shopping groovy - View this location on map  'Wander the 'hood. albuquerque isn't famously fashion-forward, but the nob hill area between girard boulevard and washington street has become, in the last several years, gratifyingly trippy. just up the block from the frontier, hey jhonny ( 505-256-9244), a self-described lifestyle store, sells a wildly eclectic mix of home dcor items (such as exotic beetles preserved in shadow boxes) and cool retro handbags. farther along, absolutely neon (3903 central ave ne, 505-265-6366) is high-art vegas and glows with colors usually reserved for cockatiels and caribbean fish. ogle the objets de neon or order your own, if you want to see your name in really, really bright lights. the sheen is more subtle at papergami (114 tulane drive se, 505-255-2228), behind starbucks, which stocks beautifully opaque, handmade papers from japan, many of them in patterns unique to the store.'' New York Times 3418-b central avenue se, Albuquerque, NM Shopping |