WRITING FOR TWO

February 2019

WRITING FOR TWO

MARDI GRAS MAMBO Happy (almost) Mardi Gras! As we approach this most joyous time of year, dance krewes all over the city are deep in preparation mode, getting ready to entertain...

Erin Hall

January 2019

WRITING FOR TWO

DEAR EMMETT Now that we’ve survived the first year of parenthood, my husband John and I are finally allowing ourselves to think about what the next 10 to 20 years will look like...

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December 2018

WRITING FOR TWO

HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY Well, we did it. We managed to keep another human being—a very tiny, helpless one—alive for a full year. On December 8th, we celebrate Emmett’s...

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December 2018

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Erin Hall, Gregory Manson, Happy Burbeck, Holly Devon, Nick Pope, Robert Dean, Steven Melendez, William Archambeault

November 2018

WRITING FOR TWO

APPLES & KUMQUATS As we approach Emmett’s first birthday in December, we’re starting to look back at everything this year has held for us. We regularly marvel at the fact...

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October 2018

WRITING FOR TWO

LET’S GET PHYSICAL Before I had a child, I had no understanding of the true scope of physical development that babies undergo in their first year of life. When you stop to think...

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September 2018

WRITING FOR TWO

MOTHER’S MILK There are a lot of “hot button” topics in the world of motherhood: vaccines, circumcision, sleep training. But the most deeply-rooted and emotional of these...

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July 2018

WRITING FOR TWO

FLUFF LIFE There are so many different schools of parenting these days that it is dizzying. From my pregnancy, to my birth plan, to the way I’ve cared for my son since he...

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June 2018

WRITING FOR TWO

DADDY ISSUES Like Mother’s Day before it, Father’s Day is rife with all sorts of warring emotions. Some people have difficult relationships with their fathers. They may be...

Erin Hall

June 2018

A LITTLE POCKET OF MADNESS: DISHING DIRT WITH GROUPIE ICON PAMELA DES BARRES

When I was a teenager, my idea of a wild night was drinking a bottle of Zima in a field in rural Alabama. When Pamela Des Barres was a teenager, she was sitting atop the amplifier...

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May 2018

WRITING FOR TWO

LEAVING ON A JET PLANE It was a sight to behold. Every time we told someone we were planning to take a cross-country trip with our 4 month-old son, they looked at us with a...

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April 2018

WRITING FOR TWO

THE NEW “NORMAL” We’ve finally exited what’s called the fourth trimester, and our son is now much more “alert baby” and much less “confused squishy thing.” With...

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