After being cooped up in your house for months on end, the perfect antidote will be a weekend on the lake. But first, you’ll need the perfect boat for your trip. The 2021 Arkansas Marine Expo can help you out with that dilemma. From Fri., Jan. 29 through Sunday, Jan. 31, the Marine…
Arkansas doesn’t earn the title “The Natural State” for nothing. Our state has some of the most beautiful natural features in the country with a geographically diverse layout. If the pandemic has been good for anything, it’s been the chance to appreciate the freedom of being in nature. With so many state parks and…
Dillard’s Inc. is launching a new dress collection, designed by New York-based team Alex and Michael Toccin, the minds behind Toccin NY. Entitled LDT, this exclusive line will be featured at 100 Dillard’s stores and on its online store. Dresses will be available in sizes 0 through 14 with the possibility of extended sizing…
toxic person (n.) – someone who brings you down more than up; prevents you from moving forward; does not belong in your life In this day and age, the need to be accepted by every single person is a driving force in young people’s lives. There is a misconception that you have to fit…
At the end of each month, I will take a look back at all of the wonderful things I have eaten over the past thirty days. Here are my top 10 dishes in January. Mixtape (Veggie Supreme) Pizza at Certified Pies I enjoyed this thin, buttery crust pizza topped with a subtly sweet sauce, five-cheese…
For this week’s Thirsty Thursday, AY About You sits down with Ashley Price, general manager at Fassler Hall. Fassler Hall was founded by a restaurant group called McNellie’s Group, which owns and operates 20 different establishments in Oklahoma and Arkansas. The owners and founders of the group were visiting German brew houses in Munich…
For this week’s Woman Wednesday, AY About You sits down with Melanie Mata. Mata is an assistant professor of nursing at Arkansas State University. Originally from Flint, Mich., Mata obtained her bachelor’s of nursing from the University of Michigan, and her master’s degree in nursing from Michigan State University. Mata had been a nurse…
To ensure a few more years on planet Earth, we need to collectively look into a few environmental practices that can positively affect the world around us. Of those is the lost art of composting. Composting is the natural decay of vegetation with the assistance of microorganisms. Composts are best effective when balanced between…
No one loves a made-up holiday more than I. So whoever designated today National Chocolate Cake Day deserves some kind of medal. Some kind of dark chocolate medal. But until then, I have found what the internet says is the “best chocolate cake ever.” And I believe the internet, don’t you? If someone…
For the past month, soups and chili have been keeping us warm as we’ve eaten out way through some of the best that Arkansas has to offer. But there’s one more stop on the Soup and Chili Bucket List tour, and it’s a big one. This week, AY Publisher Heather Baker and KARK host…
