Some of Amanda's Ink at the Coney Island Mermaid Parade

I met Amanda at the Coney Island Mermaid Parade back in June. She shared a bunch of her tattoos, like these on her right arm: A little more...

Natalie's Sugar Skull

I was exiting a bank at the corner of Broadway and Beaver yesterday, when I bumped into Natalie, who was kind enough to share this black and...

Kerry's Owl for Gavin (at the NYC Tattoo Convention)

Another one of my favorite tattoos spotted at last weekend's NYC Tattoo Convention was this owl on the thigh of Kerry: Kerry explained ...

Kimberly's Flowering Sugar Skull

It may be 9 degrees today in New York, but I'm thinking about last July, when I was basking in the warmth of the New York City Poetry Fe...

Tattoosday Goes to L.A. - Vanessa's Sugar Skull by Joe Truck

On my recent trip to Los Angeles, even though I was in town for only a few days, I wanted to find some time to visit a tattoo shop. Of cours...

Brian Shares a Freddy Corbin Sugar Skull

As snow was falling on the Northeast Friday evening, I was gathered with friends at 5 Ninth  in the Meatpacking District in Manhattan, celeb...

Emily's Sugar Skull Butterfly

At the end of July 2012, I bumped into Emily on the West 4th Street subway platform in Manhattan. By her estimates, she has "about twen...

Tattoosday Celebrates Day of the Dead. Meow.

Well, today is November 1, the Day of the Dead , so might as well celebrate with a non-traditional Day of the Dead skull tattoo: This tattoo...

Alfredo Shares a Sugar Skull with a Family Twist

I ran into Alfredo last month in Penn Station and he shared this tattoo: He credited this to an artist named Sy at Sunset Park Tattoo. Alfre...

Blaise & A Unique Sugar Skull

I met Blaise on a sunny spring day near the corner of 8th Avenue and 33rd Street. He has a lot of ink, the majority of which was tattooed by...