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Contact me: melissadiskin-at-gmail.com
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I write about Atlanta and the Southeast, style, food, travel, bridal and parenting topics, and the hotel and restaurant industry. I've also written about saving for college, organic food regulations, boosting your career, keeping your home clean for baby, and other consumer issues.
I've been published in the Black Book Jet Set Guide, Brides.com, CNN.com, Daily Candy, Atlanta Peach, Points North, Flavors, Atlanta Parent, Grandparents.com, Writers Weekly, Not For Tourists, Athens Magazine, and many other publications.
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I'm also a practicing information architect, and I used to teach writing and critical thinking at Georgia Tech.
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You say you can't rest til you've seen hamsters in American Gothic dress? Searching for the perfect gift for your animal-loving friend? Check out these cute animal prints by Cindy Jerrell.
Read my piece at Daily Candy or view it here after the jump.
If you haven't trekked out to Whippoorwill Hollow Farm lately, make the trip! It's prime blueberry-picking time. Read my piece (a little different from my usual) at Daily Candy or view it here after the jump.
Float is a blissful spa experience with a new take on massage and other beauty-wellness treatments -- not as luxuries but as affordable treats that can fit into any budget. Read the piece at Daily Candy or view it here after the jump.
At last! I wrote this piece on a blanket that is poot-retardant ages ago and Daily Candy was just waiting for them to go into production to publish it. Read it at Daily Candy or view it after the jump.
Here's my latest Daily C -- cute little notes from Heidi Geldhauser that you can leave for your sweetie (or anyone) to find. Read it at Daily Candy or view it after the jump.
I went to Charleston on a babymoon and had a blast (well, as much as you can blast when you're 5 months pregnant).... click further in to read my piece here, or go straight to Daily Candy Travel to read it there.
The Black Book Atlanta Jet-Set guide for Black Book magazine -- this is a gift guide you can buy at Intermix, with fabulous clubs, restaurants, and shops to see and explore in major cities around the country. I updated and rewrote the Atlanta section!
I recently reviewed Joshilyn Jackson's novel "The Girl Who Stopped Swimming" for Points North Magazine. Read the review after the jump...
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