New Orleans, Part 2 (ish)

I know, it's been a little bit since NOLA.
But when Meryl and I lost the camera,
we lost some of the photos from the trip as well.
Luckily this tattoo was on Erica Flannes,
a rad tattoo artist in New Orleans,
and she was kind enough to send me a photo.

I added another guest spot to the travel plans section.

I'll be headed West this time.

I'll be in Grant's Pass, Oregon from February 14-19th,

and am starting to book up now.

It's actually an amazing opportunity that fell into my lap-

thanks to Off the Map's Mary Bowen.

(in case you didn't know, she's the best ever)

Gogue Art and Tattoo, Jeff Gogue's studio,

has kindly offered to have me guest spot there for the week,

and I couldn't possibly be more excited.

(he's so dope)

6 hours South of Olympia, and 4.5 from Portland.

New Orleans (part 1)

New Orleans.
Yeah.
I'm going to have to split it up into two parts,
mostly because Halloween in the Big Easy got so crazy
that we lost our camera,
and all of the holiday photos.
No kidding.
So if you were there,
send me your photos.
(or maybe our camera?)

I have some of the convention shots,
but the big action wasn't inside the hotel ballroom.
I've never seen a place get so into getting dressed up,
and I promise to bring the thunder to every Halloween to come.

Meryl was the biggest help ever,
and it was super nice to have her there.
Here's us dressed up.



I had a tail, too.
Which was forgotten about,
and since I sit down to pee,
it ended up in the toilet later on that night.
Luckily, I had another costume for when we hit the town.



I didn't have a light while tattooing,
which wasn't too bad,
but the photos came out weird in the dark.





A ton of thanks to Li for showing us around,
and bringing us to the center of all the chaos.

Thanks, also, to a bunch of super nice tattoo artists
(they do exist!)
for their hospitality and generosity.
A shout out to Eye Candy Tattoo, Mid City, and the Body Shop,
thanks for taking care of the out-of-towner without a car.

I'll hopefully have New Orleans part II up soon,
with more tattoo photos.

Delayed.

Our plane is landing right now in New Orleans.
Problem is, we're not on it.
Our flight from MPLS to Milwaukee got canceled this morning,
and we got stuck here.
It's 84º in NOLA today,
and only 41º here.
(with 40mph winds)

I had wanted an extra day in New Orleans
so that Meryl and I weren't just there for the convention,
and we'd be able to spend a little time in the city.
My "working vacation" just got whittled down to "working".
oh well.

I had a client who wanted a sexy grim reaper tattoo,
and although my first thought was this,
this is what we ended up with:



I hope everyone has a great Halloween weekend,
packed to the brim with treats.
If you're looking for something more on Saturday night,
Todd and I have some paintings at Cult Status Gallery,
and the opening night party goes till 1 am.
If you make it down there,
take a couple photos for me,
cause hopefully I'll be in New Orleans.

I love dead birds.

After 5 or more years,
the "I love dead birds" bumper sticker finally got an upgrade.




I also ordered more of the "dead birds are sexy" stickers,
as well as some stuff for Never Quiet, Never Soft.
It's almost the 11th,
which is when everything NQNS is unveiled.

October is going to be a busy month tattoo-wise.
I'll be doing the Minneapolis Tattoo Convention the 8th-10th,
and then the New Orleans Tattoo Convention October 29th-31rst.

I have openings for the New Orleans one,
let me know if you want a spot.
New Orleans during Halloween gets pretty crazy
(they even have a parade).
Meryl and I will be working in costume,
staying with friends,
and hitting up as much of the city as possible.
I visited once before Katrina,
but Meryl's never been,
so we're both really excited.

I'll have stickers at Identity Tattoo and both conventions,
and I'm also willing to mail some out.
Just let me know.