Collection: LOCALS Only

All things Syracuse and Central New York.  Product and designs inspired by the very city that I was born in and in which I currently reside.  Central New York has a lot of really cool things to offer beyond the blistering cold winters... 

The water!  During my residents in the desert of Southern California during the early 2000's I was missing something big time and I don't know why it took me so long to realize what that was.  Water.  I was missing the lakes and rivers.  I would zoom out of Google earth and view the United States map as a whole.  On the west coast you'd see Salt Lake from afar.  Throughout the country you'd see various lines of water that represents the large rivers that divide this great land.  But up in the northeast you'd see WATER!  A LOT of it.  The great lakes just continued to attract my eyes.  That's when it hit me that I literally grew up on one of those bodies of water.  Lake Ontario.  It was never a big deal to me growing up around it.  We'd go to the beach every chance that we'd get.  On very rare occasions there would be crystal clear days where you could see Canada way beyond in the distance.  But most days it was as if you were staring out into the ocean.  All you could see on the horizon was water.  I just loved watching the sunset over that horizon.  Come to think of it I believe that being a June baby has a lot to do with my water obsession.  All of my birthdays had some type of water theme whether it was a beach party, pool party, slip n slide or water gun extravaganza.  I am a man of water and the beautiful region of Central New York has pulled me back to be surrounded by it once again and this here is a product line dedicated to that very location.