Burdeaux is a musician and lives in North Park. In February 1988, in the front yard of a single-family home in Santa Ana, a soon-to-be dad planted a loblolly pine tree. His wife was in the yard with ...

I never wanted a tattoo. The thought of a needle pushing ink into my skin made me squeamish. But when my three kids, all in their 20s, got matching shamrocks etched on their bodies to bond over their ...

Sitting in a tattoo studio chair and feeling the ongoing prick of the needle for up to seven hours is a repetitive, almost ...

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Over the years, I've amassed 12 tattoos. And now, I'm removing every single one of them. Like lots of people flexing their newfound independence, I got my first tattoo — a tiny cross on my hip bone — ...