steveb leatherworks: the blather

Jason and his crew needed an adult chaperone to take them through CT, MA and VT -and so enlisted the services of yours truly. We ate copious amounts of BBQ’d meat, we drank just a modest number of adult beverages, it was a grand time and a great ride.

If you’ve been reading my crap for any length of time, you know I love food, I love to eat, I love local business and to wrap it all up – i love eating in the most local of all places, the neighborhood joint…. I seek these places out wherever i go eschewing “finer fare” […]

Found this print in one of Mickey’s photo albums. She had a thing for airmen and this print has been signed by everyone of these guys with a line from each. Her & Max being in the USO must have been traveling with this group/airwing for a bit because by the look of the notes […]

I was fortunate and had a chance to hook with an old friend from back in the day, recently – his name is Don. This consumate character lives in Cali and I can almost forgive him bailing on the East (East Coast Rules) because ya see, Don grew up in Lackawanna, a hardscrabble town on […]

as we roll forward this day, lets point the way with our front wheels…..

Scene: the Lake Erie waterfront, Dug’s Dive, Buffalo NY Situation Analysis:  fire rages out of control for a solid 15 minutes, fire department comes on scene, puts out fires on 3 boats at this point, a ton of equiptment was dispatched, news teams show up…it is a madhouse.. unreal – all in 45 minutes. Immediate […]

Scene: the Lake Erie waterfront, Dug’s Dive, Buffalo NY Situation Analysis: small boat fire, police on scene prevent owner of boat from returning to boat with fire extinguisher thus allowing fire to begin to rage out of control, boat tied to dock and next to other boats in marina. Wind is picking up off the […]

Scene:                      the Lake Erie waterfront, Dug’s Dive, Buffalo NY Situation Analysis:  small boat fire, owner running for fire extinguisher, police on scene Spectator:                Wiz Immediate Assessment: no big deal, this will be out in 10 minutes…… Part 2 […]

I like hanging out by the water if given a choice…and it is especially good to do if i can have an adult beverage in my hand when i am enjoying the scenery and even better’er  if there is a plate of food in front of me. Visiting good friend Wiz in Bflo some time […]