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brunch at nem’s japandi bistro on 5/31
in may 2026

i spent $2598.02
i finished 2 books
i walked 326,866 steps
i was out of town for 3 days
i went on 8 apartment tours
6 pairs of hands on a completed puzzle of vintage national parks posters
friends who teach me how easy it is to be perfect
four goats behind a fence at buck brook alpaca farm

memorial day weekend

roy lichtenstein church #4 at the met

speck →

doll →

community garden 6B in east village
awesome friday: coffee with jaya and perfect sandwich at radio bakery. work from home making holograph and confetti cursor. then bike to williamsburg for apartment pregame → L train → dj launch party → bike → desert 5 spot til close → L train → lucinda’s → uber → home

slept all day saturday until i went to hannah’s and ate dumplings and did sporcle quizzes

even awesomer sunday: coffee at home → baked by neem’s in alphabet city → community garden tour & plant sale → bike over manhattan bridge → nyu itp showcase (i liked the subway car and poetic fermentation jar and dj guitar) → dinner at home → the drama at cinema village the best movie theater ever.

playground →

yellow and red whole foods flowers in my hand as i walk down 40th st
do unto others as you would have them do unto you

how i spend my time →

view through mikayla’s room of back balcony
got a running list of things in my notes app that i should probably talk to a therapist about.

sex. superiority. staleness.
patience. blame. presence.
food on table at brunch at local 92 in soho
talking with mikayla about the importance of good friends. soul sisters. people who match you where you are and who are different in a way that complements you. 
two frozen matchas from edith’s sandwiches in west village
back in town

3 days in office. free massage. 3 trays of naya. after work: levy gorvy, strand bookstand, mixue, tap room, photos, williamsburg rooftop, old mates

weekend: edith’s, athena’s 1st birthday, frannie’s 25th birthday, long nap, soho brunch mimosas → shopping → hockey game → hudson river park → citibike → tacos & ice cream → buckwild
view of palm springs at 5am
everything goes right that needs to go right
view of ferris wheel from inside food tent at stagecoach festival

stagecoach

bookshelf in my room on dean st

library →

swing dancers at cancun cantina
april

30-3 palo alto
4-5 connecticut
17-18 maryland
23-27 indio
flowers in front of a shop window selling religious statues
new tattoos on my knees
some things you can’t change
what would you do if you could do anything

connection to place
reconnection to people
permanence and transience
transience of place and feeling

do what’s best for you
spring is here!
put nails in the wall
the cherry blossoms help me remember
hoover tower as seen from the oval on a grey day

4 days in the bay area

tulips in our backyard
mosaic
driverite
williamsburg
knee tattoos
immune system
3k in taxes to nyc
dream about stella
american woodcock
wingspan bonus cards
private instagram story
anderson collection rothko
my dad hand feeding a baby buffalo

10 days at home

toddlers looking through glass wall into building
hide and seek
pushing on the swing
show me the leaves
picture on bear statue
counting concrete orbs
decomposing squirrel head
photo of my dog looking up at me from next to me on outdoor couch
sitting on the back patio. 90 degrees in colorado but the shade is perfect and i sit until the sun is high enough at 12:30ish that the couch is in the sun and the tops of my feet start to burn.

i want a tattoo of the virgin mary, a horse, a cactus, something ornamental, a mermaid, a cheetah or a tiger, one of those classic ones that say mom on a ribbon over a heart. 

my dog sits on the couch with me, in the shade of the picnic table, in the sun of the back corner, in the shade by the tree. every time there’s a breeze she sniffs. 
film photo of friends and i in pool in cancun
march

1-5 nyc
6-9 cancun
10-18 nyc
19-29 boulder
30-3 palo alto

what was i doing at this time last year →

stack of empty beer glasses at fine time

3/9 - 3/15

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.