Tattoos I Know: Beth's Ink Ushers in the New Baseball Season

Well, folks, it's March 31, which means several things, First and foremost, after a long, cold winter, and a rough start to spring, baseball season starts today. And although, the last time I checked, there was a 70% chance of rain for the New York Yankees home opener against the Detroit Tigers today, baseball fans everywhere are just a tad excited that their team's 162 game-long drama is about to begin.<br /><br />So, it seemed fitting that we share this tattoo, belonging to our cousin Beth:<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcKood6cUy8QUj0Mycs57o79SwgKrmcT9T6e4kfXUTBsnytMInnRyakN98PgGFbr1pvct6kh7JroCk2OLaBtRUoDJr_n2p6lIZCN7f8Q3dO23MZsQwRvL7XqkIONw-NyTNpjMNw6bNAnA/s1600/Yankees.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcKood6cUy8QUj0Mycs57o79SwgKrmcT9T6e4kfXUTBsnytMInnRyakN98PgGFbr1pvct6kh7JroCk2OLaBtRUoDJr_n2p6lIZCN7f8Q3dO23MZsQwRvL7XqkIONw-NyTNpjMNw6bNAnA/s400/Yankees.jpg" width="381" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Photo by Melanie Cohen</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Beth is a diehard Yankees fan and she got this inked on September 16, 2005. For the record, the Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays north of the border that day 11-10 thanks, in part, to two Robinson Cano home runs and Mariano Rivera's 40th save of the year.<br /><br />This is one of Beth's three tattoos, a fact not lost on me, as I have been wanting to post her ink on the site ever since we started back in 2007. However, we just never got around to it and this photo was shot last June in New Jersey by my wife, Melanie, at another cousin's baby shower. I thought, at the time, that we would save this picture for the day the Yankees won the World Series, but last year that ambition fell short in the ALCS. So we saved it for Opening Day, instead.<br /><br />The tattoo was done by Thomi Hawk at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/K-B-Tattooing-Piercing-NJ/323721428640">K & B Tattooing & Piercing</a> in Hightstown, New Jersey. <br /><br />I should also add that, back in August 2007, I was sitting in my seat at PNC Bank Arts Center, between sets, when I noticed a very similar tattoo several rows ahead of me. I thought, "Man, that tattoo looks just like Beth's, and in the same spot [on her upper right back] too!" Of course, it was Beth, and we were both unaware that we were attending the show. And to think I spotted her in all that humanity by noticing her tattoo!<br /><br />I mentioned at the top of the post that it being March 31, meant several things. Aside from Opening Day, it's also opening day for the inkspotting season, as far as I'm concerned. Posts have been few and far between over the past few months and that's about to change. Tomorrow begins National Poetry Month, and we will be embarking on our third annual Tattooed Poets Project: 30 days of tattoos from poets across the country. And, I will assume, that I'll be having regular Tattoosday encounters, which will reappear in May, throughout the month.<br /><br />Play ball!<br /><br />Thanks again to Beth for sharing her cool patriotic Yankees tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><br />*<br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2011 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 <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>

Tattoos I Know: Beth's Ink Ushers in the New Baseball Season

Well, folks, it's March 31, which means several things, First and foremost, after a long, cold winter, and a rough start to spring, base...

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Tattoos I Know: Paul's Taíno Ink

Last summer, my friend Paul had some new work done by <a href="http://grinstylez.com/grin_stylez/fort_apache_pierre_tattoo.html">Pierre</a> at <a href="http://grinstylez.com/grin_stylez/fort_apache_studio_welcome.html">The Fort Apache Tattoo Studio</a> near Penn Station. You can see some of his old work <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2008/02/tattoos-i-know-pauls-first-tattoo.html">here</a> and <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2008/03/tattoos-i-know-paul-part-2-or.html">here</a> and <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2010/02/tattoos-i-know-pauls-love-over-his.html">here</a> and <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2010/02/tattoos-i-know-paul-part-5-or-great.html">here</a> (yes, he's a regular!).<br /><br />Fort Apache is up several flights of stairs, but it is conveniently close to my day job, which makes up for the aerobic ascension to the shop on 31st Street.<br /><br />This is what Paul had tattooed on his right forearm:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWKl2lIyFbkyY2Av_ORXa_ekcZ_n287m9IJ5sZzZ5_C4Sni4IhGjpSI5c_TsDuovbzebzrLPRpJPO-QS03nSg3R5v4YSZjYbVRR8FHzs_ia9g7_s6_UE1amXtT-GLWyr8ycp4cJg0S644/s1600/Paul+symbols.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWKl2lIyFbkyY2Av_ORXa_ekcZ_n287m9IJ5sZzZ5_C4Sni4IhGjpSI5c_TsDuovbzebzrLPRpJPO-QS03nSg3R5v4YSZjYbVRR8FHzs_ia9g7_s6_UE1amXtT-GLWyr8ycp4cJg0S644/s640/Paul+symbols.jpg" width="220" /></a></div><br />These four symbols are petroglyphs from the Taíno culture in Puerto Rico. They are one way Paul has chosen to acknowledging his and his ancestors' culture, in ink.<br /><br />From top to bottom, the symbols each have literal meanings, and then personal meanings for Paul. The triangular piece is a <i>zemis</i>, pointing in three directions - to the sky and the Creator, to the underworld and the realm of the dead, and to the world of the living.<br /><br />The second petroglyph is Sol, or the sun and the fourth design is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coqu%C3%AD"><i>coqui</i></a>, or frog.<br /><br />Thanks once again to Paul for sharing his latest installment of ink here with us on Tattoosday!

Tattoos I Know: Paul's Taíno Ink

Last summer, my friend Paul had some new work done by Pierre at The Fort Apache Tattoo Studio near Penn Station. You can see some of his ...

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