@BrittneyFaulisi

It’s a sweet life for Brittney Rumbaugh, or @brittneyfaulisi, as her 12K+ Instagram followers know her. She’s the daughter of Schenectady Fire Department Deputy Chief Doug Faulisi, who retired last year after a 32-year-career serving the community.

Brittney’s distinctive dark hair and classic red lips pop in well-posed portraits and face forward photos showcasing fashion, travel, fitness, and food. Her polished aspirational content is a visually striking archive of friends, family, and the activities they do together.

In 2024, Brittney eloped with fellow Schenectady firefighter James Rumbaugh. Their public ceremony was last year, and now, Brittney, a social media manager, content creator, and the founder of Social Edit by Britt, @socialeditbybritt, is falling in love with behind-the-scenes bridal shoots.

“I have so much fun doing events. I genuinely love being involved in the behind-the-scenes of someone’s special event,” said Brittney. “I’ve always had an eye for capturing what other people don’t see.”

Brittney is also committed to her faith. “I’m here to glorify Jesus in anything I do in life. My values come from the Lord and I’m never going to compromise that,” she said. Brittney grew up in a traditional Catholic Italian household but started attending the non-denominational Christian Grace Fellowship Church in Latham while she was still in high school.  She was called to encourage others to hold Jesus close to their hearts and has been a leader in their high school youth ministry for eight years.

In her newest venture, Brittney is sharing all there is to love about the region in @WhenUpstate. “I love the Capital Region. I’m her biggest fan and I want everybody to see Upstate NY as I do…the beautiful scenery, the busy summer season, and ALL there is to do here!”

@SaucySuraci

In just three and a half years, Kristen Suraci’s local jaunts on @SaucySuraci have rocketed her to Insta Stardom. These fun posts feature easily digestible bites of information that quickly satisfy 40K+ followers while keeping them coming back and asking for more.

In her business spotlights, Kristen playfully beams confidence and an infectiously positive, outgoing spirit. Through her listicle-style format, Kristen offers a fresh take on local food and activities along with the delectable footage of stretchy cheese and oozing sauces that triggers the brain’s pleasure centers in all the right places.

Crafting digital campaigns solo however, has the Schenectady native pulled in many different directions, she said. Ninety percent of the businesses now featured on SaucySuraci reach out to her for coverage, but today’s digital town square stretches for miles. What a lot of clients don’t realize at first, added Kristen, an accomplished social media and marketing specialist, is that it can take weeks or months of planning before she ever walks through their door. She’s also paid for her work. Once onsite, she shoots 20 times more footage than she’ll need, then edits and creates the graphics for each post herself. It’s not uncommon for her to spend six hours creating one 60-second reel.

Still, Kristen says, she’d go back and eat at any of the restaurants featured on her page again.

This spring, Kristen is excited to be working with Lia Auto Group on her car buying journey. In addition to discovering the ins and outs of the business, she’s raising awareness about all the good Lia does for the communities its dealerships are located in.

A budding entrepreneur, Kristen also sells SaucySuraci merchandise, including a line
of homemade Saucy Syrups for ice cream, coffee, or her signature Espresso Martinis.
For more information and to purchase, visit www.saucysuraci.com.

@The_Little_FrenchGirl

“At the end of the day, the only thing that matters is making life as pleasant as possible,” says Agathe Doyon, a woman who mindfully cultivates pleasure by embracing life’s very special je ne sais quois on her Instagram page @the_little_frenchgirl.

Agathe grew up splitting her time between Saratoga Springs and Montreal. She attended Waldorf School of Saratoga Springs for pre-K to 12th grade, is multilingual (speaking both French and German), and graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology in 2020 during the COVID pandemic.

C'est la vie! Facing the harsh realities of a changing job market and the weight of other’s opinions about what she should do, Agathe decided to make the things she loves work for her, took a leap, and launched @the_little_frenchgirl as a curated online vintage boutique.

In the six years since, this page, and her TikTok
@thelittlefrenchgirl, have evolved into an elegant “day in the life” experience for their followers. Agathe is an “old soul” with a youthful energy who uses her platform to highlight what the French lifestyle is all about - the finer things that surround us and exemplify the art of living life to the fullest.

“Once you decide what you want for yourself, it starts coming in with speed, overwhelmingly confirming your vision,” said Agathe. As a content strategist for both American and Canadian-based beauty, lifestyle, and hospitality brands, Agathe reveals the secret to living well to an even larger audience. 

By savoring the small, simple pleasures of a romanticized life – from an apéritif on the porch with friends, to the joy of an exquisitely crafted tabletop accessory, Agathe proves that perfection exists once you take time to nurture beauty and notice all the little things that make everyday life extraordinary.