Archive for 'thoughts on this & that'
Sticka Shock
I love getting pics of my stickas on stuff. if i think of all the ones i have printed, sold given away and handed out over the years, i’d think they’d be everywhere… If you got one of my stickas on your stuff – send me a pic of it!
Posted: April 4th, 2009 under thoughts on this & that, Uncategorized.
Tags: steveb leatherworks, stickers
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bustin out
Shank, Pupkin and I busted out for the first time as a team a few weeks ago. Ran up to Huckleberry, it felt real good although Shank reminded us with fairings to hide behind and electric coats to swaddle our baby soft bodies – that it was kinda cold. I hear ya Shank – time […]
Posted: April 2nd, 2009 under riding & road tripping, thoughts on this & that, Uncategorized.
Tags: cold, friends & family, Harley-Davidson, motorcycles, riding & road tripping, weather
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unsafe
Saw this car type thing on the street, just the other day…call me crazy but I don’t think that this is so “SMART”. Driving around NYC streets in one of these silly little electric death traps is plain dangerous.. especially when the going gets tough and metal meets..ahhhh.. plastic and foam rubber. Talk about “Unsafe at any […]
Posted: March 31st, 2009 under thoughts on this & that, Uncategorized.
Tags: NYC, silly little car thing, SMART, smart cars, street meat, street scenes, transportation
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Ghosts: Eddie
Paying props to Eddie tonight, one handsome devil of a sailor. I know he was someone special to Mickey (my Mom) – there were quite a few pictures and mentions of him in photo albums and diary entries of the time. I am pretty sure he didn’t survive the war based on what i can piece together. I think this pic comes from 1943. All that was […]
Posted: March 30th, 2009 under thoughts on this & that, Uncategorized.
Tags: fam, friends & family, ghosts, Max & Mickey, military, thoughts on this & that
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a special treat for steveb
So, I don’t know about all of youse, but I dont get to see my friends nearly as much as I’d like to. Work, family, our own “chores o’ life” and our own individual circuits of activity often conspire to keep us from the folks we’d most like to see and spend time with. Peckering at a keyboard or […]
Posted: March 29th, 2009 under thoughts on this & that, Uncategorized.
Tags: danger, NYC, something new, thrill, trains, underground, wow
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screen captured
I think our obsession with messaging and screen based stimulation has reached a new and absurd height. This picture below was taken in Union Square Park/ NYC. The building is the Shake Shack – a pretty good place to get a snack believe it or not, even thought the park itself is a squirrel and rat infested box of dirt. The tables at […]
Posted: March 27th, 2009 under thoughts on this & that, Uncategorized.
Tags: NYC, screen capture, Shake Shack, street scenes, Union Square, vidiot
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gittin riddy
Well, I know its really bad now, geez – this economy is so farked the rich folks are gittin riddy to leave land. I have a feeling this is one of the AIG guys who had to give his bonus back, for fear of being outed ….oh the shame.
Posted: March 26th, 2009 under thoughts on this & that, Uncategorized.
Tags: boats, land yacht, rich & famous, shame
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stopping by the country store
so – trust is still in fashion in some spots. I love stopping by country stores. This one is not too far from the secret location. Their fresh eggs are quite good and the veggies when in season – rock. All hail the country store – where “honest abe” rules the roost. Welcome to America.
Posted: March 25th, 2009 under thoughts on this & that, Uncategorized.
Tags: old world, trust, values
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March Wrap-up
I don’t know about all of youse, but I am pretty much done with winter. I say, lets put March behind us and look forward to Spring and all the positive things that come with it… riding, road tripping spending time out doors and lets not forget, bbq’ing![youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2bajYrCtEM[/youtube]
Posted: March 24th, 2009 under leatherwork projects, thoughts on this & that, Uncategorized.
Tags: customers, leatherwork, March, spring, video, winter
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clockworks
Met a real character today – a genuine English “horologist” who only works on maintaining ancient clockworks. Very cool guy took the time to answer some questions and let me snap a few images. Nice way to spend some time.
Posted: March 23rd, 2009 under thoughts on this & that, Uncategorized.
Tags: characters, thoughts on this & that
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co-minglers
Co-mingling and getting along…works. Here we’ve got a a prettied up Street Glide squatting next to a stealth black something-or-other Japanese rocket bike outside a local gym… both parked illegally on the sidewalk. Flashing a unified show of “i dont give a crap, I’ll park wherever i damn well please” and a bit o’ the dark black…on […]
Posted: March 22nd, 2009 under riding & road tripping, thoughts on this & that, Uncategorized.
Tags: Harley-Davidson, Japanese Motorcyles, local, riding & road tripping
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Nah-tin
Saw this piece of vintage British street meat in Brooklyn recently. From what I understand the owner leaves it outside year round and blasts about the streets on it like a man possessed.
Posted: March 21st, 2009 under riding & road tripping, thoughts on this & that, Uncategorized.
Tags: british bike, motorcycles, NYC, street meat, street scenes
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sleepers – a readers submission
Sleeping when your anyplace but your own comfy bed, at home, insures that some sick bastid is going to take your picture and distribute it. Seems military folks have no problem or qualms about nodding anywhere, anytime – so they make easy targets. It also seems that they take great delight in pranking each other…. and so […]
Posted: March 20th, 2009 under thoughts on this & that, Uncategorized.
Tags: customers, friends & family, military, pranks
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class trip to planet vulcan
It’s true, every boy loves his junk – I am no exception. I love junk, and i dig junkyards, junkstores and all manner of falling down and decrepit crap. I shit thee not – just look at my flickr stream to get my drift. I dig metal especially and have been in need of lots of […]
Posted: March 19th, 2009 under thoughts on this & that, Uncategorized.
Tags: industry, junk, junkyard, metal, scrap
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slick Indian wearing skirts
Found this slick indian on the street when i was out running around on the bike. Owner told me it is a 1947. I see he made made some critical charging system updates – hooyah. The full face helmet is in questionable taste, but given his extreme class in rides..I will forgive. This was a young guy to boot…
Posted: March 18th, 2009 under riding & road tripping, thoughts on this & that, Uncategorized.
Tags: Harley-Davidson, Indian, motorcycles, street meat, street scenes
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no stickers for you
i get requests from folks that are behind bars for schwag, brochures, etc. Well today i got a returned sticker in an ominous looking package. Guess this gent isnt allowed to have stockers. Bummer, mine are nice.
Posted: March 17th, 2009 under thoughts on this & that, Uncategorized.
Tags: brochure, customers, jail, locked down, stickers
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fancy food
The queen and i went to a very nice dinner party for 50 at a very nice and tony place. This dinner soiree was in honor of a pals milestone birthday party, the party given to him by his wife. The spot, LeCirque is a very fancy pants kinda upscale NYC joint if ever there was one. This was not steveb taking ya […]
Posted: March 15th, 2009 under thoughts on this & that, Uncategorized.
Tags: fancy food, friends & family, NYC, party
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dog on the move
So, one of my new customers has some funny ideas about tourpak Dog travel. Kind of odd, a little weird, but definitely cool. Rover just got his “doggles” so he is set for the coming season. Good thing he isnt a big big dog…he fits the box perfect.
Posted: March 14th, 2009 under riding & road tripping, thoughts on this & that, Uncategorized.
Tags: dog, Harley-Davidson, hot dog, motorcycles, tourpak
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Honda McCheese
I can find something to love with almost any two-wheel machine. I mean, I look at bicycles with the hairy eyeball for chrissakes, so when i come across any kind of motorcycle, i stop and scope it from stem to stern..just as i would if i were to judge it in a show – short of running my […]
Posted: March 13th, 2009 under riding & road tripping, thoughts on this & that, Uncategorized.
Tags: bikers, Harley, Japanese Motorcyles, Metric, NYC, street meat, street scenes
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worst job
I know what the worst job is:
Posted: March 11th, 2009 under thoughts on this & that, Uncategorized.
Tags: NYC, street scenes, work, worst
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Max & Molle
For this installment of the blather, I will dig up a few old ghosts from days gone by. Max & Molle, my Grandparents met back in the roaring 20’s. Molle was a local long distance swimming celebrity and a ticket taker in an Australian Outback movie theatre in her town, Max was a fancy European Vaudevillian entertainer whose act was coming through town playing […]
Posted: March 10th, 2009 under thoughts on this & that, Uncategorized.
Tags: Family, history, stories
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humans take flight
the crack steveb editorial team saw this little tasty chunk o’ video content and thought – holy molasses batman – How cool is this? How crazy is this? Well in our book, this is pretty cool and this is pretty crazy. [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/1778399[/vimeo]
Posted: March 9th, 2009 under thoughts on this & that, Uncategorized.
Tags: crack team, exciting, stunts, video
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in memory of Hotalings
I see the old city disappear…right in front of my eyes.. every day. It stopped existing at street level years ago, with “for sale” signage and cleared, gutted street level space, with Plywood roofs above – if your looking for the old “hood” you need to look up to catch the last bits of what was…like this […]
Posted: March 8th, 2009 under thoughts on this & that, Uncategorized.
Tags: NYC
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City Wood, not so good
Staying on the NYC natives getting screwed by the price of wood theme – I have for your perusal – the not so good wood vendor. You can get a plastic wrapped bundle worth 1.75 in my neck of the woods, for about $20 NYC dollars or you can get a couple of log fakies for […]
Posted: March 6th, 2009 under thoughts on this & that, Uncategorized.
Tags: fakies, good wood, NYC, street scenes
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