Alas, with winter setting in, spotting tattoos in public is seasonably challenging. Thank goodness for ink on uncovered extremities, like hands and the occasional foot!Case in point, earlier this month I met Niki in Penn [...]
Showing posts with label Memorial. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Memorial. Show all posts
Niki's Memorial Foot
Posted by Unknown on Wednesday, January 19, 2011
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Jill Walks On with Her Ink
Posted by Unknown on Wednesday, January 5, 2011
I spotted Jill in the beginning of November sitting in the New Jersey Transit waiting area at Penn Station.She has eight tattoos, five are symbols and three are word-based, including this one on her forearm:The one she shared [...]
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Melissa's Feather of Memory
Posted by Unknown on Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Back in October, I reviewed Kat Von D's The Tattoo Chronicles (here).I also went to a book-signing and met Ms. Von D.As you would expect, there was a long line to see the author, who is indisputably the most famous tattoo [...]
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Tattoos I Know: Tracy's Tributes (Re-Post)
Posted by Unknown on Thursday, November 11, 2010
Let's take a moment and pause from our regularly-scheduled programming this Veteran's Day to remember the men and women who serve our country bravely. I've dug into the archives and reposted a friend's tattoo, which appeared [...]
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Rebecca's Memorial Butterfly
Posted by Unknown on Wednesday, October 13, 2010
I met Rebecca a couple months ago in Penn Station and asked her about her tattoos.Of the eleven, she shared this one from her leg:This beautiful, yet battered, butterfly is a memorial to her unborn child. She lost the baby [...]
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Linda's Tattoo Honors Her Grandmother
Posted by Unknown on Saturday, August 14, 2010
One of our readers, Linda, e-mailed me this photo of one of her tattoos back in March and we have been patiently waiting to share it here until today, August 14, which is an integral part of the tattoo.I'll let Linda do [...]
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Bryan's Memorial Rose
Posted by Unknown on Saturday, August 7, 2010
Bryan was around the corner from where I work with this rose on display:Perched on his left elbow, the tattoo is identical to one that a friend of his had.When his friend died, Bryan chose to commemorate his friend's memory [...]
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Shaina's Back Piece Blooms
Posted by Unknown on Friday, August 6, 2010
A post-work errand had me walking down 6th Avenue to 23rd Street where, to my delight, I ran into Shaina, whose large back piece stopped me dead in my tracks. Lucky for me, and all of our Tattoosday readers, she had no problem [...]
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Niki's Memorial for Elizabeth
Posted by Unknown on Monday, July 26, 2010
Last week I was down in Chelsea when I spotted Niki from a distance. She appeared to have a colorful Madonna-like tattoo on her right shoulder, so I changed course and caught up to her only to discover this lovely tattoo [...]
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Pete's Tribute to a Magical Grandfather
Posted by Unknown on Friday, July 23, 2010
Last month, as I wandered despondently down my street, mourning the loss of my camera, I saw Pete standing on his stoop in the afternoon heat, without a shirt. He had a really cool tattoo and I talked to him about it, taking [...]
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Katie's Tattoos: A Tribute and a Memorial
Posted by Unknown on Saturday, June 26, 2010
I met Katie on 34th Street one afternoon when I stopped to ask her about her foot tattoo:This tribute piece on her left foot is for her cousin, whose initials are JMS. The letters sit astride the ribbon designating awareness [...]
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Tattoosday Goes To Hawai'i - All in the Family, Part 4 (Lehua's Eternal Tribute to Poppa John)
Posted by Unknown on Sunday, May 23, 2010
Closest of my Hawai'i nieces and nephews is Lehua who, in essence, is a third sister in my Hawai'i ohana. My wife and I had the tremendous honor of Lehua dancing hula at our wedding reception in 1995, which many guests [...]
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Tattoosday Goes to Hawai'i: Dottie's Tribute to Daddy
Posted by Unknown on Saturday, May 22, 2010
On my last day in Hawai'i I had some time to kill before my flight. I wanted to stay close to the airport, so I headed over to Pearlridge Center to do some last minute shopping.One of the first people I met was Dottie, a [...]
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Earl's Tattoo Honors the Fallen
Posted by Unknown on Sunday, March 28, 2010
It was the ring of bullets that first grabbed my attention when I spotted him in Penn Station:As a soldier in New York City's 69th Infantry Regiment in the New York Army National Guard, Earl has had the honor and privilege [...]
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Darren's Trio of Tattoos
Posted by Unknown on Thursday, December 10, 2009
I was contemplating the best way to approach a rather imposing figure who was completely covered in ink, when Darren passed me at the entrance to K-Mart in Penn Station.When I caught up to him in the store, I introduced [...]
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A Yellow Rose for a Fallen Friend
Posted by Unknown on Monday, December 7, 2009
I met Dan outside of Penn Station last week on a balmy December day.He has 22 tattoos and shared this one from his right forearm:It's a memorial piece for a friend who passed away in 2008.Her initals are in the heart, which [...]
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Bill's Ink Honors Generations Past and Future
Posted by Unknown on Tuesday, October 20, 2009
I met Bill in mid-September on the 34th Street train platform while waiting for a downtown A train.You may have heard of the scent known as a "new car smell". Bill had whatis known as a "new tattoo sheen," which occurs when [...]
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Gypsy Roses and a Tombstone
Posted by Unknown on Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Last month, I ran outside toward the end of the day to throw a letter in the mailbox at the corner of 31st and 7th, near Penn Station.Always prepared, I had a flier and my camera with me, just in case, and I spotted a woman [...]
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Missy Needs a Miracle
Posted by Unknown on Thursday, October 8, 2009
I met Missy last month in Penn Station and she shared this, her first tattoo:This is also the first Icelandic tattoo on Tattoosday!The phrase in Icelandic, "M�r vartar kraftaverk" , Missy loosely translated as "I need a [...]
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Mike's Amazing Back Piece
Posted by Unknown on Tuesday, September 15, 2009
I had just exited from the subway station in Bay Ridge when I spotted an extremely-inked couple.I talked with both of them, but Mike was gracious enough to share this phenomenal back piece:Mike, a musician, has been on the [...]
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