Daily Candy: Blue's Clues
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.
Melissa Bradley Diskin is an Atlanta blogger and freelance writer focusing on food, travel, style, bridal and parenting topics.
Currently blogging at:
- Drop The Baby Weight, my personal journey about dropping postpartum pudge and dealing with PPD
Past blogging:
- Skintillating, on skincare
- Air Kisses, on beauty and celebrity style
- Brides.com's Atlanta Local Scout blog
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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Coming Soon:
- a review of Allison Winn Scotch's latest novel, "Time of My Life," for Points North Magazine
- a review of Toni's Casa Napoli in Dunwoody for Points North Magazine
- 4 short books for Weight Watchers -- these are the books you get when you sign up for WW
- More Daily Candy pieces and a restaurant review for Points North
- A review of "Goldengrove" by Francine Prose
I'm also a practicing information architect, and I used to teach writing and critical thinking at Georgia Tech.
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June 22, 2009
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.
June 17, 2009
Daily Candy: Float Your Boat
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.
April 01, 2009
Daily Candy: Smell Ya Later
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.
February 10, 2009
Daily Candy: PS, I Love You
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.
November 11, 2008
Daily Candy: The Right to Bare Arms
Tell me these running sleeves aren't the coolest. They even look good off the track. Read more after the jump.
October 17, 2008
Daily Candy: Tacos, Macked
Another recent Daily Candy piece, on Shaun Doty's new gig as consulting chef of The Original El Taco.
September 27, 2008
Daily Candy: Charleston in Charge
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.
September 13, 2008
Black Book Jet Set Guide 2008
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!
Book Review: The Girl Who Stopped Swimming by Joshilyn Jackson
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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September 12, 2008
Atlanta Peach: makeup maven Tracy Ewell
A recent double-spread Peach Patrol for Atlanta Peach Magazine's May issue on local makeup maven Tracy Ewell...
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