Kareem's Tattoo is So Brooklyn....

Earlier this year, I met Kareem, one of the many inked employees at the <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/trader-joes-new-york-5">Upper West Side Trader Joe's</a>. I gave him my card when I spotted him in the aisles, and saw him on subsequent visits, but I generally won't trouble people while they're working.<br /><br />Earlier this month, I spotted him on a break in nearby <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verdi_Square">Verdi Square</a>, and took the opportunity to snap a photo of this, one of his thirty (30!) tattoos:<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/AVvXsEh0XKkuhqvk50BMfzDDvuiPXQn-7FDzAhDxGoMPY4BIw1TRT8bq6yd4fBpAMC-T4Q1GEbSSt70rHwotUnf4Xf8rl5pUIGdxecW6aklolTn0Sudhw-Vxgn1k3NRLVI4EPw37B1vVLKD2Yko/s1600/so+brooklyn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="137" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0XKkuhqvk50BMfzDDvuiPXQn-7FDzAhDxGoMPY4BIw1TRT8bq6yd4fBpAMC-T4Q1GEbSSt70rHwotUnf4Xf8rl5pUIGdxecW6aklolTn0Sudhw-Vxgn1k3NRLVI4EPw37B1vVLKD2Yko/s400/so+brooklyn.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />I know the photo is a little small, but clicking on it will give you better detail.<br /><br />It seemed appropriate, with much of the country focused on the northeast today as Hurricane Irene bears down (or is it up?) on us, that we celebrate Kareem (and my) borough.<br /><br />Kareem explained:<br /><blockquote>"I came up with the idea of <i>So Brooklyn</i> ... I see a lot of people with a lot of just plain <i>Brooklyn</i> tattoos and I have yet to own a car, so I put the trains under it, as you can see, to represent <i>my</i> Brooklyn, and how I get around, far as the bridge and everything else. I took a lot of time to really design this tattoo and give it to my artist and it came out really well."</blockquote>He credited an artist named Chia at <a href="http://www.myspace.com/bigfishtattoos">Big Fish Tattoos</a> in Jamaica, Queens. It should be noted that their MySpace page says that Big Fish is no longer in business.<br /><br />Thanks to Kareem for sharing his <i>So Brooklyn</i> tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday. </span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">If you are reading this on another web site 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 <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</a> 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></div>

Kareem's Tattoo is So Brooklyn....

Earlier this year, I met Kareem, one of the many inked employees at the Upper West Side Trader Joe's . I gave him my card when I spotted...

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