Brooklyn Botanical Gardens

Sweety and I spent the day at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens.  The peonies are blooming and are pretty incredible.

 We had a super fun day.

Wisteria is one of my favorites.

Suki in the morning

 

Morning with Suki the cat.

My Milshake

So you want an etching style milkshake behind your ear - ok.

Candle tattoo

Candles and Daisies.  This was a super fun walk in. 

Spring is happening

Bleeding hearts and lilacs in our garden.  I love this time of year.

Ganesha Tattoo

This was the second sitting on this Ganesha.  One more sitting to go.  Better photos to come. 

Love

I know - puke.  But I couldn't help it.  I really like this guy.  And I really like the photo.  After all our work was done in Chicago we got one really nice afternoon to walk around and enjoy the city, and each other. 

Chicago Food

BBQ Chicago style at Lillies.  Delicious!

 Ginos East Famous Chicago style pizza.

Marking my territory at Ginos East.

And finally lunch at Frontera Grill.  Sooooo good. 

Chicago Tattoo Convention

 

Our booth at the Chicago Tattoo Convention 

And a few tattoos I did there . . .

Overall a really fun convention

Train to Chicago

Sweety and I took the train to Chicago.  This is a very early breakfast in the dining car after a long night on the train.  All of my romantic ideas of train travel have been destroyed by Amtrak. 

Knuckle tattoos

I tattooed Sweety's knuckles.  It was incredibly stressful but it came out ok.  If you can't duck it, fuck it.

Cindarella Bow

This was so much fun to do.  Lovely tattoo on a lovely lady. 

Zoe Bean Merchandise

We got t shirts, we got umbrellas, we got buttons.  Stay tuned for purchase info. 

Tulip Tattoo

I did this tulip, dragonfly, sanskrit design on my lovely client Mark Taub.  I also tattooed his lovely wife Nita but couldn't get a good photo of her tattoo.  Overall a lovely day.

Passover

I had to post this.  This is my cousin Randy aka the great Randini making matza levitate.  By far my most favorite part of passover. 

 I'm the butcher - of course.

Garter Tattoo

I started this garter design on Gabrielle this week.  She sat like a trooper through some really rough stuff.  One more sitting to go.  

Lunch at Peels

I had lunch at Peels with my mother.  My dear friend Jason is the chef de cuisine there.  He is so incredibly talented and his food is inspired and always delicious.  We had his biscuits with sausage gravy.  Amazing.  

 And Jason made us a train trip survival kit.  Cured meats, Pate, roasted pork.  We are going to make the other passengers very jealous.

Meringues

Cinnamon Meringues.

Ganesh

Started this Ganesh.  Sorry for the terrible picture.  Can't wait to color this in. 

Chicago Convention

I will be working The Chicago Tattoo Convention this weekend the 13th,14th and 15th.  It is at the Rosemont convention center.  Come say hello.  Get something like this.

Fun times at Hand Of Glory with Nash and Mia

 Overall a pretty goofy fun day.  Above - Nash demonstrating his sterilization practices.  Below - Mia enjoying Flan to go.  Seriously

Some drawings

Some drawings I did this week for appointments. 

Bio Food Dinner

 I went to a dinner with Culinary Nutritionist Eli Katz.  It was really interesting and he made super delicious and interesting food.  

 

This is a radish pasta with parsley, peanut, olive oil ragu.  Incredible and the most beautiful color.

For the main course we had poached egg with caramelized onions, shrimp with garlic puree, and roasted sweet potato.  Yummy.

Eli is wildly impressive.

Cover up mum

I did this Mum for one of my most favorites Ayn.  It's a cover up by the way.  Super proud of this one.

Becca from Essex

I got tattooed by Becca from Jayne Doe tattoo in Essex, UK.  She gave me a truly beautiful tattoo and I am completely in love with it.  I have admired her work for a while now and it was really amazing to get something from her.  She was truly lovely to hang out with and I am already trying to figure out when I can go to England to have my other hand tattooed.  The photo is not great, and yes my hand is swollen beyond belief, but I post better pics once it's healed.

Farewell to Karen

Karen had her last day at Hand of Glory.  She is moving on, going to work at Eight of Swords.  Its really great for her but I feel pretty sad about it.  I have really loved working with her.  We took her out to celebrate her last day.  R.I.P. the Hand of Glory A team from left to right Camille (BJ's lady) Trischa, Karen, Sweety (My mans), Me, Brian, Mia, and Nash. 

Nail Tattoos

Just for fun I tattooed Karen's nails.  They will grow out over time but they look super cute while they last.

Collaboration with Karen Rockower Glass

Karen and I finished our collaboration finally.  I'm super happy with how it turned out.  We had a blast working on Erin and we both feel a little sad that its over.  Hopefully Erin will want us to collaborate on something again in the future.

I love Pina Coladas!

I love Pina Coladas! 

Flowery half sleeve

I got to work on Therese's half sleeve again this week.  I am super excited about it how it looks.  2 more sittings to go.