Jon Paul's Three Cities

Last August, I met Jon Paul,  writer and content producer for the web site <a href="http://www.poptimistic.com/">Poptimistic </a>(<a href="http://www.poptimistic.com/">http://www.poptimistic.com</a>). He shared this tattoo, one of three he has, from his upper right arm:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVF1nheJHqBKX8PPO_XgpP4cQvfx-WT1gBeuw__eonctXfQFs64P6rmpM8RKtH0L4ywoR-cQNIVLa9885jdhmbqDK7rdgMx0h6Aaux41RXhiA_akSmXz2ZnBEwB6XxkkmMpU_Qr4xVHDw/s1600/3+cities.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVF1nheJHqBKX8PPO_XgpP4cQvfx-WT1gBeuw__eonctXfQFs64P6rmpM8RKtH0L4ywoR-cQNIVLa9885jdhmbqDK7rdgMx0h6Aaux41RXhiA_akSmXz2ZnBEwB6XxkkmMpU_Qr4xVHDw/s640/3+cities.jpg" width="407" /></a></div><br />Jon Paul's focus on Poptimistic is travel and food. He credits the work to the artist <a href="http://www.fridayjones.net/studio.html">Friday Jones</a>, who does custom tattoo work out of <a href="http://sensesny.com/">Senses New York Salon & Spa</a> in the Flat Iron District. I mentioned Ms. Jones back on Tattoosday in 2009 <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2009/06/tattoos-in-news-friday-jones-fifth.html">here</a>.<br /><br />Jon Paul explained that he originally met Ms. Jones in New Orleans when she did "the very first tattoo [he] got ... the compass that the rest of the tattoo is built around." About a year later, he elaborated, "I went back to her and said, 'Now I want you to build a whole piece around my three favorite spots in the world.' So she designed it custom from that." She did it over three sessions.<br /><br />Represented among Jon Paul's three favorite places are New York City, where he calls home:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIrDs60taGz8orWb4tONe5NnwzSNsTU0iVU3RdEwC-FNmDAuXgLoJTLH3ccmGBYGWo7dF2krvTMhH54k06gaz67RE58GxkWeMtBcKDNV1pbMhRmY0VEnon_ezADSEiAFHSwAUd6fX9roQ/s1600/3+cities+-+ny.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIrDs60taGz8orWb4tONe5NnwzSNsTU0iVU3RdEwC-FNmDAuXgLoJTLH3ccmGBYGWo7dF2krvTMhH54k06gaz67RE58GxkWeMtBcKDNV1pbMhRmY0VEnon_ezADSEiAFHSwAUd6fX9roQ/s640/3+cities+-+ny.jpg" width="344" /></a></div><br />The Big Apple is represented by the Statue of Liberty and by the iconic Art Deco style of the landmark <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_Building">Chrysler Buillding</a>. <br /><br />Paris is represented by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower">Eiffel Tower</a>:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd8fa4rdoa1zFFlvyT2C6AUxUB2HYvOXVkQQiUfon1uzFPQgirOt20Urs55VOe5jXli3U3wdwxAUrTdNgQYGnNsEJqHKiDGgiuZJKM94hlDgYgFtUCxss1Yvhy6oFhGxJXDRBi_-rBREE/s1600/3+cities+Paris.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd8fa4rdoa1zFFlvyT2C6AUxUB2HYvOXVkQQiUfon1uzFPQgirOt20Urs55VOe5jXli3U3wdwxAUrTdNgQYGnNsEJqHKiDGgiuZJKM94hlDgYgFtUCxss1Yvhy6oFhGxJXDRBi_-rBREE/s640/3+cities+Paris.jpg" width="324" /></a></div><br />Sydney, Australia is represented by it's recognizable <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Opera_House">Opera House</a>:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiapjxRhc5BZpkG1z21ZMQt4EyVsDZiwHiJfDpYUwQV8wMi_3N28Ks9lWfE1WVIeXAFTo5E_DGDR2ixHlwN1ax_3PpI30KGZ0sTRT0oHSmcDjkmi52w9TaCipY0go-kOJB9L2NQ61X1NuQ/s1600/3+cities+-+sydney.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiapjxRhc5BZpkG1z21ZMQt4EyVsDZiwHiJfDpYUwQV8wMi_3N28Ks9lWfE1WVIeXAFTo5E_DGDR2ixHlwN1ax_3PpI30KGZ0sTRT0oHSmcDjkmi52w9TaCipY0go-kOJB9L2NQ61X1NuQ/s400/3+cities+-+sydney.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Jon Paul said " Sydney I love just for the sheer beauty of it and the people ... are lovely." Jon Paul elaborates further on why he loves Australia in <a href="http://poptimistic.com/2011/08/destination-down-under%E2%80%94aussie-inhospitality/">this post</a>, which includes another photo of his tattoo.<br /><br />Thanks to Jon Paul for sharing his tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2012 Tattoosday. </span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><br /><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 http://tattoosday.blogspot.com 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>

Jon Paul's Three Cities

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Tattoos in the News - Friday Jones Fifth Avenue

Sara from <a href="http://www.wmagazine.com/">W Magazine</a> just e-mailed me about a couture studio in New York's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatiron_District,_Manhattan">Flatiron District</a>.<br />She writes:<br /><blockquote><br /><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse;">"...Thought you might be interested in our article on <a href="http://www.fridayjones.net/">Friday Jones Fifth Avenue</a>, the "couture" tattoo saloon located inside the Flatiron District's Senses NY Saloon & Spa. Classically-trained tattoo artist and owner Friday Jones has catered to a clientele of Hollywood stars and socialites including <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelina_Jolie">Angelina Jolie</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_Hearst">Lydia Hearst</a>. The unique combination of a spa-like environment and design excellence has driven Jones' expanding market, even offering white tattoos as a more subtle alternative for those not ready to commit to black ink.</span></span>"</blockquote>Check out the article <a href="http://www.wmagazine.com/w/blogs/editorsblog/2009/06/08/getting-a-tattoo-the-posh-way.htm">here</a>.<br /><br />The question becomes, when will one of these tattoos be spotted by the Tattoosday camera?

Tattoos in the News - Friday Jones Fifth Avenue

Sara from W Magazine just e-mailed me about a couture studio in New York's Flatiron District . She writes: "...Thought you might b...

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