There are very few, if not any, tanneries that carry the same reputation for creating leathers of the utmost quality as Chicago’s Horween. They are the proverbial cream of the crop of tanneries...
I know it’s been said over and over again but the guys at Apolis are some of the nicest and more genuine people you’ll meet. I met up with Shea Foley for lunch and a little visit to their...
We just passed through Portland, OR on our tour and my wife and kids drove down from Vashon to hang out for the day. We took a trip to the Portland Japanese Garden and besides the sheer beauty, inex...
We had a day off in NY so I ended up staying in Brooklyn with some dear friends. I had the pleasure of meeting Chris and Lindsey of Stanley & Sons who were kind enough to let me drop into their s...
Art in the Age asked me if I wanted to be a part of one of their monthly installations and having been to the store before and being a fan, I was more than up for it. I happen to be on tour at the m...
Blackberries spread like the plague here on Vashon and I never thought I’d say this, but they really are quite a nuisance. They’ve got nasty thorns all over and they’ll sprout a fo...
Anchorage, AK. 12:00 AM. I landed in Anchorage around 11:30 PM, the sun was still just considering setting and I was immediately reminded of just how far north I was. It was my first time in Alaska...
I received a pair of suede Birkenstock Bostons for father’s day and because of the wet terrain here in the Pacific Northwest, I decided to give ‘em a good dubbing. As far as I can gather,...
Crabbing season just opened here in the Seattle area and I wasted not a single brain cell to muster up an enthusiastic “YES” when I got the invitation to go. Best. Day. Ever. This is a ...
While I missed all my favorite Socal fleas, I did happen to be in town for BORN FREE — an outdoor motorcycle show in Silverado Canyon. Lots of choppers and bobbers (most of which I don’t care for) b...
I did a little interview with PASTE.COM for a feature on father’s day and apparently I got edited out, but I answered the darned questions anyway so I figured I’d post it here for father’s day. Head...
I’ve been working hard since I’ve been home battling the growth that is threatening to take over our property. There’s a lot more land to take care of here and the growth is a lot more incessant comp...
My new favorite site. This is just absolutely pasted with nostalgia for me. I used to read my skate mags (I was primarily a Transworld guy) over and over again and apparently I’d burned a lot of th...
ADRIENNE’S farm held their alpaca shearing day and opened the farm up for anyone to come and hang out, enjoy some BBQ and watch some really odd looking creatures get turned into even stranger looking...
One of the first skate videos I saw. Kris Markovich, Eric Koston and a little bitty Andrew Reynolds. Classic.
I tried consolidating this blog into my tumblr but alas, I didn’t like posting there. So…back to where we were at: This blog – article-centric. Tumblr – everyday flavors an...
Hi everyone, In an attempt to streamline my online presence (since I’m not very good at it in the first place), I’ve decided to consolidate my various blogs into a single one. I’m basically go...
Oi Polloi’s got a sale going on right now and this jacket really caught my eye. I don’t know much about the brand but this is a killer jacket. It looks like the hideaway hood tucks and ...
We took a 3 day jaunt over to East Rutherford, NJ — The land of no left turns. I wonder if people’s tires wear unevenly from all the right turns and “jughandles”. Anyhow, we playe...
Every-so-often life gets way too busy to even think about keeping this up but I’m coming out of hiding to tell you all that I’m officially putting my leathercraft pieces up for sale. I i...
Hi friends, Apologies for neglecting this site. Life has been busy. In the meantime, check out my tumblr, which by nature gets updated a little more.
This is the state of my bike at the moment. I’m in the middle of tearing down/rebuilding my bike with a little help (Ok…a lot of help) from a couple friends who are much more adept at au...
George let me squeeze in these boots before I left for Washington. I used Esquivel’s Dublin boot as the springboard, but the inspiration behind them was the WWII era “service shoe”...
This photo made me think of my dad. He was a fisherman, sailing the treacherous Bering Sea, between Alaska and Russia. He’d be at sea for several months at a time, docking at Dutch Harbor and flyin...
The next logical step after leathercrafting for me was shoemaking. Actually, leathercrafting for me was more or less a stepping stool for the larger goal of learning shoemaking. So I’ve been steali...
I packed my life into the back of a Uhaul and made a 24 hour marathon run up the west coast from my hometown of Orange, CA to my new home of Vashon, a small island right off the coast of Seattle. My...
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I wanted something super simple and minimal that I could slip into a bag or backpack but would still look nice carried around on it’s own. I opted for a button stud closure which I’m a bi...
I was going through my iphoto and found these pictures from a family trip we made back in August. 550 acres of open texan land, ATV’s, longhorn cattle, horses, pools, lakes, chuck wagons, shot...
This is genius. I’m a parking Nazi. Ask my wife.
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