Atlanta

Laura Carson Miller is a freelance lifestyle writer and Atlanta native with her finger on the pulse of all the city’s hippest happenings. A seasoned beauty expert, fashion maven and a major league foodie, Laura lives to explore all of Atlanta’s hotspots. After years in the salon and spa business, Laura set out to make her mark as a writer by heeding the much repeated advice to “write what you know.” She currently writes for several websites, including Chic Galleria, and writes the E-magazine articles for the Raven Odara organic skin care site. She also has her own lifestyle blog, Your Stylish Life and writes for various magazines about lifestyle issues, including feature articles for salon and spa industry trade magazines.
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Boston

Kellie Speed is a freelance writer with more than 20 years experience as a travel writer. Her byline has appeared in a variety of local publications such as The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, The Patriot Ledger, South Shore Living, Cape Cod Magazine, Cape Cod Travel Guide, Community Newspapers and many national magazines as well. She also contributed to Moon Metro’s guidebook on Boston. Kellie can be reached at kkspeed@aol.com.
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Chicago

Courtney Lochner is a freelance writer living in the word’s birthplace of House music, Chi-town. Happily residing in one of the hippest cities in the world, she has also lived in Paris, Rio de Janeiro and Prague among many other cities. When she’s not cooking at home, Courtney hits Chicago’s nightlife scene, evaluates new restaurants and at any given time can be found in one of the city’s wine tastings. She is a fashion writer with AOL and contributes to many travel magazines and essay books such as Europe from a Backpack. The short film, Good Morning Baby (2005) starring Piper Perabo is based on her screenplay “No Return” and is roughly based on her life. Her highly anticipated novel Chasing Carmen Miranda will debut in 2011. When not in Chicago, Courtney can be found teaching hip-hop dance at Brazil’s top samba school in Rio de Janeiro or shopping in Paris.
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Dallas

Hilary Kennedy is the face of Dallas’ KFWD Channel 52, “Just Fun TV” and the US Youth Soccer Show on the FOX Soccer Channel, broadcasted in over 32 million homes. She is also a host of The Bite Network, a weekly entertainment show that airs in an array of dining establishments. Last year, Hilary published her first book, Career Diary of a TV Host: 30 Days on the Job and was voted one of the Ten Most Beautiful Women in Dallas by D Magazine. She began her career as the first female entertainment host for the Dallas Stars Hockey Team and the host of “Hot on Homes”. Hilary obtained her degree in Radio-Television-Film from TCU and has made guest appearances on the Rachel Ray Show and hosts the New Year’s Nation broadcast each year. She serves on the board of the Miss Dallas Scholarship Organization and is an active member of both The Women’s Auxiliary to Children’s Medical Center and the Junior League of Dallas. You can find her online at www.hilarykennedy.com.
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Denver

Ruth Tobias is a Denver-based freelance food, drink, and lifestyle writer and author of the blog Denveater. She has written for ZagatSurvey, Chow.com, The Denver Post, Denver Magazine, Sommelier Journal, and The Boston Globe, among many other publications.
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Los Angeles

Nikki Ganz is an actress and writer loving living in Los Angeles, California. She thrives on the fast pulse of city life and exploring tastes, adventures and art that excite and broaden her world and looks forward to sharing them with citybuzz readers. She has written extensively about her travels through Europe and Japan and has lived in New York City, Paris, and Los Angeles. Nikki loves the California lifestyle, a little beach rollerblading, yoga, and hiking to see above the city to the coast. She graduated summa cum laude from NYU, and The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater.
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Miami

Josie Gulliksen is a freelance writer and major arts advocate and enthusiast who loves everything cultural and is excited to live in such a thriving community as Miami. A Miami native, she was a journalist at a Miami weekly covering the arts community, calendar of events and restaurant scene, worked as a public relations professional in non-profit, travel and tourism and a science museum. She currently writes for several publications covering restaurants and travel to the Florida Keys as well as profiles on prominent Florida Keys personalities.
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New York

Katie Cizewski is a freelance food, travel, and fashion writer living in the East Village of New York. She is a graduate of the French Culinary Institute’s pastry arts program and of Columbia University’s engineering school before that. A gourmand that knows exactly what it takes to make a perfect croissant and a mechanical engineer that knows exactly how to make a bascule bridge open – her wealth of knowledge from which she writes is vast. In addition to writing for citybuzz she writes fashion pieces for YMI Jeanswear and authors her own blog. Her two greatest passions in life are traveling and cycling and if she is not behind a computer screen she is likely to be on a bicycle, in a foreign country, or both.
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Philadelphia

Juliet Abruzzese’s experience in culture and entertainment began at a young age while playing the violin and traveling with orchestras in the US and Europe. Juliet continues to work in the entertainment industry on the other side of the stage as an agent for some of the biggest names in the performing arts today. This self-proclaimed foodie is thrilled by the ever-expanding Philadelphia restaurant scene and always hungry for more. A sucker for good books, fine wine, and a mean mac-and-cheese, Juliet resides outside of the city with her husband Drew, a restaurateur, and their awesome dog Sonny.
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San Francisco

Shakira Mongul is a freelance writer form San Francisco who has an undying passion for living life to the fullest. After spending several years abroad in Europe, Shakira has developed an even deeper love and appreciation for her native city. Always on the look out for the best new hangouts and hot spots, she spends a great deal of time evaluating various events, venues, and finding the best places to both relax and party! When Shakira is not searching San Francisco for the next best thing, she is writing about up and coming musicians from the bay area and beyond.
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Washington D.C.

Laura Boyd is a twenty-something professional embracing the finer things in Washington, DC.  As an associate for the city’s premier catering and events firm by day and a Food Network junkie by night, Laura’s knowledge of the city’s chicest event venues combined with her taste for gourmet food give her the eye and the ear for the latest travel trends. Well-traveled from her time studying in London, this native has discovered the hidden gourmet delights of DC.  Find her on weekends combing through Eastern Market’s produce stalls or visiting the city’s newest hotspots. In her free time, Laura is working on her yet to be named cookbook and enjoying life in Georgetown.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles Jessica Ingber

Jessica Ingber is a freelance writer from Los Angeles who enjoys everything from finding new restaurants to the best shopping finds. As a graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a degree in English, Jessica made sure to hurry home to L.A.where she could enjoy the best restaurants, nightlife and entertainment a city could deliver. Her fascination with discovering new places to explore allow her to combine her passions for food, shopping and writing as she takes to Citybuzz to document her travels. As she is constantly writing about new and exciting places, she is relentless to find which Los Angeles eatery really does serve the best cheeseburger.

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Philadelphia

Kristen Celins has a huge passion for media, but an even bigger love for Philadelphia! Born, raised, and currently residing in the Philadelphia area- Kristen knows the city like the back of her hand. Currently she serves as a back-up traffic reporter for local NBC10 affiliate WCAU, and previously worked for a popular Philadelphia top-40 radio station, Wired 96.5, as an Account Manager. Last year, she left to New York City to work at NBC Universal as an NBC Page. Her experience in New York City was outstanding but inevitably her love for the city of brotherly love brought her back. Her return has made her even more anxious to explore new vibrant places, and to seek out hidden gems that are sure to create a buzz!