steveb’s leatherworks: daily blather

Customer-no-service from Tempur-Pedic…
OK, here is a rant for ya!
So, its like this see….I purchased a Tempur-Pedic travel pillow a year or so ago. Having a screwed up neck combined with regular travel, meant I had to do something as most pillows would leave me feeling “not-so-good” the next morning and to tell the truth, I [...]

Wow - where to start - well, I couldn’t even begin to tell this story or where, why and what… but suffice it to say my friend Scott is in Russia and is trying to help this guy who has been his driver. This guy needs some BMW specific parts assistance and help. Now keep [...]

I need to make the pilgrimage to Daytona this year for Bike Week. After this weekend i am out of here for a bit.  Looking forward to getting out, stretching the legs, getting lost a few times with the rental car and shooting some pictures of one of my favorite subjects - motorcycles!
Actually there is [...]

So as many of you have noticed, i have let my foot off the gas a bit in terms of meaningful blog posts and heartfelt communications.  I have gotten a few people dinging me because of my slack ways.
I have to admit - I have, definitely.
Not being someone to let stuff “cruise” on autopilot, I [...]

Beau hooked me up with these images earllier in the year while the fires were raging in the West.

Years ago I called this place home. This was a scary neighborhood and i remember feeling like I was living in a fort. Funny how things change and tides turn.

In the center of what used to be the “Polish” part of Buffalo, stands the Broadway Market. This area is now pretty dead from both commercial and demographic standpoints.  Even though it is a bit off the beaten track, it is worth a visit. I highly recommend visiting the Horseradish vendor found inside…

Little dudes beefing it out with the big boys at the local ramp…it’s all good.  Tough for the parents to watch their little warriors grow some cojones, but good nonetheless.

This summer the boss and I went to Fire Island to spend the day with Pupkin & family at their rented beach house. it was a fun adventure, requiring we take a ferry, eat copious amounts of food and consume adult beverages. It was cool, a fun time in every regard.

LaManda is a spot we go to when we got the need to feed.
Some of the very best Italian found outside of Arthur Avenue..
oh man…the antipasto, the ravioli, the bread!