The blog entitled the Greed of Green has been taken down because of a Cease and Desist Letter from lawyers representing E. Sota (Riverside Development) and Diana Lynn (One80 Real Estate). It was never my intent to cause “defamation per se”. My husband and I bought a home from Ernie and Diana. It is lawful [...]
My 9-11: How I changed my life on that day
There are ghosts haunting the streets of NYC this weekend and although I have tried to avoid reliving the sadness, loss, and anger of Sept 11th there are some aspects of those emotions that are the origins of my current happiness. In 2001 I graduated from NYU with a Masters in Journalism. I was renting [...]
A Fashion Story
In honor of this Friday’s fashion event that will benefit Partners for Quality I give you a fashion story by me Last September, I had so many cocktails at the Pittsburgh Fashion Story charity function held at J Verno Studios in the South Side that I filled my nursing anatomy with vodka infused leche the [...]
Cirque du Soleil and the Evolution of Life in My Womb
Accidental Mama Goes to the Circus by Sarah Lolley My impending doom hit me on the opening night of Cirque du Soleil’s Totem performance, which was also my husband Patrick’s 36th birthday. It was a rainy night that made lakes of puddles and turned the rain into pelting water bombs. As we found our seats, [...]
UNCUT – In Defense of the Foreskin
The last we left my story I had gotten knocked up again, luckily by my husband. It was an accident so I like using the term “knocked up.” It kind of reminds me of backing into someone’s car and causing a dent, but way more life changing. After humorous trips to New Orleans and Miami [...]
Accidental Mom – Part 3
Mamas Gone Wild – First Appeared in the Oct/Nov Issue of Maniac Magazine There are two kinds of accidental moms. The first is the girl that gets pregnant and changes their reckless ways for good, like changing their stripper profession for teaching math. The second are those that secretly wanted to have kids but are not [...]
Accidental Mom – Part 2
A Shotgun Wedding and a Dramatic Entrance By Sarah Lolley The sequel to the first installment of the Accidental Mom starts off with hormonal changes and ends with a dramatic entrance also riddled with hormones. As a fellow friend of mine said to me after hearing I was pregnant, I was about to lose control [...]
The Accidental Mom: Part 1
ADVENTURES IN A LIFE TRANSITIONING FROM PARTY TIME TO POOPY DIAPERS Shortened Version appears in the June/July 2010 issue of Maniac Magazine It was the summer of 2007 and I was participating in Pittsburgh’s 50 Finest Singles fundraising campaign for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. I was working for a real estate development company based in [...]
Mama goes to New York Fashion Week
Fashion Week Presents Unusual Challenges NEW YORK — Despite the snow that blanketed the city at the start of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week last Thursday, attendees arrived at Bryant Park already nostalgic for the 17-year-old venue (the shows will move to Lincoln Center next season). I showed up five-months pregnant, curious about the glamorous sect. After [...]