Tattoo Time!

My favorite tattoo artist is Shannon O'Sullivan. She is based out of Pasadena, California, and she tattooed my back as well as my torso. I love her feminine style of art work and she kindly puts up with my specifications in a professional way (there is nothing worse than getting tattooed by someone with an attitude or who is just a plain dickhead, even if I am picky.) She has tattooed my brother and sister as well. Here she is tattooing my back in 1999:

Shannon tattooed my mom too! Here mom is getting some flowers with a bug as an ankle bracelet:

My side rose:


It huwt for realz, but I looove it. It was colored in as well that day, if I remember correctly.
Last year a gentleman named Bill stopped me on the street in front of Penn Station and started asking about my roses. Naturally I was wary at first but gave him a chance and low and behold he has a cool blog about tattoos on folks in NYC. He wrote a nice short profile on his blog: http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2008/09/rachels-roses.html
Photo by Bill Cohen of my roses:

A lady once told me that I should spray the tattoo with rose perfume so that I can show a kid that they do smell like roses...