last few days…

Posted: May 21, 2013 | Author: matt machine | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: bobber motorcycles, custom motorcycle photography, digital photograpy, Halterman, harley bobber, Harley Davidson, indian bobber, Michigan, Michigan motorcycle events 2012, motorcycle parts and service, motorcycle photography, motorcycle videos, Muskegon, Muskegon Bike Time, photography, studio photography, wedding photographer | Leave a comment »
...in the shed have been pretty productive.....little bit of work on the shovel...going to use the old primo primary plate to form the basis for a partial enclosure... stop stones from dirt roads getting in there, i formed an alloy curved clutch cover up also.


...and i tacked together a new set of bars, bit higher, bit curvier....they have gone off to the bender to be copied in stainless...


....then i laid another section of ritchies tank on.....i totally stuffed up the first attempt and im having another go...used an old lace tablecloth i found at the tip...then put a couple coats of clear over....ill start to fade in some nice blue over it when i pick up some colour next week.




ideas for a scallop section protruding on the tank....



... heres an idea for the left side to incorporate a finned oil tank below the fuel tank...gonna give this a try next week and see if it flies.

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Raising the Bar: Bobby Heugel

Posted: May 20, 2013 | Author: Alia Akkam | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: bobber motorcycles, custom motorcycle photography, digital photograpy, Halterman, harley bobber, Harley Davidson, indian bobber, Michigan, Michigan motorcycle events 2012, motorcycle parts and service, motorcycle photography, motorcycle videos, Muskegon, Muskegon Bike Time, photography, studio photography, wedding photographer | Leave a comment »

For a star bartender, Bobby Heugel has a pretty unusual resume. He didn’t hone his skills at any well-known watering holes or hot speakeasies. Hell, he hadn’t even been inside a proper cocktail bar when he opened his own establishment Anvil Bar & Refuge in Houston’s funky Montrose neighborhood in 2009. “I didn’t go to PDT in New York until afterwards,” he admits.

Not only has Anvil—which is housed in a late-1950s tire store—survived, it has become one of the best bars in the country, serving drinks like The Brave (mezcal, sotol, amaro, Curaçao, Angostura Bitters) and Pliny’s Tonic (gin, lime, cucumber, mint, habanero tincture). It also started a cocktail movement in Houston and was a James Beard Award semifinalist in the Outstanding Bar Program category the last two years running. (Heugel himself was a semifinalist for the Outstanding Wine and Spirits Professional award in 2011.)

What’s more amazing is that Heugel hadn’t planned to be a professional mixologist. “I used to bartend to pay for school,” he explains. “But it’s kind of like a crazy girl you’re dating, and then it works out.”

The Houston native returned home after receiving a master’s degree in intercultural communication from Illinois State University and began working behind the stick at farm-to-table restaurant Benjy’s. He then joined his childhood friend Kevin Floyd at local celebrity chef Monica Pope’s Beaver’s. It was there that he and Floyd wrote a business plan for a place of their own, which became Anvil.

Three years later, they created a craft-beer Mecca on Westheimer Road, just three blocks from Anvil. The Hay Merchant has 80 taps and dozens of delicious brews from around the world, plus an array of hearty snacks and gourmet pub grub.

Heugel and his partners now operate a small empire of Houston businesses, including coffee shop Blacksmith, chef Chris Shepherd’s Underbelly and nostalgic eateries The Original Ninfa’s on Navigation and Antone’s Famous Po-Boys, as well as bartender Alba Huerta’s forthcoming Julep.

This summer, a tequila and mezcal joint offering a fermented-grapefruit-beer Paloma and a frozen mezcal Margarita will join the ranks—it’ll be called The Pastry War. “We have a curated list of brands produced with integrity,” he says. “The bar is a reflection of Mexico first; the drinks are secondary.”

As if that weren’t enough, Heugel is also president of a collective of philanthropic-minded Houston restaurant and bar owners known as OKRA (the Organized Kollaboration on Restaurant Affairs).

“It’s like working on an all-star team,” he says. The organization is helping transform the community with The Original OKRA Charity Saloon, a watering hole that donates all proceeds to a different local charity each month. This is one cocktail trend I hope goes viral.

(Photo courtesy Julie Soefer)

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more shots from Robert S…….

Posted: May 20, 2013 | Author: matt machine | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: bobber motorcycles, custom motorcycle photography, digital photograpy, Halterman, harley bobber, Harley Davidson, indian bobber, Michigan, Michigan motorcycle events 2012, motorcycle parts and service, motorcycle photography, motorcycle videos, Muskegon, Muskegon Bike Time, photography, studio photography, wedding photographer | Leave a comment »

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