Lisa and Her Brooklyn Flytrap

Today's entry is a reader submission from a fellow Brooklynite named Lisa, who sent in this photo:<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEhTHbB_j9gJRweBSMlOpaQbBDV6OYKBphVCR074O9AwEtvno4zi_mX9M6xFbbeIJ_xnaF08ceH5gwe0RwYMwNWthVcGjO2WCqH2o6uc19X22UT8RphqpkUAUOvmuVn-agwHSTuYAN64o/s1600/lisa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEhTHbB_j9gJRweBSMlOpaQbBDV6OYKBphVCR074O9AwEtvno4zi_mX9M6xFbbeIJ_xnaF08ceH5gwe0RwYMwNWthVcGjO2WCqH2o6uc19X22UT8RphqpkUAUOvmuVn-agwHSTuYAN64o/s400/lisa.jpg" width="196" /></a></div><br /> <div class="MsoNormal"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal">Lisa tells me:</div><blockquote><div class="MsoNormal">"[This tattoo] was done a few months ago by an artist named Alex Perez, owner of Tat2sRus located at 5409 4th Ave. in Sunset Park Brooklyn.  He has been tattooing for over 20 yrs and is totally awesome.  This piece was done freehand just like all his pieces are.  I love my tattoo and get many compliments on it."<span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></div></blockquote><div class="MsoNormal">I know this is a Venus Flytrap, but I'll call it a Brooklyn Flytrap, because it looks like it's a plant you definitely don't want to mess with!</div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><br /> <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><br /> <div class="MsoNormal"><br /> </div>

Lisa and Her Brooklyn Flytrap

Today's entry is a reader submission from a fellow Brooklynite named Lisa, who sent in this photo: Lisa tells me: "[This tattoo...

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Lauren's Hourglass

Occasionally we'll share a  reader submission and today we have a piece contributed by Lauren. She sent in this cool hourglass:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAdnbUcYsleh3zxVPMFCyF4CJODPHH2julf201PHLhTTJvmRR2IsthAGyxquAzKA0ijio8wIP5zYVr30e5CNQZze5mjgG6qgNQ-AB1phKELaCxkvnE1lADxU4AeZjKLPN7J1oNJbTfbsg/s1600/Hourglass.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAdnbUcYsleh3zxVPMFCyF4CJODPHH2julf201PHLhTTJvmRR2IsthAGyxquAzKA0ijio8wIP5zYVr30e5CNQZze5mjgG6qgNQ-AB1phKELaCxkvnE1lADxU4AeZjKLPN7J1oNJbTfbsg/s640/Hourglass.jpg" width="352" /></a></div><br />Lauren explains: <br /><blockquote> "I decided on an hourglass after wanting something to represent living your life to the fullest and realizing time is precious. After thinking and going through all the quotes I could find I decided I would get an hourglass to represent it all. <a href="http://spidermurphys.com/artists_paul.php">Paul Anthony Dobleman</a> at <a href="http://spidermurphys.com/">Spider Murphy's Tattoo</a> in San Rafael, CA is a genius. He has done about 75% of my tattoos and he took my idea and ran with it. Exactly what I wanted. Couldn't be happier! The tattoo is located on my left rib cage."</blockquote>Thanks to Lauren for sharing her timely tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><br /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";}</style> <![endif]--> <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday. </span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal"><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><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>

Lauren's Hourglass

Occasionally we'll share a  reader submission and today we have a piece contributed by Lauren. She sent in this cool hourglass: Lauren e...

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