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Article: Area 51: A one-stop shop for the `self-indulgent industries'.(Springfield Extra)(Former record shop manager finds a new career doing tattoos)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- July 31, 2008
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Byline: Don Robinson The Register-Guard
Chris Rohaley is "just a big kid," and he has the toys to prove it. Some of them - real toys from his childhood - decorate his Area 51 tattoo shop in east Springfield.
This is not your grandfather's tattoo parlor. As the Web site puts it: "Area 51 is your exciting and energetic alternative to a boring barbershop, dingy biker tattoo parlor and expensive stuck-up day spa."
The shop offers four services: tattoos, hair styling, tanning and massage. Rohaley bills it as a place for the whole family.
A native of Eugene and a graduate of Sheldon High School, Rohaley opened his business five years ago. ...