Accidental Mama

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 Dîner en Blanc A tradition started in Paris 27 years ago reaches Pittsburgh Sept. 11 with Dîner en Blanc, a creative event that requires attendees to wear white from head to toe and dine picnic style at a mysterious place. The setting for picnic season’s last big hurrah is only revealed upon arrival. Registered guests [...]

by Sarah Lolley Her long snores and sighs are still humming in my ears as I begin to write Porcia’s story. The light in her big eyes has dulled but not dimmed. So I tell her story to come closer to saying good-bye and letting go. It’s hard to judge how much pain she is [...]

When: September 5, 2014 Where: North Shore Riverfront Amphitheater at Rivers Casino What: Party at the Pier, celebrating 15 years renovating and innovating Pittsburgh’s riverfronts Benefiting: Riverlife, urban riverfront development Tickets: $125 each/ $250 couple Promotion:Send us pix of your family or friends enjoying the riverfront and win two tickets to the party! Honoring Pittsburgh’s Golden [...]

This year the Accidental Mama crew added the Ferdinand Ball which benefits Old Friends and the retirement of thoroughbred racing horses. A.M.’s Sarah Lolley chats with the founding sisters Kim Boyle and Aimee Boyle Wulfeck.   Interview Ferdinand Ball Founding Sisters 2014 from Sarah Lolley on Vimeo. This was the second year I got to [...]

 By Sarah Lolley, Accidental Mama Jockey Rosie Napravnik looked seriously at the silent auction table, writing her name down a second time for a painted pony plate. Catching her attention by waving a microphone in front of her face I waited beside her while she made her bids. She stands 5’ 1” but can peer [...]

Posted on www.ManiacMagazine.com By Sarah Lolley, Accidental Mama The Kentucky Derby is easily one of the standards on a bucket list to those with a fast pulse and streak of adventure. This mama grew up around the Woodstock-esque atmosphere of Derby Mania when my girlfriends and I would skip school and quite recklessly offer rides [...]

By Sarah Lolley A theatrical party on a grand scale, Attack Theatre’s Dirty Ball is at the top of Pittsburgh’s short list of must-be-seen-wearing-a-crazy-outfit, or as little as possible, events. The last time this mama got down and dirty at the annual fundraiser, I was six months pregnant the weekend before I was running down [...]

   The Art World owns the Night published in Maniac Magazine Jan/Feb 2014 issue by Sarah Lolley Carnegie International Gala Oct. 4, 2013 Photos: Kathleen Lolley The 2013 Carnegie International curators Daniel Baumann, Dan Byers, and Tina Kukielski inspired by the discourse of art and its relationship with its surroundings, transformed the Carnegie Museum into a [...]