in a girl's world.

i met up with my favorite latina, leandra, along with her sister to head to spice, a spaceship style thai restaurant on university place. i had curried chicken with hard noodles and a lychee martini.

more to the point, the three of us went to an art opening at the showroom gallery on second avenue. i read online about a grafitti and fashion gallery called in a girl’s world, a showcase of 5 young women creating urban art. the place was packed with the downtown hip & trendy, pierced noises and natural ‘fros abounded.

the art is amazing. there are tampon dispensers turned into canvasses, sneaker collections dating back to ’81, and wild style grafitti marking the walls.

the next day, i returned to the gallery with russ and got a chance to speak to one of the artists, too fly or maria castillo as her mother named her. i also got a chance to speak with a cute photographer snapping photos of the event. russ called him “dirty,” i call him “gritty.” this is really no more than the splitting of hairs, but he’s a photographer, ya’ll – that is undeniably sexy.

russ and i walked around alphabet city. i discovered little india and a-1 records, a record-store that specialized in “music for Shawna.”