el twe Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 I just wanted to get a little traditional piece, something that looks 'vintage'...Kinda wanted something representing California, but I can't think of anything. Get a California grizzly! cltattooing, Kahlan and hogg 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/2840-trip-to-san-fran/?page=3#findComment-74055 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cltattooing Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 Alright, well if you have a car you should definitely visit Spider Murphy's. Also, will you be here the same days as the Bay Area Convention of the Arts? Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/2840-trip-to-san-fran/?page=3#findComment-74057 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kahlan Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 No I won't. :( We are visiting mid October (11-15), something like that. Yea that's definitely one of the shops on my list. Idle Hand is another I would love to get tattooed by. You guys are so lucky to have such a variety of amazing artists. cltattooing 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/2840-trip-to-san-fran/?page=3#findComment-74062 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cltattooing Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 We are truly spoiled. Haha hogg and Kahlan 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/2840-trip-to-san-fran/?page=3#findComment-74067 Share on other sites More sharing options...
spookysproul Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 Everyone, please correct me if you feel differently or have alternatives. For the short duration I lived there I felt any shop mentioned in SF is accessible. The city is pretty much 7 miles x 7 miles. I pretty much walked the span once or twice running errands. But if you're more sane, cabbing or bussing it anywhere is easy. State of Grace in SJ, is about an hour drive from SF. Typically I've driven but I guess you could take the train down too. Temple in Oakland should be an easy and quick BART trip over I believe. Spider Murphy's in San Raphael too should also be accessible but via ferry then bus I think. I'm not sure how long that takes though. Hope this helps a wee bit. Temple is about a 45 second walk eastward from the 19th Street BART station in downtown Oakland, and you can take a bus that goes along Van Ness in SF that will drop you off roughly 5 or 6 blocks from Spider Murphy's. Incidentally, Diamond Club is on the aforementioned Van Ness and you will absolutely get quality work there. Blackheart is roughly four blocks from the 16th & Mission BART station in SF and everything else is easily accessible by almost any MUNI line. I miss the City, sometimes. :( hogg, PopsBdog, cltattooing and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/2840-trip-to-san-fran/?page=3#findComment-74077 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lionel Cosgrove Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 seth wood will be starting at temple (oakland) beginning of october...his work is pretty badass and worth considering along with all the other artists named in this thread (many of whom i've been fortunate enough to get tattooed by!). my friends are still jealous i managed to get a couple pieces from chris conn before he disappeared, then reappeared with a $300/hour-three hour minimum rate down in LA... hogg and cltattooing 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/2840-trip-to-san-fran/?page=3#findComment-74131 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cork Posted September 9, 2013 Author Share Posted September 9, 2013 Also, you should know that people from San Francisco love it when you call the city San Fran. It's probably the most affectionate name for the city that you can use, and they love to hear San Fran. San Fran..... @hogg beez and Reyeslv 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/2840-trip-to-san-fran/?page=3#findComment-74214 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cltattooing Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 and if you call it "Frisco," we'll punch you in the dick. PopsBdog, Pleadco and beez 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/2840-trip-to-san-fran/?page=3#findComment-74243 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogg Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 and if you call it "Frisco," we'll punch you in the dick. I like Frisco! Much better than ol' @Cork-y with his San Fran. Frisco makes me think of outsiders, bikers, outlaws, gangsters, PIRATES. Plus, it's in tons of rap songs I love. So yeah. FRISCO. Even if I usually just say SF myself. Pleadco 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/2840-trip-to-san-fran/?page=3#findComment-74250 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cltattooing Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 I'll let you get away with that because pirates... Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/2840-trip-to-san-fran/?page=3#findComment-74252 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pleadco Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 and if you call it "Frisco," we'll punch you in the dick. /hands athletic junk-armor to @hogg. Here dude, you might need this. I hear that she's been trained by Jean Claude. (shout out to @Delicious for the jcvd reference. It's been a while) Delicious 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/2840-trip-to-san-fran/?page=3#findComment-74254 Share on other sites More sharing options...
el twe Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 and if you call it "Frisco," we'll punch you in the dick. PopsBdog, Pleadco and cltattooing 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/2840-trip-to-san-fran/?page=3#findComment-74256 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cltattooing Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 hahaha!!! Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/2840-trip-to-san-fran/?page=3#findComment-74257 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogg Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 From Farewell to Frisco, say hello to San Fran - SFGate Herb Caen, who wrote the book on San Francisco - several of them, in fact - put it this way in 1953: "Don't call it Frisco. It's SAN Francisco, because it was named after St. Francis of Assisi. And because 'Frisco' is a nickname that reminds the city uncomfortably of its early, brawling, boisterous days and the cribs and sailors who were shanghaied and because 'Frisco' shows disrespect for a city that is now big and proper and respectable, and because only tourists call it 'Frisco' anyway and you don't want to be taken for a tourist, do you?" But Caen himself recanted several times, most notably in 1993: "Adolescence is believing that 'Frisco' is a racy nickname for a city; senility is automatically saying 'don't call it Frisco,' maturity is figuring it doesn't matter all that much..." - - - Updated - - - Also, the only people I've heard say "Frisco" are natives. In my experience, only tourists call it "San Fran." Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/2840-trip-to-san-fran/?page=3#findComment-74268 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 I don't understand how being proper and respectable is anything to aspire to. semele, hogg, beez and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/2840-trip-to-san-fran/?page=3#findComment-74274 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogg Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 I don't understand how being proper and respectable is anything to aspire to. Precisely! Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/2840-trip-to-san-fran/?page=3#findComment-74275 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CultExciter Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Oh, Frisco, I've heard of those... Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/2840-trip-to-san-fran/?page=3#findComment-74276 Share on other sites More sharing options...
exume Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 I probably wouldn't call it Frisco since that's the real live, non shortened name of the town I live in Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/2840-trip-to-san-fran/?page=3#findComment-74277 Share on other sites More sharing options...
a1steaks Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Frisco is what the bikers call it. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/2840-trip-to-san-fran/?page=3#findComment-74288 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cltattooing Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 I was born and raised out here, and all that it comes down to is the fact that the sound of the word Frisco offends my ears. PopsBdog 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/2840-trip-to-san-fran/?page=3#findComment-74298 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CABS Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 The City, SF, San Francisco. That's it! - - - Updated - - - I just wanted to get a little traditional piece, something that looks 'vintage'. When you say vintage, I immediately think of Paul Dobleman, Stu Cripwell, Theo Mindell at Spider Murphy's. Heath Preheim at Temple would be your guy too. Juan Puente at Blackheart can do anything and everything. Jason Phillips at FTW in Oakland, too. Shit, too many options! This is why I don't really want to travel for a tattoo anymore (with the exceptions of Regino, Santoro, Boltz, etc.) Kinda wanted something representing California, but I can't think of anything. Jason McAfee at Temple kills it with the California tattoos. I would like to get one myself from him. daveborjes, PopsBdog, Wilhell and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/2840-trip-to-san-fran/?page=3#findComment-74314 Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Flores Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 If I ever go back I would go to Diamond Club or get tattooed by Kahill Rintye at Tattoo City. TIm Lehi and Rassier would be cool too. beez and daveborjes 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/2840-trip-to-san-fran/?page=3#findComment-74635 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CABS Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 If I ever go back I would go to Diamond Club or get tattooed by Kahill Rintye at Tattoo City. TIm Lehi and Rassier would be cool too. Rassier is definitely at the top of my hit list. Good call on that. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/2840-trip-to-san-fran/?page=3#findComment-74816 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kahlan Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 So looks like I can actually catch the Portland Tattoo Expo. We're driving to SF, so we're going to stay in Portland overnight. Is it worth checking out? If I make that pit stop we'll arrive in SF at like midnight. So I'm a little torn. :) I wish life decisions were always this fun. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/2840-trip-to-san-fran/?page=3#findComment-75069 Share on other sites More sharing options...
beez Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 @Kahlan if you haven't been to PDX before, it will be a fun stop! Just looking at the list of artists I can see some familiar names from Seattle - folks from Apocalypse Tattoo, Artful Dodger, Steph from Madame Lazonga's and Aaron Bell from Slave to the Needle. Also the folks from AWR in pdx will be showing - i recently saw a Jason Kundell backpiece in progress, looks pretty rad! (being based in Seattle, it's just what my eyes were drawn to!) Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/2840-trip-to-san-fran/?page=3#findComment-75072 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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