A ‘marked’ change in thinking about tattoos

Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love my new ink By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times Ummmm, sit down, friends. I need to confess a little something. Remember how I wrote about tattoos (not once, but TWICE) and how I never much cared for them? Well…………………………………. I had a lunchtime margarita (OK, two, but who’s counting?) during a weekend trip to NYC with my...

‘Scoping’ out my new tattoo

Marked for life…if you have the right medical gear By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times I have been writing my weekly article for over a year now.  And, I have discussed enough topics (fashion related and otherwise) to feel that this is almost like having a public diary.  I find very few issues “off limits.” That being said….I had the pleasure of my second colonoscopy this week. (In...

The mark of the beastly

Tattoos are forever, so when you ink, so do carefully By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times I have been threatening to write an article about tattoos for months. Truth is, I’m a chicken.  I know that people with “ink” take it VERY seriously…and, let’s face it, most of them could easily kick my butt. HOWEVER, in the true spirit of free speech, I feel that it is my duty as a fashion...