on to canada!

Want to take a nice trip far away from ordinary? Well, get some plane tickets and head over to Canada to experience a very non-local tattoo convention. Tattoos are universal, and represent many things to and on many people. So escape from reality for a few days and dive into the 2010 Alberta Bound Tattoo and Arts festival.

The 2010 Alberta Bound Tattoo and Arts Festival runs from October 9-11 at the Shaw Conference Center located on 9797 Jasper Ave NW.

Many artists will be there, including the following. Check out the rest of the artists.

Don't forget to check out the contests too while your there checking out all the art and artists at work.

"Artists can go up against today’s best artists in the contest categories at both The Calgary and Edmonton editions of The Alberta Bound Tattoo & Arts Festival.  Contests are open to all finished tattoos regardless of whether your artist is at the show or not. All tattoo contest will be held throughout the day on Sunday with awards given out after each category. All categories have a $10 entry fee. Please remember... trophies won are customarily given to the tattoo artist for display at their studio."


Saturday
9:00 pm - Tattoo of the Day


Sunday
9:00 pm - Tattoo of the Day


Monday
12:30 pm - Small Color & Small Black & Grey
1:30 pm - Medium Color & Medium Black & Grey
3:00 pm - Large Color & Large Black & Grey
4:30 pm - Portrait/Realistic
6:00 pm - Back Piece & Sleeve
7:00 pm - Tattoo of The Day

So go have some fun and try to land yourself a tattoo of your own! And enjoy the experience!

ONE MONTH!!!!!!!!!!

on this exact date, one month from now, i will be HOME! well not actually home but in canada!
close enough!
June 26, here we come!




that also means that i'm a month away from being 27.....YIKES!

tic, toc....

June 26, 2010. 11:55 p.m.
date and time of arrival in Sault Ste. Marie, ON.

42 days 15 hours 18 minutes....but who's counting??

Wawaites Reunite!

This past week, fellow Wawaite Whitney and her boyfriend Russell were staying with us. They are traveling through South East Asia and stopped for a few days as a vacation from their vacation. They have been backpacking and staying in hostels so they were very greatful for a clean bed, shower and place to do laundry. They also enjoyed some relaxation while watching movies, catching up on sleep and playing Wii! I was really happy to have them here and glad they felt comfortable here.

Anyway, although Whitney is a lot younger than me so I never really got to know her at home, it still felt like a piece of home was here. We were talking about it on her last night here and they were just great guests to have. We didn't have to do anything different or special, I didn't worry that they were not enjoying themselves or that they would get lost. I just let them do their thing and they enjoyed the comforts of our home. We went to work everyday and they did their thing during the day then we met back up for dinner everyday and enjoyed listening to stories about each others travels and all that fun stuff.

Now they are off to see the rest of Vietnam before they head for home on June 10.

Anyway, I guess it really is a small world as Wawaites Reunite in Vietnam!