{"id":56,"date":"2026-06-26T16:56:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T16:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/eagle-eye\/?p=56"},"modified":"2026-06-26T16:56:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T16:56:13","slug":"helens-leather-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/eagle-eye\/news\/helens-leather-shop\/","title":{"rendered":"Helen&#8217;s Leather Shop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The business, at 110 Charles St., was founded almost 50 years ago by Helen and Ed Bourgeois.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stepping into Helen\u2019s Leather Shop on Beacon Hill is like taking a step back in time to the Wild West. The strong aroma of leather boots hits you as you walk inside, while vintage cowboy hats hook your gaze, and Beyonce\u2019s country music plays in the background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read the full story below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<script id=\"asp-embed-script\" data-zindex=\"1000000\" type=\"module\" type=\"text\/javascript\"  charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/new.express.adobe.com\/webpage\/static\/embed\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n            <a class=\"asp-embed-link\" href=\"https:\/\/new.express.adobe.com\/webpage\/QDLOCS1H95UYj\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/new.express.adobe.com\/webpage\/QDLOCS1H95UYj\/resources?asset_id=rendition&#038;buster=1782492893813\" alt=\"Helen&#39;s Leather Shop - Rayan Kalinda\" style=\"width:100%\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The business, at 110 Charles St., was founded almost 50 years ago by Helen and Ed Bourgeois. Stepping into Helen\u2019s Leather Shop on Beacon Hill is like taking a step&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/eagle-eye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/eagle-eye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/eagle-eye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/eagle-eye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/eagle-eye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/eagle-eye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113,"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/eagle-eye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56\/revisions\/113"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/eagle-eye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/eagle-eye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/eagle-eye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/eagle-eye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}