Wearing His Heart On His Wrist

The sun was low in the sky when I pulled into Hot Dog Johnny's, the roadfood landmark on Route 46 in Buttzville, a few miles east of the Delaware River in Warren County.

The sun cast an orange glow over the green and orange awning, the several Harleys in the parking lot and the forearm of the young man in the passenger seat of the car next to mine.

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As a Yankee fan, my eye was immediately drawn to the tattoo. But this was something new--at least to me. I thought it was kinda cool.

The owner of the tattoo--and the arm--turned out to be a lanky, pleasant fellow with a Van Dyke beard named Chris Davis.

He and his (I'm guessing) girlfriend, who was behind the wheel, had just finished a two-day canoe trip down the Delaware to the Water Gap.

Chris was wearing a white T-shirt emblazoned with the same black logo he had on his forearm. It wasn't his own creation, he said, but an insignia fashioned by NJ Skateshop II, the skateboard emporium where he works in New Brunswick

NJ Skateshop II is the second store opened by three Sayreville skateboarders, who hung out their first shingle five years ago in their home town.

From their website (njskateshop.com), here is a picture of their sales and service team. Chris Davis is third from left in the red NJ sweatshirt. T-shirts with the NJ logo are available on the website in several color combinations.

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