HI EVERYONE, GRACIE HERE! WHEN I SAY I AM TOTALLY STOAKED YOU ARE READING THIS, I REALLY MEAN IT. BECAUSE THAT MEANS YOU ARE EITHER AT THE BAR RIGHT NOW, DROOLING OVER OUR INSTAGRAM, OR WONDERING HOW YOU GOT SO DISTRACTED ON THE INTERNET AND ENDED UP HERE - REGARDLESS, HELLO! I HOPE THIS LITTLE INTRO TO WHO I AM, MAKES YOU WANT TO GO OUT THERE AND TRY SOMETHING CRAZY, TAKE A BIG RISK, OR EVEN START TO DREAM AGAIN. I STARTED GRACIE'S MILKSHAKE BAR WHEN I WAS NINETEEN YEARS OLD - I HAD SPENT THE FIRST FEW YEARS AFTER I GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL PURSUING A MODELING CAREER; IT WAS WILD, FUN, AND A FREAKING ADVENTURE. BUT SEEMINGLY, AS I BEGAN TO CLIMB THE RANKS IN THE FIELD, I THOUGHT I KNEW I WANTED TO WORK IN - I REALIZED IT WASN'T WHAT I WANTED AT ALL. AND WHAT DO WE DO WHEN WE REALIZE OUR CHOICES AREN'T MAKING US INTO THE PEOPLE WE WANT TO BE? WE MAKE NEW CHOICES! SO, I QUIT MY MODELING JOB IN MIAMI BUT HAD A FEW LAST-MINUTE MEETINGS IN NYC - TO BE HONEST, THEY ALL WENT TO CRAP, SO MY SISTER AND I DECIDED TO DO WHAT SAD WOMEN  SOMETIMES DO...GET ICE CREAM, HAHA! WE WOUND UP AT A MILKSHAKE PLACE CALLED "BLACKTAP," WHICH FAST-FORWARD A FEW MONTHS WOULD LATER BECOME MY INSPIRATION FOR GRACIE'S MILKSHAKE BAR. NOW, I'M THREE AND A HALF YEARS IN, AND I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW MUCH OF AN ADVENTURE THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN. SURE, SOME PEOPLE MAY ASSUME IT'S ALL ABOUT THE PICTURESQUE, OVER-THE-TOP MILKSHAKES, AND IT IS... BUT REALLY, IT'S ABOUT YOU. YOU GUYS ARE THE ONES WHO MAKE MY JOB WORTH DOING. NO PEOPLE, NO PURPOSE. THANK YOU FOR MAKING MY LIFE SWEETER!