Hey pallies, likes today's Dino-adulation is sorta on the more short 'n sweet side of Dino-thin's, but it shows yet 'nother arena of amore for our most beloved Dino.  Likes today we takes you to the personal blog of a lady known as Miss "antoninafrancesca," who blogs at a site tagged Family Faith and Food - "Where everyone is welcome."  Seems that Miss Antonia "grew up in a traditional Italian household (the oldest of eight children), where I learned at a very young age that there were three important things you needed in order to live a good life.  Those "tree important things" are obviously "Family Faith and Food."

Well, through the efforts of google Dino-blog searchin' we discovered that Miss Antonina has been celebration "Italian-American Heritage Month" at her blog and our Dino has been featured on Day 12.   Antonina  shares a an extraordinary engagin' evocative pose of our great man with a few lines of patter 'bout his life and times.....probably 'nothin' new for died in the wool Dino-holics likes youse, but for "Family Faith and Food" readers this might perhaps be there first introduction to our one and only Dino...and everybody has to start somewhere in their journey to deep, pure, and true devotion to the King of Cool!

There's a youtube link to our main man singin' one of his main croons,"That's Amore" and Miss Antonina quires her readership by askin' "What is your favorite Dean Martin…movie, song, tv special, or Las Vegas show?"  Wouldn't it be cool to have likes a ton of ilovedinomartin pallies patter her back with their Dino-reflections?!?!?!?!?!

Likes, we sez our thank you very much for this gentle and kind reflection by this lovely lady, who is helpin' many to find their way to Dino!  To checks this out in it's original source, simply clicks on the tag of this here Dino-report.   In our Dino, DMP

Italian-American Heritage Month: Day 12 Dean Martin

Posted on October 12, 2015 by antoninafrancesca  

Our celebrated Italian-American of the day is Dean Martin. Dino Paul Crocetti was born on June 7, 1917 in Steubenville, a small town in Ohio. Martin was an American singer, actor, comedian, and film producer.

Martin’s father Gaetano Alfonso Crocetti, a barber, immigrated here from Montesilvano, in Abruzzo, and married his Italian-American mother, Angela Crocetti (nee Barra) in 1914.

Martin’s first language was an Abruzzese dialect of Italian, and he did not speak English until he started school at the age of 5. He was bullied for his broken English, and dropped out of high school in the 10th grade because he thought he was “smarter than his teachers.”

He worked odd jobs including: an amateur welterweight boxer under the name “Kid Crochet,” drove liquor across state lines during prohibition, sold lottery tickets, as well as “acting as a bookie and working as a card dealer and croupier in local gambling joints, all before his start in show business.

Martin had a long-running comedy partnership on radio, film, and television with Jerry Lewis. After going solo, Martin met and became friends with Frank Sinatra, and joined the Rat Pack – including Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bishop and Peter Lawford, where they became legendary for their Las Vegas Strip performances.

Please enjoy Dean Martin singing his first hit song ‘That’s Amore’

What is your favorite Dean Martin…movie, song, tv special, or Las Vegas show?

Until Next Time…