A Texas woman and her girlfriend were arrested in a San Antonio mall for what they say was a kiss on the cheek. Mall security says the women re-entered the mall after being asked to leave but the couple says they were just sitting on a bench when one gave the other a kiss. Mall security then proceeded to harrass them and accuse them of “swapping spit”.

This is ridiculous – it’s based on fear and inane rules that are enforced in a discriminatory fashion. What can we do about it? Make out in malls. Especially the Rolling Oaks Mall in San Antonio.

We could call it, the Great National Mall Make-Out and anyone – everyone could go to a  mall and make out. Straight, gay, it doesn’t matter, watch security try and throw you out when you’re surrounded by other couples doing the same thing.

I live in New York and thus, not near any malls but it would be worth a shot…

I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a horrible letter writer. I’m more than willing to dash out an an e-mail but somehow, when I sit down to put pen to paper, everything I write seems silly.

This gets especially difficult when I’m trying to express love-related thoughts. My partner says the most beautiful things to me and all I can respond is – “ditto”. Lame. I need to step up my game. If you’re like me (and my guess is that you are), I’d suggest Babeland’s Love Letter Writing Workshop, happening this Sunday in our Soho location. Last year’s workshop was fantastic – I actually got a letter started and even sent some of it, to great effect.

Samara O’Shea is teaching the workshop and she’s going to be amazing. She’s a long time letter lover (in fact, that’s what her website is called) and has so much letter writing experience, I know she’ll have lots of fantastic advice and tips for your letters. This is a great idea if you want to express some loving thoughts for Valentine’s Day but just aren’t sure how to get them down on paper. I recently did a little interview with Samara about letter writing, in anticipation of her upcoming workshop:

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