{Local Biz Love} Check out these businesses that help you be your best self September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, and to help battle the ugly statistic that one in seven men will get prostate cancer in their lifetime, the local nonprofit ProstAware will hold its annual fundraiser, the Blue Ties Luncheon, in Buckhead on Sept. 10. Your attendance funds programs that generate awareness about how early detection can save lives. Details: Flourish, 3143 Maple Dr. NE., Atlanta; www.prostaware.org/blue-ties
Photography by (top right) Heidi Harris, (bottom left) Jack Deese. Photos courtesy of (middle left) Caren West PR, (bottom right) Liz Carlile.
Mark your calendar for Aug. 21-22, folks, because you’ve got plans. The annual Piedmont Park Arts Festival is back, offering a weekend’s worth of live music, children’s activities, food trucks and an expansive artist market featuring the works of more than 250 painters, photographers, glassblowers and more. Details: Piedmont Park, Atlanta; www.piedmontparkartsfestival.com
Around-the-clock medical care? That’s what you get through national, membershipbased primary care provider One Medical, which now has three offices in the Atlanta area. In addition to in-office visits, which are billed to your insurance as usual, a $199 a year membership provides you with a suite of free virtual services available to you 24/7/365, including on-demand video visits, mental health assistance and prescription refills. Details: www.onemedical.com
A VISIT TO THE PIEDMONT PARK ARTS FESTIVAL IS AN ANNUAL PILGRIMAGE FOR MANY ATLANTANS.
Perhaps nothing says summer more than a fresh, juicy Georgia peach. The Georgia Peach Truck is the state’s original farm-to-street truck,
distributing genuine Georgia peaches to farmers markets throughout Atlanta. It also delivers bags and boxes of peaches straight to people’s doorsteps on its annual summer and holiday road trips across the East Coast. Details: www.georgiapeachtruck.com bestselfatlanta.com
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Atlantan Liz Carlile, host of the popular parenting podcast Motherhood Unstressed, has released her first book, “Motherhood Unstressed: Daily Meditations on Motherhood Self-Care, and the Art of Living a Life You Love.” A daily source of inspiration, it provides what one reader called “a touchstone in my day for nurturing greater self-love and inner peace.” Details: www.motherhoodunstressed.com AUGUST / SEPTEMBER 2021
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