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what i did at this time last year

what i did at this time every day

stack of empty beer glasses at fine time
m / croissant & coffee / pool / airport / home
t / office / focaccia / mimi’s / hill / piano bar
w / office / thrift & call / whole foods / enchiladas
th / wfh / michael’s / rainy bike ride / fine time / do si dontcha
f / office afternoon / heytea / pacific trimming / home / signs
s / sewing / la apparel / stone street / whole foods / rooftop sushi / downtown social 
s / 7:45 wakeup / watch half marathon / cuna brunch / chelsea flea / call mom / boba / early night
iced coffee on my desk at work that says “have a great day” on the side
crying on 26th street, feeling dumb then feeling dumb for feeling dumb then feeling mean for feeling dumb for feeling dumb.

the dog and the lizard and the bear and they’re all coexisting, not following me or anyone else. wild horse, respect the autonomy. 

many happy lives. how do you like spending time alone. what’s selfish or easy or hard. 

inevitable change, immense gratitude. 
hug the horse & look out at the view.
ceramic talavera crosses at mercado 28 in cancun
buying souvenirs makes me feel like an adult. knowing a future where i never forget this and have 1000 more moments under my belt and on my shelves.
photo out the balcony window of ocean and palm trees
crisp twin bed. remember and cherish. dirty feet. young and nimble. sexy and holding each other and laughing out loud. folding table on a pile of seaweed at the water edge. grandiose and perfect. warm pool and blinding sun. 
night time photo from the pier looking back at beach with boats and string lights
cancun

ocean chasing its own tail. repetitive, joyful like puppies. random, rain or shine. gemma tells me everything it touches is public. my feet and my shoulders. again and again and again. 
view from kitchen window of our street with morning sun melting snow from the blizzard
my grandma told my dad she wants pictures of where we live. she’s sad she doesn’t know those simple everyday things like what our living room looks like.
snowy evening in prospect park
blizzard number 2.

snow day in prospect park on aptly named “sledding hill”. there until the sun sets. 12 friends come.

hot cocoa in new york themed mugs and a huge pot of ramen with pork and soft-boiled eggs and for dessert some pillsbury chocolate chip cookies and we watch a 2000s movie.
photo of laptop with sticker design
at line dancing if it’s someone’s birthday someone brings a cake and someone else designs and prints stickers with the special person’s face on them. 

i’ve been on sticker duty 3 times now and it’s very special to me.
three slushee flavors at the amc orpheum theater
two games of wingspan. new expansion. you need to keep your schedule packed in winter so that the time keeps moving forward and spring comes again. 

last min happy hour on wednesday. push and pull of all the people we know, we agree that other world is like a drug. then i go up to the UES to see marty supreme and wake up at 7:30 for tompkins and a packed subway home.

thursday second day in a row with last minute text for happy hour. talk about a true postgrad life. 4th ave pub with macy and frankie then gold star with lenny then to spritzenhaus. old friends, really old. are we still the same? a few new friends. we all smoke cigarettes on the stairs while i wait for our uber.
winter sun coming through the window and curtains into our apartment living room
life in my hands. stagnation comes from feeling like i’m not doing enough with that. non-prescriptive, hopeful, still one foot at a time. one is better than none. recognize what i’ve taken as inspiration to take another.
mermaid woman with bottle cap for a face from calder’s circus exhibit at the whitney
smoking on tiny lower east side fire escape. it’s basically summer at 38 degrees. delicious. crying laughing. 

we come up with trios to assign ourselves to. definition in relation to my friends. i’m a living and sexy thing in a backwards hat. 

embrace what i choose and what chooses me.
sunset over the hudson as seen from metro north train

long weekend

my two friends on the couch with a bottle of wine in front
room to grow and wiggle and giggle in the space and come into my own on my own terms. trust myself.
picture of my hand holding an iced coffee, my work badge, and a rose wrapped in red ribbon
t / wfh / hill country
w / office / palentine’s at kitty’s
th / TJ’s errands / office afternoon / single rose / moma store / tap room
breakfast tacos and coffee in front of my laptop
monday : wfh / breakfast tacos / yarn shopping / poem memorization / economy candy / t-mobile errand / booking flights to cancun / chicken noodle soup / knitting handwarmers / bedtime / woke up at 3am and threw up i think because of the candy

having food poisoning reminds me i’m an animal. no better way to practice being physically present in your body, right?
three friends standing at the egde of the chelsea piers sky rink
perfect sunday → tompkins square bagels → pluribus at home → four seasons & rembrandt at the frick → ice in central park → william the hippo and impressionists at the met → quick kebab restaurant → sky rink playoff hockey game → hot chocolate and white wine at chelsea square restaurant
burgers and wine glasses at chelsea square restaurant
unexpected friends this weekend

nice manager at chelsea square restaurant who laughed at/with us about our hot chocolate and brought us free cake

woman at the met who asked me to subscribe to her youtube channel where she enthusiastically asks strangers if they’re lonely

security guards at the frick who were talking about who will win the superbowl and randomly asked for my input

friendly man at the frick who asked if i knew “what the deal was” about the rembrandt then found me again later in front of the rembrandt self portrait

sydney and aleko
said poem printed out on receipt paper and glued into my orange leuchtturm

transcription of having a coke with you by frank o’hara

friend walking in front of commune by helen frankenthaler at moma
commune and chairman of the board by helen frankenthaler
wire sculptures by ruth asawa
cycladic frying pan objects

four seasons by flora yukhnovich
the polish rider by rembrandt
having a coke with you by frank o’hara
la orana maria by paul gaugin 
bad bunny superbowl halftime performance
hadestown stage seen from the balcony
m / 5 hours at panera / cane’s / holiday inn / knit hat
t / tacos / wfh / silk emojis / common country reunion
w / office / sunrise facetimes / heytea jasmine pistachio / fajitas
th / office / heytea bogo / hadestown again
f / wfh / jin-hee / banana boat / kitty’s / hill country / rony’s / UES
s / blundstones / silk / knitting / ramen thukpa / yume opening / pluribus
laptop open at panera bread
silk communities launched :) yay
friend taking photo of domino sugar factory on williamsburg waterfront
m / wfh / knitting / silk
t / chase bank / hill
w / banana pudding / office / din w neighbors
th / tied wingspan w mik / reunion @ donburiya & pub
f / tap room
s / williamsburg
s / asawa @ moma / buckwild
friend holding neighbor’s baby
"the lows i’ve experienced before and the highs are completely new and magical”

ever-new & ever-evolving frameworks, models, narratives. whatever i might want, whatever i can think of & whatever i can’t see coming.
sledders on pilgrim hill in central park
snowmageddon day
1/25/26

wake up
film snow on roof
oatmeal breakfast
knitting & youtube jazz
steal mikayla’s snowpants
meet brit on train
pb choco cookies
68th st station, central park
pilgrim hill
aaron + nico + david
mikayla + will + alex
freezing toes
transfer at canal st
reheat chicken noodle soup
broncos loss
more knitting
half an enchilada
brit made rice krispies
silk communities vc
tiny dog stuffed in mesh backpack at LGA airport
finished wuthering heights on my plane ride today. why do all these people suck.
two dogs in snowy boulder backyard
a good life that’s quiet
a good life that’s busy
stickers and a stamp at art parts boulder
doll = 
intuition
goodness, peace
knowledge, wildness
a part of a whole
talismanic autonomy

broom = 
clearing thoughts, feelings
make space for new

laundry =
old patterns
things woven in & discarded
my baby cousin carefully painting my nails with a fake nail polish brush
possibility flickers, try not to get too attached to any one outcome.