Tattoosday Goes to Hawai'i: Jolie's Archipelago

It was the first episode of <a href="http://tlc.discovery.com/fansites/miami-ink/miami-ink.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Miami Ink</span></a> in which <a href="http://www.amijames.com/">Ami James</a> tattooed a huge piece on surfer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunny_Garcia">Sunny Garcia's</a> mid-section. The subject: the distinct pattern representing the view of the Hawaiian islands (video <a href="http://tlc.discovery.com/videos/miami-ink-sonny-garcia.html">here</a>).<br /><br />It wouldn't surprise me if everyone from Hawai'i who has spent time away from "home" has, at some time, if they have a penchant for ink, considered such a tattoo. I know I have.<br /><br />During my brief stay on <a href="http://www.gohawaii.com/oahu">Oahu</a> recently, I saw several people with Hawai'i tattoos. But I only took a picture of one, the first I saw, on the calf of Jolie, while I milled about <a href="http://www.alamoanacenter.com/">Ala Moana Center</a>:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEhyphenhyphenyccVh3Nw2m4p18FQef6z7-iuPYwDJUPt7f7QFPqivaXerHMo0Ya2Gs3zBeafsmFSq4ApGsUi2oNnZI2bAFykZfXSUyglSAk0OvfWcWCRyRo_UKAiDwQPno7QFsfnuFH6r_5HK7/s1600/Hawaii+Tattoo.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468469533762196530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEhyphenhyphenyccVh3Nw2m4p18FQef6z7-iuPYwDJUPt7f7QFPqivaXerHMo0Ya2Gs3zBeafsmFSq4ApGsUi2oNnZI2bAFykZfXSUyglSAk0OvfWcWCRyRo_UKAiDwQPno7QFsfnuFH6r_5HK7/s400/Hawaii+Tattoo.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" /></a><br /><br />It seemed fitting to me that Jolie's island chain tattoo was inked not in the Aloha State, but across the Pacific, in Las Vegas, where she was living at the time.<br /><br />A friend of hers there was tattooing out of a studio in his house and she got this piece because, in her words, "I missed home". Of course, I nodded in understanding.<br /><br />A hearty <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mahalo_nui_loa"><span style="font-style: italic;">mahalo nui loa</span></a> to Jolie for sharing her Hawai'i tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

Tattoosday Goes to Hawai'i: Jolie's Archipelago

It was the first episode of Miami Ink in which Ami James tattooed a huge piece on surfer Sunny Garcia's mid-section. The subject: the...

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