Hello! I’m Alana Sawicki with OTONO secondhand clothing & home goods in downtown Grand Rapids. I love meeting new people and hearing their stories as well as building relationships with customers.
Hi I’m Emmanuel Ibarra, I co-founded OTONO, a second-hand retail store located on Division two blocks north of Wealthy Street! Big fan of our downtown, especially our SoDiv district!
📚 Reading:
- Alana: The Road Back to You by Ian Morgan Cron and Salt Fat Acid Heat by Samin Nosrat.
- Emmanuel: The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac, Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne (Long detailed American and Native American History, Gruesome), Meditations by Marcus Aurelius.
📺 Watching:
- Alana: Gilmore Girls (always a great show to throw on in the background), Alone (quite thrilling!).
- Emmanuel: Alone (survival show, GREAT).
🎒Carrying:
- Alana: My crocheted bag one of our vendors made me, with all the essentials inside.
- Emmanuel: Phone, keys, wallet, and WATER BOTTLE (essential).
💭Thinking about:
- Alana: Our expansion and what that is going to look like further into the future!
- Emmanuel: THE FALL, my favorite season, very much looking forward to cold weather and elections and the changes we go through every year in the fall.