New York - June 16, 2009

Your Gal Friday

Friday Jones, Tattoo Artist

There are times when you overcome failure, adversity, and heartbreak.

Then get a tattoo.

Before which you should consult the charming and disarming Friday Jones, whose bespoke tattoo shop opens today.

The two-tone brunette has a degree in philosophy, a penchant for fighter pilots, and an obsession with iconography. She got an apprenticeship in the early ’90s and hit the road — inking singers, Hollywood bad girls, military men. She’s all rock and roll but knows the ladies are turned off by grimy parlors.

Post-consultation in her calm, clean spa suite, you’ll have a custom tat fitting (working with your musculature and personality). Then she’ll pour you some wine, plug in your iPod, call you sweet nicknames (momma, girlfriend), and get to work like a pro.

We watched a phoenix get seared into a forearm (yowch).

Now we’re Jonesing for one.

Friday Jones Fifth Avenue, at Senses NY Salon & Spa, 138 Fifth Avenue, between 18th and 19th Streets, 2nd floor (212-242-7979 or fridayjones.net).