What is better than combining your two greatest passions and living life to the fullest? If you enjoy drinking craft beer, and if you love traveling, then you probably know there are some very special places that combine both of these things! Sometimes when going on a trip or a vacation, it is pretty hard […]
I always felt like there was a veil of mystery over tattooing and the industry and the people who do tattoos, regardless of the proliferation of tattooing on reality TV. I got my first tattoo the day I turned 18, a few months before Miami Ink premiered, and had been obsessed with tattoo culture since I was a […]
Yesterday, we published the first part of my interview with tattoo artist Speck Osterhout at Chicago’s Tattoo Candy, a shop I cannot say too many good things about. Yesterday, Speck shared her experience getting started as a tattooer, some of the gritty details about the business, and her thoughts on why people get into tattooing. Today, we have Speck’s […]
You may never fulfill your dream of becoming a fully-fledged celebrity, but how about the next best thing? Celebrities aren’t known for sticking to the same thing for very long (like marriages, *cough*), which means they’re constantly swapping their digs for something bigger, better, and more luxurious. The market is flooded with properties that were […]
Helen Lambin started getting tattoos when she was 75. Now she’s 81, and she’s just about covered. And I love her, and I want to be her friend – unfortunately, I’m pretty dedicated to a tattoo shop that’s two miles away from hers. She looks like she’d fit in the social scene in Logan Square, […]
