HEALING TATTOOS

Caleb Barnard and Marie Sena opened the tiny and tasteful Electric Eye tattoo studio at Jefferson Tower last summer. Sena was a painter and graduate student at the University of Texas Southwestern when she heard about a tattoo artist who would trade ink for artwork. The two became friends, and Barnard wound up teaching Sena the craft of tattooing. “He was instrumental in my development as a tattoo artist,” she says. Sena graduated with a master’s degree in medical illustration and found work creating the art for medical textbooks. Now she is a fulltime tattoo artist, and she continues to take freelance work as a medical illustrator. She also does medical tat- toos. In that craft, she can match skin tones to cover vitiligo or disguise facial scars. Most commonly, she is called on to ink fake nipples onto breast cancer patients after mastectomies. “I practiced on myself,” she says. “I tattooed a nipple on myself, and I did one on Caleb. Our friend Eliseo has one. There are a few nipples running around out there.” Sena contacted several plastic surgeons in the Dallas area, and she found there is a high demand for nipple tattoos following breast reconstruction surgery. Insurance companies won’t pay for tattooing because it is considered cosmetic, Sena says. So she sometimes offers discounts for women who can’t afford it. She’s tattooed dozens of nipples on women of all ages. The youngest was 33. “There are so many people with breast cancer,” she says. “It blows my mind.”

Sisters Of Perpetual Indulgence

Advocate photo editor Danny Fulgencio put a long day of shooting behind him in April and met some friends for a pint at Ten Bells Tavern. He was surprised to find the DFW Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a group of men and women who advocate for human rights, respect for diversity, spiritual enlightenment and safe sex. The “order” also raises money for charity and performs community service. “We like to bring joy and happiness wherever we go,” says member Paul Pizzo. The group’s biggest annual fundraiser is for Oak Cliff-based AIDS Arms Inc.’s Life Walk. They also raise money for the AIDS Resource Center, Home for the Holidays and other nonprofits. On this night, the Sisters were dressed in their habits and pancake makeup to spread their message and offer cheeky one-liners. Though weary from work, Fulgencio was compelled to haul his lights and camera out of the car for a quick portrait shoot.

BEST PIZZA

WINNER

❏ HOME RUN PIZZA

RUNNERS UP

❏ Zoli’s NY Pizza

❏ Eno’s NOMINEES

❏ Oak Cliff Pizza and Pasta

BEST BREAKFAST/ BRUNCH

WINNER

❏ JONATHON’S OAK CLIFF

Runners Up

❏ Norma’s Café

❏ El Jordan Café

NOMINEES

❏ Bolsa

❏ Café Brazil

❏ Hattie’s

❏ Metro Diner

❏ Oddfellows

❏ Spiral Diner

❏ Veracruz Café

BEST COFFEE

WINNER

❏ ESPUMOSO

RUNNERS UP

❏ Davis Street Espresso

❏ Bolsa Mercado

NOMINEES

❏ Wild Detectives

BEST BURGER WINNER

❏ HUNKY’S RUNNERS UP

❏ 303 Bar and Grill

❏ Burguesa Burger

NOMINEES

❏ Country Burger