Meet
Sarah, Fred and Guy
Sarah Hoover is a writer, cultural critic, and former Gagosian director. She’s the bestselling author of the memoir The Motherload, which is being adapted into what will no doubt be a hit television series.
She’s also the mother of two, Guy (8) and Winifred (Fred, 2), whom she shares with the artist Tom Sachs. The way she moves between art, motherhood, and culture feels effortlessly chic and endlessly inspiring.
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Sarah and Fred
Sarah and Fred
Rachelle: What did you get embroidered on your cashmere cardigan?
Sarah: This is so cool. I'm keeping this.
Rachelle: You're keeping it, for sure.
Sarah: This embroidery says "The Motherload," which is the title of my book, which is about him.
Rachelle: I love that.
Guy: Boring.
Rachelle: What's your five-minute escape fantasy from being a mom?
Sarah: All I have is five minutes?
Rachelle: Mm-hmm.
Guy: Okay, well, or just your survival hack.
Sarah: Okay. Sneaking away for a mani, mani pedi.
Rachelle: What's something that you really like about your mom?
Guy: Uh.
Sarah: You better be able to answer that.
Guy: Uh.
Sarah: Do I feed you? Do I keep you alive? Do I make a good steak?
Guy: Um, you let me play video games.
Sarah: Ha. Once in a while, once in a blue moon.
Rachelle: What's your favorite NYC day?
Sarah: My dream day in New York would be to wake up and walk with my kids to get a coffee at The Elk on Mott Street. I would get the honey cinnamon cappuccino. I am addicted. I think cinnamon's, like, better than chocolate. Then I would take them to the park, we would all go out to brunch at The Waverly Inn and then he would go skateboarding and she and I would go shopping.
We would all meet up at McNally Jackson. We would all get new books, and then we would go to Bar Pitti for dinner.
Rachelle: I love that.
Sarah: Bump into you guys.
Rachelle: Pitti is the best.
Rachelle: What surprised you the most about motherhood?
Sarah: It's a different part of your brain that you have to use, I think, than work or other things that I've been passionate about in my life, and it teaches you so much patience.
Rachelle: Mm.
Sarah: It's, so good for you to use that part of your brain.
Rachelle: What's your favorite thing about being a mom?
Sarah: Um, these two are amazing, and I love watching them become people. They're, like, so impressive. They're so much more advanced than I ever was at either of their ages.
