Andrea's Dancing Bears Show Her Dead-ication to Her Favorite Band

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">A couple months back, I met Andrea, on 3rd Avenue in Bay Ridge, and she shared these bears which are one of the many graphic representations of the band, </span><a href="http://www.dead.net/" style="text-align: left;">The Grateful Dead</a><span style="text-align: left;">:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvUBxvJG2KrOtZlQjn57gRMnYy7UWz_TON9iOSz5c3L91WFu1vamViOyw3KdCimHYibRgYJHnEwPbobqIaAj8tIilMMfIUuYGLlQqETDhoWVOnhu90U84wk9EJxE3VSgfExeGh6Q_OIR8/s1600/bears+tattoosday.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvUBxvJG2KrOtZlQjn57gRMnYy7UWz_TON9iOSz5c3L91WFu1vamViOyw3KdCimHYibRgYJHnEwPbobqIaAj8tIilMMfIUuYGLlQqETDhoWVOnhu90U84wk9EJxE3VSgfExeGh6Q_OIR8/s640/bears+tattoosday.JPG" width="460" /></a></div><br />I recognized the design right off, so I asked Andrea why she chose a Dead tattoo. She responded, "because they were my favorite band ever since I was a little kid." She added, "my dad used to listen to them, so I kinda got into 'em that way."<br /><br />When I asked how many times she had seen them, she told me, "I've only seen Bob Weir and Phil Lesh. I saw them two summers ago."<br /><br />She initially credited this tattoo to Jim Palmer at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Moon-Gravel-Arts-Tattoo/137259779685395">Moon Gravel Arts</a> in Milford, Pennsylvania, but later corrected me, via e-mail:<br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">"<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">i actually did that one it was the first tattoo i ever did as practice... jim did ...all of my other tattoos however ... he has great work ... u should still check him out, jim palmer is his name and moon gravel arts ... is his shop ... have a grateful day:)"</span></blockquote><br />Thanks to Andrea for sharing her self-inked dead-icated tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><br /><div class="normal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2013 Tattoosday.</span></span></div><div class="normal"><br /></div><br /><div class="normal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">If you are seeing this on another website other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit</span><a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none;"> </span></a><a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #1155cc; line-height: 115%;">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="line-height: 115%;"> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></span></div><br />

Andrea's Dancing Bears Show Her Dead-ication to Her Favorite Band

A couple months back, I met Andrea, on 3rd Avenue in Bay Ridge, and she shared these bears which are one of the many graphic representations of the band, The Grateful Dead:I recognized the design right off, so I asked Andrea why she chose a Dead tattoo. She responded, "because they were my favorite …

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Taylor's New Tattoo Bridges Time and Oceans

We're returning from a hiatus with a visit from an old friend, Taylor.<br /><br />Taylor first shared her work with us <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2010/03/two-tattoos-from-taylor.html">here</a> back in 2010. We saw more work from her last year when she shared this incredible back piece inspired by <a href="http://www.banksy.co.uk/">Banksy</a>:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSwFrMiK9440ZB71R44uA9dq1Fk6wevjc6mQL67jKphpS0IbclNYmSayzAOQnvxPxPw9tAMihC1LXFFyxl5C0_DRryF16xCs-GH_2irKH2ROL-kIdwqPKtLtpYDoucDa-a-UIgoRHUwDc/s640/photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSwFrMiK9440ZB71R44uA9dq1Fk6wevjc6mQL67jKphpS0IbclNYmSayzAOQnvxPxPw9tAMihC1LXFFyxl5C0_DRryF16xCs-GH_2irKH2ROL-kIdwqPKtLtpYDoucDa-a-UIgoRHUwDc/s640/photo.jpg" width="622" /></a></div><br />Recently, Taylor shared her latest tattoo with me and I'm passing it along to you:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOu1lubuVeedZxaRZYYULZF8Co0yobL1GLkOAJ7osCSCt-1U_IRbGTamnP_3UoZr2XAPqy0OkIZDKLejbb9pl2QgCIupbl02X9Q2hyphenhyphen5MKFcTlPMFW8WgDWB0Yp_eYGXarssnjcYjnRlbM/s1600/Taylor+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOu1lubuVeedZxaRZYYULZF8Co0yobL1GLkOAJ7osCSCt-1U_IRbGTamnP_3UoZr2XAPqy0OkIZDKLejbb9pl2QgCIupbl02X9Q2hyphenhyphen5MKFcTlPMFW8WgDWB0Yp_eYGXarssnjcYjnRlbM/s640/Taylor+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />As you may have guessed, these are actually a pair of tattoos of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verrazano-Narrows_Bridge">Verrazano-Narrows Bridge</a>, which connects the boroughs of Brooklyn and Staten Island. Taylor elaborates:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;">My mom and I got matching tattoos. It was also her first. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;">For some [people] the Verrazano Bridge is just a pretty bridge connecting Staten Island and Bay Ridge [Brpoklyn]. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;">For me and my mom its where it all began. She moved to Shore Road [which runs along the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Narrows">Verrazano Narrows</a>] from Germany when my parents got married. </span></span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Every childhood memory I had was by that bridge. Unfortunately my parents got divorced and I moved with my mom back to Germany.<br /> </span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I've been living in the neighborhood for almost 10 years again without my mom, but the Verrazano is somehow a piece of her."</span></blockquote><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 10px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Here's another, healed perspective:</span><br /><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvb1MM_98-zPZJAf1JrBnP6256o74ZLa2EDa6iPdh628d-0ZNwsEUIlVB4USL_SGuSJn8sjxGkMpdwwKd59u7etEKkLxPuRpQRdG60Wi8uwI3274myvBeUzX3x-O4_nSJgaPxwqNq0B3o/s1600/Taylor+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvb1MM_98-zPZJAf1JrBnP6256o74ZLa2EDa6iPdh628d-0ZNwsEUIlVB4USL_SGuSJn8sjxGkMpdwwKd59u7etEKkLxPuRpQRdG60Wi8uwI3274myvBeUzX3x-O4_nSJgaPxwqNq0B3o/s640/Taylor+1.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; line-height: normal; white-space: normal;">I love how, not only do these tattoos, bridge the past with her mom, but they also bridge the ocean that currently separates them, bringing them closer together.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; line-height: normal; white-space: normal;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; line-height: normal; white-space: normal;">Taylor credits local tattoo artist Angel Bauta, from <a href="http://puncturetattoostudio.com/Index.html">Puncture Tattoo</a> here in South Brooklyn with this work.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; line-height: normal; white-space: normal;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; line-height: normal; white-space: normal;">Thanks again to Taylor for sharing her tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!</span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; line-height: normal; white-space: normal;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2013 Tattoosday.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-39cd23a0-928a-7d96-46e6-f6691853a57a"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you are seeing this on another website other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit</span><a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></span></div></div>

Taylor's New Tattoo Bridges Time and Oceans

We're returning from a hiatus with a visit from an old friend, Taylor.Taylor first shared her work with us here back in 2010. We saw more work from her last year when she shared this incredible back piece inspired by Banksy:Recently, Taylor shared her latest tattoo with me and I'm passing it along t…

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