Leaderboard

The dates have been announced for State of Grace's tattoo convention for October 21-23, 2011 at the SFO Hyatt Regency. As more info is released please post. Also if you're tattooing there please let us know and how you prefer people to make appointments to get tattooed by you. Here's the LST Link and discussion for the 2010 tattoo convention Horitaka's Link to Tattoo Convention Info

Hot damn, all sorts of great ideas for fun stuff to do in not only SF but Oakland, and Marin/Sausalito.....when it gets closer let us know the dates and a reminder and we'll try to arrange a LST get together. Regardless it'd be good to grab some coffee and meet you. Look forward to seeing a travel blog after the trip on LST?!?

oh and this Golden Gate Park Bike & Skate: Bike, Roller Skates, Rollerblades, Tandem Bikes, Disc Golf Rentals in San Francisco

hmm I got some tips! Eat at Emmys spagetti shack, pasta madness! cheap.. and front porch (more fancy) drink really good coffee at Four Barrel coffee and watch all the hipsters beeing hipsters.. Drinking, beauty bar,killowatt,Elixir, up on valencia theres alot of really good divebars just ask around and people will know whats up that day.. and you have too get scarred by the bushman! i saw him down by fishermans wharf when i was there. and City Lights bookstore!! Beatnick historic bookstore.. Amoeba Record store! fuck there is so much stuff! just shop around in the vintage stores.. one on every corner almost.. The Haight!.. you are gonna love San Francisco! best city in the world!!!

here's something cool for all us bay area folks. let's have a drink and look at some bitchin art!

Today was an all day cooking day. Course 1 - Split Pea soup with bacon and broth made from leftover smoked pork shoulder scraps Course 2 - Arugula, basil, tomato, mozzarella, and EVOO/banyuls dressing Course 3 - Rack of pork with roasted garlic rosemary potatoes Course 4 - Peach cobbler mmmmmm

everyone talks about how forward thinking Higgs was with tattooing..shit Cliff Raven was so forward thinking he was tattooing with no clothes on..maybe all the youngsters will start doing that now..

One down. LOTS to go!

Mario -- there's a place in Europe where this piercer tries to seduce many famous american artists to come to work for his shop and because no one knows him or his small tiny town, he has often succeeded.... when you get there you realize you're working for someone who has no idea about the business, isn't excited to seeyou do cool stuff, has no stencil maker or photocopier (the closest photocopier is at some sex shop) and then collects way too much money as a split. He's given me a run for my money because I'm a woman and apparently don't have the "cool" factor that a man brings into the shop. I cringe even typing this. Then you look at our shop: I own it, but Hayden Menzies bought in 30% after doing half the work opening it and keeping it operational for a year solid. He isn't a tattooer. I've tattooed him what seems like an endless amount and he's made efforts to meet and be tattooed by interesting artists who are making waves. All of our guest artists are taken care of very well because he offers part of his own home to them to stay. He has worked NO PAY when things got rough in the beginning and will get in his van and drive across the city on the drop of a dime if the shop needs it. I have never met a non-tattooer who has suhc a respect for this industry... He doesn't want to tattoo because he respects it too much and knows it's not his place, despite intense artistic ability. Half of our guest artists want to come abck to see HAYDEN hahahhahahha!! Long story short, although he only owns slightly more than a quarter of the shop on paper, I am proud and honoured ot have this one person as my co pilot at the shop. It's a unique situation and makes me a fucking hypocrite because any othr shop woudl make my blood boil, but when you compare the shop in Europe tha tI've worked for (and wanted to slit my wrists at) to our shop, it goes to show how it's not the NON_TATTOOER aspect tha tmakes someone a piece of shit sop owner. It's a non-tattooer who also seeks to exploit our very special, unique trade for their own cool guy gain and money.