FYI, the tattoo artist you were looking for here in seattle, Rain Partlow, is now working at Laughing Buddha on university Way. There were issues with the landlord at the Integritas location and he ended up parting ways with that place. I've been getting work from him for the past year and a half now, and it's been really good. I don't know the exact address of the shop location but if you go to laughing buddha , it should have the new shop address.
Thanks for the info on Laughing Buddha and Rain. We've been months looking for him. I swore I wouldn't let anyone but rain give me my first tattoo because of the exquisite work he did on my girlfriend. Flying across the country for a tattoo seems a bit excessive but what the fuck, it's my skin.
I'll have to post a photo of the swan he did on my girlfriend.
I have a trippy story to go with it:
She has this large tattoo of a swan wings spread on her lower back, rippling water, the whole deal...She's a Montessori teacher and one of her students gets her a little BUDDHA statue for the end of the school year. On the Buddha's robe in the exact same spot as my girlfriends tattoo is a Swan, same position, same pose!
How's that for synchronicity!
I wouldn't be surprised to find out that was about the same time he moved to the Laughing Buddha shop.
I used to work at a coffee shop right across the street from MJQ in the basement of the Ford Factory building. I loved that place. It's gone now, but I still go by and visit whenever possible.
We planted a garden in the vestibule, and whoever took over the space kept the garden. That made me very happy.
