steveb leatherworks: the blather

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 […]

Freddy and I spent some time toolin round the outer boroughs of NYC today. We saw some questionable style in regards to the chrome helmeted metric rider. Chrome Domes are sooo yesterday…ya know.

Used to be we had local food shops all around  the ‘hood, at least i used to have stores like this nearby. I came from a place that had a lot of this…type of life and energy on the street. Going to the Supermarket just isn’t the same as visiting the local specialists: bread, meat, […]

I don’t even know where to start with Marios.. other than relaying that it is the iconic Italian Food Joint in the most iconic Italian neighborhhod in NYC, namely, Arthur Avenue, located in the borough of the Bronx. The food is amazing, the ambiance, Mobster Guinea, the prices..a little silly. The best time to go […]

the good stuff does not come from supermarkets, the good stuff comes from places that are fast disappearing… places that are special, places that are a pain in the ass to get to, where parking sucks, places that are not the cheapest, but the best. 

The TR6 is running sweet and we took a blast today to grab some lunch and test the grip-tion of the Redline’s on the Merritt Parkway. 

Unless you sucka’s live here in my ‘hood, i respectfully have to posit that you don’t know shit about bread….real bread. “B” you says – i DO know shit about bread honest. Well…I says ya dont. This is real bread and it is right from the mother of all sources – Arthur Ave, in the Bronx, NYC.

Just a typical day in the hood. Fireman on the street, folks running around. All is good. Fo youse not in the know – Bx.  – it stands for “da bronx” – aight?