The H St Festival this past weekend was packed with tattoed DC-ites. My friend Ana took pictures as I asked some people to show me their favorite or most memorable body art. Take a look:
I met Jess working at the Red & the Black (http://www.redandblackbar.com/portal/) when she showed me her most memorable tattoo - the ever popular DC flag. She got this done on her 18th birthday, after a friend's funeral, by a close friend. She says it's her "worst" tattoo with the best story... She also has many other tattoos, her favorite being this back piece:
which I believe is a gandhi quote - "They may torture my body, break my bones, even kill me. Then, they will have my dead body -- not my obedience." Sweeeet message. She got this done at Top Notch Tattoos on U Street (http://www.myspace.com/148797321).
Priscilla "Prissy Pistol", general manager of Palace of Wonders (http://www.palaceofwonders.com/home.html), shared with me her love for Little Shop of Horrors with this colorful piece. She got this eight years ago at NE Tattoo (which is now closed).
Josh, one of the owners of DC9 Nightclub (www.dcnine.com), showed off his DC lineage with the phrase "all you bamas" tattooed to his chest. Bamas is supposedly one of those words only DC-ites understand. Josh gets much of his work done with Chris Mensah of Pinz and Needlez - http://www.inkwiz.biz/pnN.html.
Laura was enjoying the fest when I came up and asked about her pin up tattoo. She said she got it because she wanted a pin up that was not only sexy but strong. She also wanted to include the american flag on her tough girl's attire. Laura got this done in Hawaii.
My friend Marc got this octopus tattoo done in San Diego. He walked in a tattoo shop and asked for something "badass" on his arm. Do you think he got what he wanted?
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More tattoo pics to come . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
