Calgary!

Somehow I made it past the customs/immigration of Canada,

and was able to work the Calgary Tattoo Convention last week. 

Thanks to Off the Map tattoo for inviting/having me, 

and for Maximilian Rothert and David Cordon for sharing the booth with me.

I got to do a couple of super fun tattoos, 

like this little bunny and radish on a forearm.

I also got to meet a pile of amazing Canadian tattooers.

Check these folks out:

James Tex

Steve Moore

Kaija Heitland

Ben Ackerman

Samantha Smith (scrapie)

Dan Fletcher

There was a ton more, of course, 

and I'm stoked I got to meet and hang out with so many of them.

I don't know why an international border makes such a difference, 

but Canadian tattooers don't have a weird ego barrier in front of them, 

and they are all super easy to chat with. 

Who knows when I'll make it back to Canada, 

but I'm glad this trip was so successful.