The Hive is a great place to have some new ink done or to get a piercing from Rachel. The first thing you'll notice when you walk into this shop is that the walls are covered in awards from all over the country for work produced form the artists that own/work here. Shawn (one of the owners) is an amazing tattoo artist and is more than deserving of the awards given to him. But what has always stood out to me is their clean room. They take great pride in providing a clean, sterile work environment and have a glass window on the door to the clean room so you can easily peek in to be sure you KNOW that they are properly sterilizing their equipment. This is a huge plus, to me. I've had work done here from Shawn and also Irish Milt while he was doing a guest spot here a couple of years ago. I was more than happy with the professional nature of them both, their kind demeanor, their artistic ability and their patience to produce what I asked for. I have also been pierced by Rachel a few times and have had her replace jewelery for me on occasion. She is awesome and always willing to put her two-cents worth in when piercing me to be sure I don't make a choice I will later regret. On a couple of occasions I have inquired about microdermals and a few not-as-common piercings (I inquired about cheek piercings) to which she referred me to a different shop, which only makes me want to return here because I know she will never do something to my body that she is not 100% comfortable with. I have nothing bad to say about this shop at all. It is clean, well maintained, professional and although it is out of the way to travel to, it is very close to I-90 and easy to find. The Hive also organizes The Lilac City Tattoo Expo in Spokane, WA which in itself is pretty awesome. read more