I hope you enjoy finding out more about me.

1. My first fight in school was in kindergarten. I don't even remember what started it. It was a draw. We both got some good hits in. My parents were told that I was probably going to be a troublemaker and to watch me.

2. My brother and I would dance around our living room listening to the disco records of our parents when we were kids. We both really loved ABBA.

3. I was obsessed with the Six Million Dollar Man and G.I. Joe as a kid.

4. My brother and I played all sorts of things when we were growing up. We would be everything from Batman and Robin to Starsky and Hutch.

5. I can't remember how old I was (maybe 10 or 11), but a friend and I filled a cardboard box up with everything from leaves to trash. We then poured lighter fluid on it and lit it up. It made a huge explosive sound and shot fire up into the air. This was at my grandmother's house. You can imagine she wasn't too happy.

6. I had three operations as a kid for kidney problems.

7. I started wearing eyeglasses in the third grade.

8. When I was in junior high, I let a high school girl that I had a crush on put makeup on me. I thought I looked pretty cool. My parents had a different outlook on it when I got off the bus. They were not amused at all.

9. When I took physical education in eighth grade, our teacher decided to try out some new program. We were allowed to have music playing during the gym class. I was in charge of the tunes.

10. While I'm not sure I believe in reincarnation, I have had what seemed like dreams of past lives from the time I can remember. One dream that I had on a regular basis starting in high school was that I was a Jew living under the rule of the Greeks in ancient times.

Dean Martin & Bing Crosby In Rehearsal, Plus Some Awards

Here's a picture of Dean Martin and Bing Crosby rehearsing for a show in Hollywood in the late 1950's. I'm not sure exactly what this was. Any ideas? It is cool to see Dino hang out with his idol. Plus Dino is looking really cool in this photo.

P.S. My blog has won several awards.

I won the Kreativ Blogger Award from Clare at her blog Clarabelle.



I was honored with the Stylish Blogger Award from Annie over at her blog Loose Leaf Tigers.



I also was bestowed with this Idyllhours Award from Laurel over at her blog HappySimpleLife.



Thanks to my wonderful blogging friends for these awards. I greatly appreciate it. I'm always thrilled to find that others enjoy what I do here. It means a lot. I do need asap to post the information that I'm asked to do for these awards. I wanted to go ahead and mention that I had won these. I've been so busy lately that I sometimes feel like a chicken with their head cut off. lol

Dean Martin & Bing Crosby Celebrate My Blog Winning An Award

Dean Martin and Bing Crosby share a dance to celebrate The Dino Lounge winning an award.



That's right, pallies! The Dino Lounge has been honored with the You are a great read! award by my good pallie Jessica over at her wonderful blog Chronically Vintage. I am so thrilled with receiving this award. I thank Jessica so much for bestowing it upon my blog. I highly recommend her blog. I hope you'll check it out.



I'd love to be able to give this award to all of my blogging friends. You all have incredible blogs that I enjoy checking out and commenting on. It's hard for me to only highlight a select few. You all deserve this award so much. I am limiting myself, however, to only fifteen blogs since that seems to be the standard. I tried to pick an eclectic bunch of winners. If you've never visited these blogs, I hope you will take the time to stop by them. I'm sure you will like them as much as I do.

Cafe Fashionista

Dapper Kid

Fantomorte

Felinofelice

ilovedinomartin

It's Unbeweavable!

La Dolce Vita

Marisa Mell

Moon In The Gutter

Planet Mondo

Pop Champagne

Retrospace

Slacker Chic

The Sydney Girl

The Urban Gentleman II

I do hope that nobody will feel slighted if I didn't pick them. It's nothing personal. It was hard to limit myself to these blogs. I did try to pick blogs on everything from film to music to fashion. These are some of the blogs that I love and enjoy. There are so many others. I do hope the award winners will pass this award on to some of their favorite blogs as well. Congrats to all the winners. I raise a toast to you. Cheers!

The Dino Lounge Receives The Dardos Award

My pallie Steve at his blog The Last Picture Show has seen fit to honor The Dino Lounge blog with the Premio Dardos Award. This is the first award this blog has received so I'm really excited about that. It's an added bonus getting it from Steve, since he's got one of my favorite blogs online. I've been learning a lot about the UK from his blog.

The Dardos Awards is given for recognition of cultural, ethical, literary, and personal values transmitted in the form of creative and original writing. These stamps were created with the intention of promoting fraternization between bloggers, a way of showing affection and gratitude for work that adds value to the Web.



1) Accept the award by posting it on your blog along with the name of the person that has granted the award and a link to his/her blog.

2) Pass the award to another five blogs that are worthy of this acknowledgement, remembering to contact each of them to let them know they have been selected for this award.

I'm not sure which of these blogs have already been given this award. I tried to pick different blogs than I did when my Sugar & Spice blog was honored. I hope that at least some of them will decide to continue on the cycle of honoring other blogs they enjoy.

I give this award to:

1. ilovedinomartin - My pallie DMP has such a cool & swingin' blog dedicated to Dean Martin. It's my #1 stop for all things Dino-related. His blog has helped me become an even bigger fan of Dean Martin.

2. Atomic Ranch - Terri has several awesome blogs that she does, including one dedicated to Dean Martin, but I wanted to honor this blog devoted to midcentury living, etc. It really makes me want a pad like those on her blog.

3. Planet Mondo - This is such a fantastic musical blog. I've learned so much about music, such as punk, that I never knew about. I have a rockin' good time checking out the videos, etc. posted.

4. Viewliner Ltd. - If you are looking to see a slice of Americana, then this is the blog for you. There are wonderful pictures posted of vintage planes, trains, automobiles & so much more. It really makes me year for yesteryear.

5. Farbror Sid - I have no clue what's been said on this blog. I think it's in Swedish. It's a blog I enjoy checking out for all the retro ads, babes, cars & much more.

I love all 5 of these blogs. It becomes very hard to pick only 5 since there are so many blogs that I enjoy checking out. I hope you will definitely pay a visit to any of these blogs that you've never been to before. Tell 'em Keith sent ya. :-)