We know. That’s some seriously awesome ink.
The design – done by Chicago tattoo artist Esther Garcia – features three 3-D looking strips colored in realistic reds and browns. The reason for it is simple, according to Mike: “I love bacon. It’s an expression of everything that’s good in life.”
His fiancée also has a bacon tattoo. “Hers looks like a landscape, with snow peas and straw mushrooms stacked above the bacon,” says Mike.
Mike is considering getting a second tattoo of the logo of cult-fave Chicago hot dog spot Hog Doug’s. “It’s where I proposed to my girlfriend … and our favorite restaurant in the city.” The Hot Doug’s owner has famously promised that anyone getting a tattoo of his logo will receive free hot dogs for life.
To that we say: Go hog wild, Mike.
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