steveb leatherworks: the blather

Flynch – ya ever heard the name? Well, if you’re a disenfrachised malcontent biker kinda wannabe character who reads and has been in the Harley game for awhile, you’ll know him. If not,  sorry, you missed it. Well anyway, I am deeply honored by a Flynch write-up on his blog. Very cool. I dont get […]

I’ve been running most of my hot rod & bike images on 45dgree, but thought I’d share this with youse here. great attitude…

So, meet the mellow side of Lake Erie. It can be a wonderfully beautiful place when it is in the mood.

Buffalo’s waterfront is all along Lake Erie. A meaner, nastier piece of sonofabitch water you are not likely to find. Lake Erie can be placid as a pond and then a howling banshee in a matter of minutes, pretty crazy to see this – and near all of the weather in Buffalo is created by […]

On one of my excursions, I happened across the town of Savona and opted to dine at Mom’s Savona Diner. Pretty much the only thing in Savona. The pancakes were big and heavy, the bacon crisp and the cuppa joe, endless Think on this… why eat corporate crap when you can get food like this […]

This beautiful red rod is the end result of 30 years of work. It is cool to see old guys drive these stinkers around on their respective club’s Hot Rod nights. I can only imagine how different these characters looked as young men when they started these projects. Now they drive to their collection point, […]

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 […]

Overbaked by my standards, but still a pretty piece o chrome arn, I saw this stinker at the Sycamore one afternoon. Funny, I was standing there looking at it, camera in hand ready to award it the Coontail award of the day, thinking to my superior self, “oh man, he must a paid some heavy […]

for your viewing pleasure… 

faces tell alot about the world a person lives in..some faces are 10 miles of hard road and others are babes like, full of innocence and wonder. In the workaday world in NYC, often the only break you get from your routine is if you “run down” for a smoke. I know that I looked forward […]

What would we do without pictures of the people we love, of the people that are gone – but certainly not forgotten. I think these visual reference points are important, I know they help me keep my sail filled with wind, even in the doldrums- and my compass set. 

Umberto’s is a pretty good clam house, often in the dog days of summer they set up a oyster bar  right on the street so you can pick up a ncie cold refreshing oyster or clam, right there for $2-4 ea. niiice!  An added bonus is that their cocktail sauce has so much horseradish in […]

Took a quick ride with Shank today. It didn’t suck.

So having a “new bike” is still a thrill, happy to say. The shiny penny already has 14,500 miles and I opted to be smart and replace my skins before they were baldini’s. First time I’ve seen this bike on a lift…  I gave up changing tires by hand when i sold Big Blue, my […]

Looking for the good wood requires you visit places like Stecks.

Some art just makes ya stop, pay attention and think. I really liked this piece, found in NYC at Grand Central Station… kind of reminded me of Jenny Holzer, an artist whose work i always liked…