“Smiling Alcohol Chef”: Bartender/Consultant. Paramount TV's Bar Rescue Bar Expert. 🎥 Traveler. 🌎 Lover of cake & pandas. 5’11” but I usually wear heels 👠
There’re some hurtful people on the internet who use it as a tool 2 break down others. If you don’t like me, COOL. I don’t know u & u don’t know me- but in these tough times when we are all fragile, please either unfollow or ignore me. Direct messages of pure hatred are just ugly
I’m thinking of writing a book: it will be a compilation of screen grabs of all the wildly inappropriate DM’s I receive through all of my social media outlets.
#DontBeADick
#KeepItClean
OR I may just look for your mothers on social media and fwd to them... 🙈🍆🍑🤦🏻♀️😱
I’m officially naming today as my own personal
@thephilwills
APPRECIATION DAY! A true friend IN REAL LIFE who is unconditionally there through thick and thin and always makes me laugh! (His wife is equally cool and once Covid has passed, I will FINALLY meet his daughter!) 💖
Welp... Goonies is on. There goes my night.
#MyWish
#MyDream
“Because it's their time. Their time! Up there! Down here, it's our time. It's our time down here. That's all over the second we ride up Troy's bucket.”
#GooniesNeverSayDie
TRAVEL DAY
Up since 2:45am
Airport by 4am
Boarded at 5:15am
Took off at 6am
Landed at 2:20pm (time change)
Bus at 3:40pm
Hugs with Mom & Pa at 5:58pm
Wine on the porch by 6:35pm
Sunset at 7:53pm
Shrimp scampi at 8:33pm
✨Totally worth my numb ass from all the sitting/travel ✨
Test results in: COVID NEGATIVE. I’ve been following LA County rules: isolating & remaining vigilant about sanitation, but am happy that I’m not an asymptomatic carrier... and I will continue to follow guidance and protocols.
#StaySafe
As a complete stranger, if you decide to DM a grown adult woman, maybe DON’T address her as “baby girl.” I guarantee you won’t be getting a reply.
#PSA
GRATITUDE. Thanksgiving. This year I celebrate the bittersweet: the good & the bad- but am endlessly grateful for the loving friends & family by my side who see me through the best & worst of all of it. Cheers to all of you my turkeys 🦃 🍂 🥧 🥃 🍽 ♥️
#HappyThankgiving
Last night was another one of those unforgettable Hollywood moments that celebrated creativity & talent under a beautiful tent on a picturesque rooftop. I’m so grateful to have been part of the team serving up smiles and pouring gorgeous
#KetelOne
cocktails!
#Emmys
#GovernorsBall
Sometimes people just cross into your life for a reason. I just had the best interaction with another human being who lifted up my day and once again made me realize that human connection is so important 💗 Put your phones down. Be kind and respect one another.
#Communicate
Thank you to absolutely everyone who made yesterday’s birthday feel so extra special on a day that could have been just another day in isolation. This was an exceptional and unforgettable one for the ages. THANK YOU EVERYONE! Please continue to stay safe! 💖
#HappyBirthday
My mother recently responded to a text with “WTF?” and while I’m not entirely sure where she picked that up, I’m a little proud of how advanced her texting has gotten... 🤷🏻♀️
Tonight I ate an entire pineapple for dinner (for lack of other food in my house- and a general lack of motivation for leaving said house) 🍍 I also made some random purchases on
@amazon
- wine 🍷 may or may not have been involved
#ChristmasInJuly
🎄🎁
Birthday Wishes DO come true!Today I met
@thetinychefshow
& it was beyond my wildest dreams. The Chef & his team were so gracious & kind & he even showed me his tiny bar! Having his tiny hand around my neck made me feel so special & it’s a memory that will last a lifetime! 💚
An elderly man in a motorized shopping cart just yelled “BEEP” at me to avoid running me over in the supermarket. He was smiling and having the best time- while making no attempts to slow down. Sir, please continue to live your best life... we should all be having that much fun.
I have experienced a LOT of dramatic rescues throughout my tenure working with Boss Man
#JonTaffer
, but this particular week in San Antonio played out like a soap opera... tonight’s episode is not to be missed! 😱 Jon was on fire 🔥
My
@lyft
driver is playing Xmas music. I’m not ok w/this. Let’s get through Thanksgiving before we start Walkin’ in a Winter Wonderland with Annie Lennox. *I like Miss Lennox but let’s tap the breaks on this Xmas stuff cause baby it’s NOT cold outside! It’s a balmy 75! JUST NO.
Sometimes I go into a bathroom that encourages graffiti and get caught up in the messages and when I read things like “Crystal + Anthony 2010 ♥️” I wonder if they’re still together
Sometimes at the end of a long day the best thing I can do is share a glass of wine with my mom... over the phone. Even though she’s 3000 miles away I’ll always be there... 🍷
Ever go to your not usual grocery store and feel like you’ve walked into another dimension because nothing is where it’s *supposed* to be? It’s like an adventure... I just got myself a Kit Kat as a reward for making it out of there with the few things that I needed...
#weird
My dad sets the bar pretty high in terms of sentimental texts: "Hi Punk... Well, I suppose it was inevitable, but I just finished the last cookie... and I'm wondering how long it will be before you return and make some more... I miss you more than the cookies... Love, Pa" 💔
I’M GOING BACK TO PAGEANT-LAND! 👑 I have been selected to serve on the panel who will select Miss Michigan 2023 & Miss Michigan's Teen 2023 next month! I’m thrilled to be returning to the Miss America Organization as a judge!
#MissMichigan
#MissMichiganTeen
#MAO
Day
#17
.... Is this where we are now? What’s everyone doing? Hobbies? (Other than sourdough bread) Hygiene? Mental health? Home workouts? I’m here for ALL of it! I just started
@seinfeldtv
from Season 1 Ep 1... and while endlessly entertaining, I NEED HELP! 🆘
My mom and I are drinking champagne and CRANK CALLING my sister!
Literally BLOCKING our number and calling and hanging up after playing jingle bells, music, etc…
We think we’re so funny. 😆
#MyFamily
🍾🥂♥️
I just squeezed a lime into my cocktail and discovered a TINY cut on my finger... Only bartenders can recognize and internally know this feeling, and it’s the most significant/insignificant feeling that has made me miss my profession the most 💚
#Hospitality
#Bartenders
#Covid
I just ate Christmas cookies for dinner... because I’m an adult and it’s been that kind of day. But yay 2019! So much room to prove yourself as spectacular... and cookies help. 🍪🍪🍪
Woke up to a Google Alert telling me I was mentioned in an *article* 🙈😆🤷🏻♀️
Ummmm... thanks Google?
Feeling pretty humble... and confused by this random attention- as I drink my coffee in my glasses and flannel pajamas 😉
You know you’re a grown up/adult when: you don’t break into your parents liquor cabinet when they go to sleep... but you eat all the left-over CAKE! 🍰... and can enjoy a guilt-free beverage as you do so... 🤫🍷🥃 Thanks Mom & Pa!
Just for the record, it’s 10:22pm and I have spent the ENTIRE day in my pajamas... and it happens to have been one of my most productive days in a WHILE.
#SlothMode
#Thursday
#Hustle
A little personal PSA: put down your phone and have a human connection/interaction. Instead of watching movies or scrolling through the internet, I spent a 6hr flight chatting with my seatmate. She is fascinating and delightful and I made a new friend. Thank you
@kate_horwitz
😊
Buffalo cauliflower is the biggest/most disturbing creation of our time. As a wing/nugget connoisseur, I stand by this. Some things aren’t meant to be substituted.
In the same vein, some movies/tv shows aren’t meant to be remade/revived/resurrected.
Leave some classics alone.
After an exponentially difficult day sometimes all you need to reset your soul is to hang with a hilarious and loving 2.5yr old who thinks Auntie Mia is the JAM! 😆
It may be 2021, but we’re still in a pandemic, so I *may* be baking banana bread while also building a Kitty
#CobraKai
Dojo out of cardboard boxes at 10pm... Don’t judge. Or DO. I’ve stopped caring what you think of me.
#DryJanuary
💥
Birthday.
Non-Hostess: “Mia... party of... ONE?” 🥳
... 🙋🏻♀️ 🎈
Please send me pics of what’s making you happy these days! Pets, books, shows, movies... but keep it clean you pervs!