Sarah K
Date
Time
Place
Slugi
September 22, 2025
6:00pm
Lower Manhattan, NY
“Bullet”
Slug & The City.
SK.
This one was special. Yes, the photos were great, of course the video was cool, but this story went beyond Slug. It hit Family. It hit Life. This is the Slug Story of Sarah K.
It was Monday, September 22nd, and I had walked into the Roxy Hotel in Lower Manhattan. I was setting up for a Slug Shoot with an old friend, Sarah. I had not seen Sarah in many, many years… probably since high school. But over the course of the year, I noticed she had been showing interest in Slug. I went on Sarah‘s Instagram profile and knew right away she was a Slugger. Maybe it was her sense of style, maybe it was her Moroccan roots (Morocco being one of my favorite places). I don’t know what it was, but I had a hunch to ask her if she would like to be in a shoot. After a brief couple of messages back-and-forth we set up a plan to meet on September 22nd.
Eavesdropping Disguised as Observing (Enter: Neha)
When I arrived at The Roxy, a place I frequent for its swanky ambience, good drinks, and live music, I sat down at a booth right next to a pool table. There was a girl and guy playing, and after hearing their conversation, I thought they were on a first date. After the game ended and they shook hands, the girl asked the man what he did for a living. The man said he owned a bagel shop on Tompkins. She said which one, to which he said Pop-Up Bagels. This guy owned Pop-Up bagels?! He was the most unassuming dude ever playing pool at 5 o’clock on a Monday. What a life. He even said he would hook her up with bagels whenever she went there. A couple of minutes later, the girl asked me to play. As I was preparing for the shoot in a few minutes, my mind began to say no to her offer. However, at the time in life, I had been listening to an audiobook, “The Game of Life and How to Play It”, and one of the big messages in the book was to accept gifts and offerings. I took this opportunity to say yes, and we played. Her name was Neha and she was from Delaware. She was easy to talk to, and I felt the urge to ask if she had a dream. She said, “Damn that’s deep”, LOL. She said she loved trying new restaurants and loved rating them on this app I never heard of. In that moment, I offered her something. “Would you like to write for our brand?” “Brand of what?”, she asked. “Brand of Slugs!” “Slugs?” “Yeah, Slugs”. “What’s that?” Luckily, I had about five Slugs on me in preparation for the shoot. I showed her them and she got it right away. The language, the style, the use, the flavor. She said she was in PR and asked if I had a PR person. I said “You’re looking at him”. Again, she gave a gracious offer: she’d ask her PR friends if they’d be able to help me. I accepted. I told her we were having a shoot in 15 minutes and if she wanted to stick around. She accepted. Giving and Receiving at its finest. We finished up our game and waited until Sarah arrived.
Wide-Eyed Realizations.
Sarah walked in just after we finished the game. We chatted for a bit, introduced her to Neha and got right to it. Sarah was a real natural. She had mentioned to me she'd model before, and was very interested in acting. Her big brown eyes and expressiveness totally lend to her dreams of being on the big screen. The shoot was very easy. Neha helped and headed home. We got our shots and we wrapped up.
After the shoot, Sarah and I grabbed a drink in the lounge. We talked about all kind of things: our backgrounds, our culture, the current state of the world. Sarah really enlightened me on some aspects of politics I had turned a blind eye to. I try to stay out of politics because it can be quite depressing and divisive. But she described that not paying attention to politics is a privilege. That one that hit hard. I went on to talk about my grandfather, a big political advocate in his life, who I actually had be refraining from speaking with for the past couple of weeks or so, due to a disagreement we had. Sarah gave it to me straight. She explained that despite the love we have for our family members, due to their own life experiences, there are certain things that they can not understand or accept. However, having empathy for one another’s experiences, and being open to having conversations about them, is what creates understanding. Pretty much saying - I should call up my grandfather and make amends.
We ended the night walking through the city until she got on her bus. Inspired by her wisdom, I called my grandpa immediately. He answered but said he would call me back, as he was at dinner having a martini. I think he’s doing all right. Thank you Sarah for not only supporting Slug, but for supporting and standing up to what is right. Directors, Producers, Activist Organizations, holla at the girl Sarah K.
