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Food, fashion, fun, with a hint of Halloween 🌮🍷👠👜⛷🎤🎃
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One half of @team.taste.buds
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Foster dog mom @bronxtailfosters

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I came in peace. And sequins. And one strategically used yard of purple satin.

Halloween 2026: OUT OF THIS WORLD.

Me: An Alien Ambassador who refused to break character and answered every question with “I am Not of This World.”

John: Ryan Gosling’s Ryland Grace from Project Hail Mary, specifically the fox-sweater-and-chin-glasses scene. Because apparently we’re doing deep cuts now.

My contact lenses? Otherworldly.
My actual ability to see? Questionable.
My commitment to the bit? Unwavering.

Shoutout to John for being the designated Earthling, chauffeur, chef, Halloween candy distributor, and general manager of keeping this alien alive.

Earth is weird. I think I’ll stay. 🛸❤️ by @kotyvayle

Camo cargos, sparkly+NSFW tops, a red lip, and a whole lotta Usher (he really said “I just turned 48 but let me remind y’all who I am” … and then proceeded to crown himself 😆)

The 90’s called. Liz and I understood the assignment.

(Tickets courtesy of @jheneghan14, who remains my favorite man despite the evening’s competition 😂❤️) by @kotyvayle

I’m bringing back one of my favorite DIY elements this year, which was also in my Red Queen costume.

👆 Red Queen 👸🏾 or it didn’t happen 😜
📸: @jheneghan14 (cameraman forever 🥂, always)

Countdown to Halloween is on! by @kotyvayle

Had to take some time away from fostering, but we’re SO BACK! We welcomed Tiger Lily to casa BronxTailFosters this week.

The first few days with a new foster are often just spent helping them rest and get acquainted with us and our home. Tiger Lily is 1 year old, so she ain’t trying to REST, but she looks cute when she does 😅

More to come as we learn more about her personality!

Tiger Lily is available to adopt with PupStarz Rescue by @kotyvayle

It’s that time of the year 🍻 by @kotyvayle

💫 August 🌟

Feeling very “That 70’s Show”

💫 August 🌟

First movie of August — unlimited Regal movies means MOVIES ALL THE TIME

The Odyssey was good!

💫 August 🌟

lol John did this. So for allllll the people saying how he’s not funny, not even at all, just look! 👀

💫 August 🌟

The magic of love — @ John’s cousin’s wedding in Estes Park

💫 August 🌟

First time seeing a store that had my name with ny spelling!

💫 August 🌟

Congrats Sandra and Cody!

💫 August 🌟

Movie # 2! Always an entertaining franchise. 🕷️

💫 August 🌟

MeowWolf — this is one of my favorite installations there. So creepy and beautiful

💫 August 🌟

MeowWolf bae

💫 August 🌟

John really put the best day together for us! 🌽

💫 August 🌟

Operation Paint-A-Fridge 😅

It’s actually beautiful with the second coat; can’t wait for the grand reveal

💫 August 🌟

Movie #3 - #endofoakstreetmovie was great!

💫 August 🌟

FINALLY went to the Bronx Zoo

💫 August 🌟

FINALLY went to the Bronx Zoo. Zebras are my favorite 😍

💫 August 🌟

I got a tub of skim ricotta only to find out it doesn’t really “whip” and would remain grainy forever 🫠🫠🫠 but I made some cute toasts anyway

💫 August 🌟

Anniversaryyyy dress!

💫 August 🌟

Mom’s @momsflame visit

💫 August 🌟

Declan’s visit the weekend before he got adopted was PEAK August. Him helping us assemble our cabinet bed was just peak Declan 🤣

After a date night at @schmuck.ny I decided to make a mango cilantro margarita with this mango nectar I’ve had sitting around

💫 August 🌟

One of my last house projects of August, I added a terrazzo backsplash since the flat paint behind the sink was not giving “waterproof” 😬 by @kotyvayle

9 years of us. 🥂

Celebrating exactly as you’d expect: going to a movie John accidentally booked for tonight instead of tomorrow, sneaking in a jelly donut clarified Negroni, and me wearing my first non-muumuu rental since surgery.

Romance is alive and well, people.

Happy anniversary to my favorite person to be weird with. ❤️

Us just being actually normal in Colorado

apparently we are crustacean royalty now

We walked all of Manhattan and of course stopped for a cheeky cocktail (several in fact). Cheers to us 🥂

At the start of this anniversary year we had Declan as a foster pup. Definitely a dog who believed our love was actually about him 🤣🤣🥰 by @kotyvayle

The proximity to August is giving Halloween for me 🤣🤣

In the photo: that year we were all “seeing red” — just any costume inspired by that theme — and my mom was a Red Witch. We encountered this FABULOUS mushroom 🍄 on the train by @kotyvayle

I can’t really foster big ol’ pups again until August (to help with recovery from a recent surgery). Luckily, an outdoor cat named Red likes to keep me company 😍😍😍. He isn’t officially “owned” by my next door neighbors, but he gets fed by them, so he hangs around.

I secretly think his favorite part of the day is joining me doing gardening tasks. I am super allergic to cats so I wear these ridiculous pants which help me not get covered in his hair, because I too am secretly obsessed with this nugget.
Well, cat’s out of the bag now, I guess 😅 by @kotyvayle

My pumas orange and blue,
The bagel’s the same vibe.
Like the Spurs? You do you,
But KNICKS IN FIVE
🧡 💙 🗽 by @kotyvayle

@momsflame came through with the homemade sorrel 🤤 🤤 🤤 IYKYK by @kotyvayle

📍G’s Coffee Shop: Actually did not get coffee 😅
We split a BEC (bacon egg and cheese, duh) with avocado, salsa and onions. Yummy albeit a bit dry — not a real complaint, though; we’d eat it again 😋
📍Bunni Coffee: Definitely a vibey spot, and the most buttoned-up of this early trio. We had a dirty chai and an iced oat cold brew. The chai was beautifully-spiced!
📍Taqueria Emilio: That’s some flavorrrr. Just had two tacos, and both the lengua and al pastor were flavor-packed and moist. by @kotyvayle