Captain's Entry: September 16, 2007

Wednesday, September 19th is...

Buccaneers, pirates, and swashbucklers from all over Southern California, San Francisco, and even Oregon will gather in Studio City on Wednesday, Sept. 19, to celebrate International Talk Like a Pirate Day.

They'll convene from noon to midnight at Studio City Tattoo "Ye Olde Tattoo Shoppe," located at 11032 Ventura Blvd. The event is free and open to the public.

Talk Like a Pirate Day is celebrated by millions of people throughout the United States and around the world on all seven continents - even at the South Pole! It's a day when - just like the name says - people are encouraged to swash their buckles and talk like a pirate.

This is the third year Ye Olde Tattoo Shoppe has hosted a Talk Like a Pirate Day celebration, and each year the event gets bigger. This year's event includes live music by Captain Kula's Pirate Band, pirate sword fights, fire breathing, and an appearance by the founders of the holiday themselves - John "Chumbucket" Baur and Mark "Cap'n Slappy" Summers, from Albany, OR.

Baur and Summers are two friends who started Talk Like as Pirate Day as a joke, then, as they say, "took the idea way too far." Since their idea first came to the world's attention in 2002 they've had a book published, have performed in Las Vegas, San Francisco, Seattle, and New Orleans, and their Web site - www.talklikeapirate.com - has taken tens of millions of hits. They've also appeared (with Baur's wife, Mad Sally) on ABC's "Wife Swap." They will be signing copies of their book, "Pirattitude!" during the event.

Throughout the day, the Studio City tattoo parlor will provide small pirate tattoos, which normally cost $80, for only $40.

The schedule of activities includes:

Noon - Pirates performing a full-fledged sword fight
5 to 9 p.m. - Captain Kula's Pirate Band of Disney fame will perform.
9:30 - Teed Shred will be breathing fire

For more information on the international holiday, go to www.talklikeapirate.com.

Captain's Entry: August 11, 2007

We've been featured on Video Jug! What is Video Jug, you may ask?

According to their website, "VideoJug hosts one of the world's largest, most all-encompassing libraries of factual content online. Our professionally-produced, high definition video content covers every conceivable topic and delivers the definitive online "encyclopedia of life". The content is divided into a variety of formats that include informative "How To" and "Ask The Expert" films that take users, step-by-step through everything from the lighter, more welcome aspects of life (leisure, hobbies, beauty and style) to the more serious tribulations we all face in day-to-day life (health, legal, money, parenting)."

They've featured Studio City Tattoo in two of their videos:

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Captain's Entry: June 7, 2007

That's right... we've won "Audience Winner" award TWO YEARS IN A ROW! Thanks to everyone who voted - and to all our loyal customers!

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