In a poor and decadent area of Manhattan, the musician Kate visits a room in a shared apartment with the aspirant photographer Colleen and the needy teenager Kacey and decides to start living a normal life of her own. The alcoholic Colleen has made a decision and will leave her beloved daughter Stella later with a family since she can not afford to support the child. The bisexual Kacey is distributing fliers trying to find her dog TJ that was stolen by her ex-boyfriend Johnny while missing her girlfriend who dumped her to get married. Kate has just broken a sexual relationship with her brother Stevie, but he can not accept the separation.