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Work - friends - family - repeat

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Spanish octopus, fennel purée, pimentón butter… a little something new off the grill for the new season! @chief_keif @lavaljonesstudio @melalaval

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V into blue 🩵

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BESITOS at BESITO! AKA: Ask us about the kiss cam… 💋

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Getting to play this role was SO much fun!!! Thank you, @altadenamusictheatre , for letting me run wild and free. This role has definitely become one of my favorites, and I’ll never forget it. 💕

And can we talk about Beauty School Dropout hitting TWO MILLION VIEWS across TikTok?!? 😭✨ I’m still not over it!!!

And to my perfect Frenchy @scarletsheppard , there is no one else I would want to do this role with. Thank you for making every moment so special. ❤️

A huge thank you to @harmonyelisejones @msmonicaazcarate for being fierce and making this experience an absolute blast, and to @heyitsmemeliss and @mackenzeylil for choreographing the S*** out of my numbers. Y’all made me look GOOD!!!

And finally, thank you to every single one of my friends who came out to see me in this show. Your love and support mean more to me than you know. ❤️✨

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More fun ones of @heathersper at @bar_siesta_la for @shopnation.la

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Nobody spoil my fun

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Hakuna Matata

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Can’t complain

#2025 #2025recap

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Family portrait day featuring @jasminealbuquerquecroissant @emekasimmons

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In an unusual turn of events, not one but TWO of my favorite photographers ended up shooting at the restaurants in the past few weeks, and I cherish these images — @emferretti & @melalaval / @lavaljonesphoto, you are brilliant in your work, and I’m so grateful to have you capture this moment in time at @botanicafood & @bar_siesta_la. It’s been an absolutely nutty, intense, confusing, bountiful, delicious and exhausting year running two restaurants in LA, but these places really do make me smile ❤️ Thanks to @shopnation.la & @shopwovenhome for the occasions for these shoots!

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