Even for those who would never consider getting a tattoo, it's hard to not have at least noticed Cherry Bomb Tattoo and Piercing. The bright red building and lively sign on U.S. 19 at the southern end of the bridge over the Pithlachascotee River in New Port Richey aren't easy to miss. ...more

February 4, 2010

Even for those who would never consider getting a tattoo, it's hard to not have at least noticed Cherry Bomb Tattoo and Piercing. The bright red building and the lively sign on U.S. 19 at the southern end of the bridge over the Pithlachascotee River in New Port Richey aren't easy to miss. ...more

January 22, 2010

Kristel Oreto is receiving national acclaim from the experts in the world of customized body art. ...more

November 7, 2009

T.J. Mutcherson thinks he's a tad misunderstood. In a lot of ways, it's easy to understand why. ...more

October 21, 2009

I'm not sure how many millions we've spent designing, redesigning and finally building a new art museum. It's a bundle, maybe enough to buy a bank or two. ...more

October 12, 2008

Nick Barnett was devastated when he got the news one day last month that two friends had died in a traffic collision. ...more

September 3, 2008

Nick Barnett was devastated when he heard about the traffic deaths of two close friends this month. He left work to spend a few hours with their families. Then he went to the tattoo parlor. Barnett, an 18-year-old Bloomingdale High graduate, became part of a growing number of young people who are memorializing lost friends and family in permanent body ink. Teens and young adults mostly are the ones doing this, tattoo artists say. ...more

August 28, 2008

On each side of his neck is a tattoo of a skull, and across his knuckles he had tattooed the expression, "Hard Luck," with a letter on each knuckle. To Pinellas sheriff's detention Deputy Aaron Simpson, his tattoos are an art form. To his bosses at the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, they constitute a violation of the sheriff's uniform and appearance policy. As a result, the six-year veteran was suspended for three days. ...more

July 18, 2008

Jonny Gomes does not take his body art lightly. If there's a tattoo on his skin, rest assured it's there as an outward expression of some facet of his personality, or as a reminder of something significant out of his past. ...more

February 24, 2008