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Portfolio by Mariana Cook: A Couple in Chicago: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker
On May 26, 1996, Mariana Cook visited Barack and Michelle Obama in Hyde Park as part of a photography project on couples in America. What follows is excerpted from her interviews with them. M ICHELLE O BAMA: There is a strong possibility that Barack will pursue a political career, although it’s ...
Maternity Dept.: Baby Food: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker
newyorker.com — There are some new rules governing what used to be called “mother’s milk,” or “breast milk,” including one about what to call it when it’s no longer in a mother’s breast. A term, then, nomenclatural: “expressed human milk” is milk that has been ... (more) Maternity Dept.: Baby Food: Reporting & Essays: The New ...
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Obamas Decorating, Dining, and Dashing
MomLogic — ... to be their man. "I would love to redecorate the White House--I am sick of the paint color!" Smith told Domino Magazine last April. His client list includes Steven Spielberg, Rupert Murdoch, Cindy Crawford and Richard Gere. And now it includes No Drama Obama, too. It seems like the Obamas have always been hot. The New Yorker dug up an old picture and interview of the Obamas from back in the day. Barack talks about hanging out in bed with Michelle and she muses about the possibility of a life in politics. "There is a strong possibility that Barack will pursue a political ...

In praise of abandonment
Cheerio Road — ... I read a fascinating piece in The New Yorker the other day. It became more fascinating days after I read it, as the implications surfaced in all kinds of other events right before my eyes. It's from an interview more than 10 years ago of the young Obama couple. It's delightfully honest, because you can see the truth and trajectory in what they say long before it was made known to them or to us. ...

Dress to impress (yourself)
Babyccino — ... with my son, I looked awful. Then I decided to buy some decent clothes of a larger size (so that I could ditch the pregnancy trousers) and a lovely, colourful handbag and I started feeling normal again. In a way, the same logic from the article applies to women who have just had a baby: do try to make an effort to look nice even if your baby is the only one seeing you that day. As the journalist says… you are the important person to impress! -Michela p.s. look who seems to be using knee socks ! Entry Filed under: ...

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