Tat(who?) — The infiltration and absorption of body ink amongst SoCal socialites.

Everyone has them. Hell, even my own mother’s gotten inked twice in the past two years, and she doesn’t even own a cell phone. Point being, tattoos have rapidly ascended the social ladder from taboo to typical, and nary a scantily clad male or female crosses one’s path these days without some form of body art adorning their frame.

Of course, whether said décor is appealing to …

Haight Street Habit: Once the thriving center for free love and all things groovy, San Francisco’s famous Haight Street today feels more hipster than hippie. Amidst the overpriced thrift stores and numerous free-trade coffee options, trendy tourists will be thrilled to find there are roughly a half dozen tattoo shops on the street if they want to commemorate their trip with something a little sharper than a Golden Gate snow globe.

For the true ink connoisseurs Mom’s Body …

Walking down a San Diego beach on a warm sunny day you’ll be hard pressed to find any scantily-clad sun bather without a work of art to display on their skin. The city’s warm weather helps the tattoo scene gain its popularity simply by allowing the bodyart enthusiast to clearly display their ink for the world to see.

“We have a lot more tourism here,” Jim Thomas of Black Rose Tattoo says. “And we have …