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What’s your favorite day of the week?
Monday for sure! The salon is closed and it’s my day to accomplish goals and to-do’s that I put aside during the week while focusing on work.

What’s your favorite quote in life?
I have so many that I love and read regularly… It’s too hard to narrow it down.

What’s one thing you couldn’t live without?
I have two dogs, my first time being a dog parent! and… they have become my life!!!!

Are you a beach vacation or a sight seeing vacation person?
If it’s a “beach vacation”, it needs to be in a city like Miami. I can lay around but for only short periods of time. I really need to live like locals, take in the culture and move around!

What’s one of the most bizarre food cravings you’ve ever had?
Nacho cheese Doritos and french onion chip dip! I could eat it all the time.

If you were a kitchen appliance, what would you be?
A dishwasher. I like things clean!

Who was your celebrity childhood crush?
I had a few but I’m going to have to say Luke Perry circa 90210.

If you could take any celebrity, dead or alive, to brunch… who would it be?
Meryl Streep, HANDS DOWN! She’s amazing, talented and has been in so many great films!

What’s your favorite color?
Orange, it makes me smile!

Favorite movie of all time?
Pretty Woman, I could watch it over and over and never get sick of it! Cinda-fuckin-rella!

Favorite childhood animated movie?
The Little Mermaid, such a fairy tale!

What’s your guilty pleasure?
Oreos and a glass of milk!

What’s your favorite restaurant in Rochester?
I have to say Good Luck! It’s always top on my list when I’m picking where to grab dinner.

Favorite place to have Sunday brunch?
Fraîche on East Ave! THE BEST POUTINE, EVER!

Favorite place for a romantic dinner?
Rooney’s… It’s so charming, old, dark and DELICIOUS! Makes me want to throw on a dinner jacket and bow tie!

Favorite place to meet friends for happy hour?
Good Luck or Next Door Bar and Grill.

Do you like spontaneity or routine?
I would like to believe its routine but I would be lying… SPONTANEITY all the way!

What’s your favorite physical feature about yourself?
My teeth! Maybe my hands? Nah, I’m sticking with teeth… You can tell a lot about a person with either feature but I’m going with teeth/smile.

What excites you about Rochester?
The amount of entrepreneurs! People in this city love small business.

What was the last book you read?
When You’re Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris.

What condiment could you NOT live without?
Blue cheese dressing.

PB and Jelly or PB and Fluff?
PB and Jelly!

How many siblings (if any) do you have?
I’m the youngest of 7…. Two separate marriages but that doesn’t matter, they are my siblings.

Did you or do you have a nickname?
My fiancé calls me Papi.

One thing about you that surprises people?
That I grew up in the inner city part of Buffalo, New York on welfare.

What’s your favorite day of the year?
Christmas! You can celebrate it however and with whoever you want and people always seem to surprise me with their random acts of kindness and generosity!

What’s your favorite dessert?
It’s not so much as a dessert but I guess it could be…. I love gummies! Any kind!

If I turned on the radio in your car right now, what would I be listening to?
It would probably be a burned cd of some sort of “cry baby” music like Maroon 5, Beyoncé, Adele and Bruno Mars. When I’m alone I definitely sing!

How do you like to spend your day off?
Sleeping in with Stephen and the dogs then running errands and accomplishing something… Or maybe throwing a dinner party, I love feeding people!

Snow men or snow angels?
Snow men

Hot, medium or mild?
Medium! I want to taste what I’m eating!

How do you like your eggs?
I’m allergic, but before I became intolerant… Egg white omelette!

Would you rather jump into a pile of leaves or a puddle of water?
Pile of leaves!

If you could have any pet house broken and tame, what would you have?
A monkey!

If you could travel to any place in the world all expenses paid, where would you go?
Either France or Barcelona!

Who has been the biggest influence in your life?
Even though I lost her when I was 3, I would have to say my mother… I can’t imagine what she went through battling cancer while having three little ones at home and then my father … He never remarried, he always said my mother was his soul mate.