Formula 1: July 2013

We Are Six!

I never did a big 5-Year Anniversary Celebration last year, but I also didn't want to let the day slip by without noting that it was 6 years ago today, on my old BillyBlog, that I "introduced" Tattoosday. See the original post here.

Appearing weekly for a bit on BillyBlog, until September, when Tattoosday earned its own URL, this is our 1522nd post, and we have racked up 1.7 million hits and 2.5 million page views.

I want to thank everyone who continues to support Tattoosday, including the tattoo community as a whole, but especially my readers, first and foremost.

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Tattoosday in the Berkshires: Bob & Sue's Excellent Tattoos

Back in June, we took a trip up to the Berkshires in Western Massachusetts to drop my older daughter off for a summer program in Lenox. I had anticipated seeing some cool tattoos on the weekend trip, but came up empty-handed. That is, until we were headed back to New York, and took a small detour in Stockbridge, MA, where I ran into Bob and Sue.

We spotted the couple in a shop along Main Street and talked to them about their tattoos. They had been up at Tanglewood the night before to hear the Boston Pops perform a "Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration," which made sense, when we took a closer look at Bob's tattoo:

Bob explained:

"The sun is from the Filipino flag - it's my heritage. The hills are covered with trees from New England, that's where I grew up. The road is not straight, it's narrow ... that [Yamaha Stratoliner] is based on my bike, and I'm a Grateful Dead fan."

The artist is Canman out of Visions Tattoo Gallery in Medway, MA.

Sue shared these two tattoos:

This portrait, inked six months ago, depicts their children, who are in their thirties now. Their daughter is twelve in the portrait and this, too, was done by Canman, as was this other piece on Sue's opposite arm:

This piece is about four years old, yet it's still fairly bright.

Thanks to Bob and Sue for sharing their tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!

A Brief Glimpse at Megan's Bluebells on Fifth Avenue

I know that this looks like I took this photo surreptitiously, but trust me, I had the woman's permission.

I spotted Megan on Fifth Avenue, near the Mid-Manhattan Library, last month. Unlike many of the people I interview, she was not interested in stopping to talk to me, but did share, as long as I walked with her. The photo was snapped when we waited for the light to change.

She got the tattoo somewhere in the East Village, she said, and explained a bit about the tattoo:

"I collect agricultural books, like pieces from old books from the 1800s, early 19th century, and the bluebell is my favorite flower and I came across a few that were bluebell dissections ... it's taken from that."

Thanks to Megan for sharing her favorite flower with us here on Tattoosday!

F1 Race: Preview of the German Grand Prix - 2013

The German Grand Prix comes immediately a week after the drama at Silverstone. Detained at Hockenheim in 2012, this year's race resolve be at the Nurburgring. The track last hosted the contest in 2011.

With the immunity of three years, present has been a German Grand Prix on every Formula One calendar since 1951. This will be the 62nd World Championship race to stand the name.

Michael Schumacher has the most triumph in his home country, with four. Of the existing drivers, Fernando Alonso has three wins and Lewis Hamilton two.

After the somewhat embarrassing and tremendously dangerous tyre circumstances last week, Pirelli are supplying tyres with dissimilar construction this weekend. They've also concern stricter instructions on their utilize, as it seem the teams had been exploitation the other ones.

F1 Race: The Preview of British Grand Prix

After a three-week break to get over the journey to Canada, the British Grand Prix will take position on 30 June at the Silverstone track in Northampton shire, England.

This occasion is the oldest of the World Championship era. The first race of the opening Formula One World Championship was detained here in 1950 and present has been a British Grand Prix every year since.

In the days of Michael Schumacher conquered history lists, some dissimilar names get a look in here. Jim Clark and Alain Prost have the most wins in British races, with five respectively. Home favourite Clark's wins came from merely eight efforts.

Of the present drivers, Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber have two wins each one. Eight times in the past 20 years, the man who won this race went on to befall winner.

Silverstone has had many shapes in it’s explain history and has fashioned some brilliant races in the past. With the Mercedes tyre disgrace mostly after us, let's hope this weekend respire some new life into the finals scuffle.