Sailor Jerry’s 103rd Birthday – 1.14.14
I am in LA right now after a crazy few days in Vegas for the AVN Awards. I have tons of pictures to get up from that but first we need to get some older business up! Last week tattoo legend Norman “Sailor Jerry” Collins would have turned 103 years old. In celebration my pals at Sailor Jerry rum threw parties across the country. They asked me out to the NYC one but I couldn’t make it because I was in LA. Fortunately they were doing an event up the road in Orange County so I got to check out that party instead.
The Tattoo Gallery in Huntington Beach had four tattoo artists doing free full sized Sailor Jerry swallows for the first 103 customers in the shop. Usually at these events they do a small anchor or something like that but the Tattoo Gallery guys really stepped up. Full color palm sized birds all day. It was a ton of fun and my friend and naked lady Krissie Dee came out so I got to hang out with her a bunch which was fun. The tattoo artists were all good dudes and busted out one bird after another for nearly 10 straight hours.
Towards the end of the night HEK and Dan McNab decided to hook me up with not one but TWO swallows on the back of my knees. I picked the back of my knees because I heard it’s the most painful place to get tattooed and I am an idiot. They decided to collaborate on the tattoos and Dan did the outline and HEK colored them in. They look awesome and still hurt 5 days later. Thanks guys!
After the tattooing there was an after party at the punk rock bar Johnny’s but I didn’t hang out there very long. My knees were killing me and I had to head to Vegas in the morning so I took off, but I was there for a celebratory shot and a handful of photos that are at the end of this gallery.
