Corner of Amarillo and Western

When calling a contemporary business on the telephone, do you ever long for the olden days when you could actually speak to a real human being? Of course you do. That may be overstating the case…a little bit. But in these dizzy times of automation and virtual, online interaction, the relative lack of actual human contact often leaves me feelin’ a little…well, lonesome.

Fortunately, there’s still outfits around like Panhandle Leather in Amarillo. Partly known for the famous Big Texan Steak Ranch, where heavy-duty carnivores eat free if they can finish a 72-ounce prime cut and all the fixin’s within one hour, and for the line of half-buried Eldorados called Cadillac Ranch, the