{"id":1356,"date":"2011-11-20T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-20T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=1356"},"modified":"2020-05-25T07:40:05","modified_gmt":"2020-05-25T11:40:05","slug":"grrrrrray-leather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=1356","title":{"rendered":"Grrrrrr!ay Leather"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Z_Rkbe7AnQA\/TsgoPBEkiII\/AAAAAAAADO8\/xAi9yvfT3jE\/s1600\/Greyride1.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Z_Rkbe7AnQA\/TsgoPBEkiII\/AAAAAAAADO8\/xAi9yvfT3jE\/s320\/Greyride1.jpg?resize=217%2C320\" width=\"217\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\">I had a chance to take a ride yesterday while the weather was sunny and pleasantly cool.  It was about 50\u00b0F (10\u00b0C), which was perfect weather to break in my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedman.com\/gear\/greyjacket.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">custom gray leather jacket<\/a> and my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedman.com\/gear\/greypants.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">matching gray leather pants<\/a> that I bought earlier this year from Johnson Leather of San Francisco, California, USA.<\/p>\n<p>These leathers are thick and warm, and are made for cold-weather riding.  They are very comfortable, and look great.  Funny thing happened on the ride, too&#8230;.<br \/><a name='more'><\/a><br \/>I have said before, <i>not all leather must be black<\/i>!  But I did wear a traditional pair of tall black Wesco Boss boots.  They are comfortable boots and keep my legs warm.  <\/p>\n<p>This gear attracted some attention when I stopped at a few places along my ride.  The funniest incident was when I was mounting my Harley in a parking lot, and a guy rode up in a tricked-out, hot Camaro.  He got out of his car, looked me up and down, and said, &#8220;Grrrrrr!&#8221;  I just smiled.  The term &#8220;Grrrrrr&#8221; in the Gay Leathermen Community is an expression of appreciation and admiration.  LOL!<\/p>\n<p>It was great to get out for an unexpected ride on a pleasantly cool day in full leather.  <\/p>\n<p>Life is short:  appreciate all the &#8220;Grrrrrs&#8221; you can get!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had a chance to take a ride yesterday while the weather was sunny and pleasantly cool. It was about 50\u00b0F (10\u00b0C), which was perfect weather to break in my custom gray leather jacket and my matching gray leather pants &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=1356\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-leather-lifestyle","category-motorcycle-ride"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1356\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}