California: Alemeda Fleamarket

Our first day in California and my first time to The Alemeda Fleamarket. I would have bought a ton of stuff if I wasn’t lugging everything home in a small suitcase!

Spring Pilgrimage to Monet’s Gardens

After seven years of living in France I finally made it out to Giverny to see Monet’s famous gardens. I always meant to go in spring and something always came up to make me put it off. Now, after seeing it I feel determined to go every spring because it is just...

Souvenir

Amber is one of my clients from New Jersey, even though she doesn’t live there either; she drove three hours to come see me. And then she came all the way to Paris to get tattooed again! Anyway she was in Europe and with a little nudge from me, she took a train...

Hamburg Part 6 Grossefreheitstrasse

Grossefreheit is the famous street where the Star Club used to rock. They tore down the original building, here’s what it looks like today: Here’s some other great clubs. I imagine that they used to be nightclubs with music, now they are strip bars. Still...

Hamburg Part 4 Silke Thoss

One of the main reasons I wanted to go to Hamburg was to meet Silky. Trinity introduced her to me and gave me her book “Good Morning Strange World”. Silky plays accordion in Watzloves and Hoodoo Girl. She also does great paintings, my favorites of which...

Hamburg Part 3 Herbert Hoffman

I found Herbert Hoffman’s old shop and took some pictures. Didn’t get to see the inside, maybe next time. Here’s me and him taken at the Milano tattoo convention about 5 years ago.