I’m a wicked Zelda geek. I grew up playing the Nintendo series on every console it came out on. When my friend Doug Poole started apprenticing at Shark Tank Tattoo in Easthampton, I asked him to do Link’s life hearts and the Hylian Shield. He’s done a ton of incredible work since.
— Cris Gazzara
Northampton
I got this tattoo in upstate New York, near Albany, when my mom and I went up to see our favorite band together. “Forever Young” by Rod Stewart is my mom’s and my song. The lettering of the tattoo is my mom’s handwriting, and she has the same tattoo in my handwriting. My mom and I are very close, and I love sharing this with her!
— Alyssa Fasolino Northampton
