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        • Boulevard Bread Company
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        • Boudreaux’s Grill and Bar
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      • Local Lime
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      • The Fold Botanas and Bar
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      • Adora Curry
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      • About You Magazine Named Platinum Media Sponsor for 68th Annual Home Show
        • 68th Annual Home Show 2020
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            • Bosley Construction: The Preserve at the Woodlands
            • Schrader Homes
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            • Light Innovations: A Better Way To Light
            • Brandy Harp: Principal Broker of Jon Underhill Real Estate
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      • Intriguing Women
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      • AY’s Cutest Dogs 2019
      • Runway: A Look Back
  • Food/Drink
    • Bucket Lists
      • Original Arkansas Bucket List
      • Appetizers
        • Faded Rose
        • Kemuri
        • Lost Forty
        • Yaya’s Euro Bistro
      • Breakfast and Brunch Bucket List
        • Petit & Keet
        • Root Cafe
      • BBQ
        • BBQ Bucket List
        • Whole Hog Cafe NLR
        • Smokin’ Buns
        • Hawgz Blues Café
        • Count Porkula
      • Catfish
        • Catfish Bucket List
        • Cathead’s Diner
        • BJ’s Market Cafe
      • Chicken Wings
        • Great American Wings
        • Sauce(d)
      • Dive Bucket List
      • Farm Fresh
        • Boulevard Bread Company
        • Local Lime
        • Root Cafe
      • Festivals Bucket List
      • Food Trucks
        • Delta Biscuit Company
        • The Lab Food Truck
        • Tacos Godoy
      • Holiday Food Bucket List
        • Burge’s Hickory Smoked Turkeys and Hams
        • Lindsey’s Hospitality House
        • Taylors’ Made Cafe
        • YGFBFKitchen
      • Pasta
        • Bruno’s Little Italy
        • Graffiti’s Italian Restaurant
        • Ristorante Capeo
      • Pies
        • Blue Cake Co. / Honey Pies
        • Charlotte’s Eats & Sweets
        • Community Bakery
        • Rosalia’s Family Bakery
      • Pizza Bucket List
        • Deluca’s Pizza
        • Old Mill Pizza
        • Pizza Cafe
        • U.S. Pizza
      • Salad Bucket List
        • Cheers in the Heights
        • Scallions
        • Taziki’s Mediterranean Café
        • ZAZA Fine Salad and Wood Oven Pizza Co.
      • Sandwich Bucket List
        • Boulevard Bread Company
        • Cross Creek Sandwich Shop
        • Gadwall’s Grill
      • Seafood
        • Boudreaux’s Grill and Bar
        • Eat My Catfish
        • Lakewood Fish & Seafood House
        • Oceans at Arthur’s
      • Soup/Chili Bucket List
        • Baja Grill
        • Cheers in the Heights
        • Scallions
      • Southern Plates Bucket List
        • Charlotte’s Eats and Sweets
        • Cotham’s in the City
        • Cypress Social
        • Maddie’s Place
      • Steak
        • Steak Bucket List
        • Bone’s Chophouse LR
        • Arthur’s Prime Steakhouse
        • Sonny Williams’ Steak Room
        • Cache Restaurant
      • Taco
        • Taco Bucket List
        • Baja Grill
        • Cantina Laredo
        • Mexico Chiquito
        • Tacos 4 Life
    • Top Five Restaurants
      • Fort Smith
      • Russellville
    • Fry Day
      • David’s Burgers
      • Doe’s Eat Place
      • Dugan’s Pub
      • The Faded Rose Restaurant
      • The Pantry
      • The Root Cafe
      • Twisted Fries
    • Recipe Monday
    • Taco Tuesday
      • Baja Grill
      • Casa Mañana
      • Heights Taco & Tamale Co.
      • Local Lime
      • Tacos 4 Life
      • Tacos El Gordo
      • Tacos Godoy
      • The Fold Botanas and Bar
    • Thirsty Thursday
      • Abbi’s Teas & Things
      • Diamond Bear Brewing Company
      • East Sixth Brewing Co.
      • Flyway Brewing
      • The Grind Coffee Bistro
      • Guillermo’s Gourmet Coffee
      • The Library Kitchen and Lounge
      • Nexus Coffee & Creative
      • Nutrition Hub
      • Post Winery
      • The Purple Cow
      • River City Coffee
  • Home/Garden
  • Arts/Culture/People
    • Intriguing Women 2020
    • Made in Arkansas
      • Aromatique
      • Fischer’s Honey Company
      • James Hayes Art Glass Company
      • Natural Way Food Group
      • Organized Chaos Collection
      • Ouachita Chocolate
      • Pink House Alchemy
      • Wicked Mix and Wicked Minis
    • Men of Distinction 2020
    • Wednesday’s Women
      • Adora Curry
      • Anna Beth Gorman
      • Ashley Childers
      • Beth Goodrich
      • Jan Lewandowski
      • Nashwa Krisht
      • Regina Taylor
      • Shalonda Michelle
      • Summer Khairi
      • Taren Robinson
  • Health
  • Travel
  • Contests/ Nominations
    • AY’s Best 2021 Nominations
    • Nominate a Wednesday’s Woman
    • Nominate AY’s 2021 Intriguing Women
    • Nominate in AY’s Readers’ Restaurant Poll 2021
  • More
    • Subscribe to AY Print Magazine
    • Subscribe to AY’s newsletter
    • Custom Publications
    • Men of Distinction 2020
    • Submit Your Event For Our Online Calendar
    • About Us
    • Mental Health Guide
    • Digital Issues
    • COVID19
    • Archive
      • Faces of Arkansas 2019
      • Best Realtors 2019
      • About You Magazine Named Platinum Media Sponsor for 68th Annual Home Show
        • 68th Annual Home Show 2020
          • All About Home
            • Arkansas Flower and Garden Show
            • Beyond Brick
            • Bosley Construction
            • Brandy Harp
            • Financial And Professional Services
            • Game Time Wraps
            • Gary Houston Electric
            • Green Living
            • Hartness Construction
            • KellCo Custom Homes Inc.
            • Outdoor Living
            • Precision Door Service of Central Arkansas
            • Richard Harp Homes
            • Staci Medlock
          • Behind The Hottest Neighborhoods
            • Bosley Construction: The Preserve at the Woodlands
            • Schrader Homes
            • KellCo Custom Homes: Stonehill (Sherwood)
            • Light Innovations: A Better Way To Light
            • Brandy Harp: Principal Broker of Jon Underhill Real Estate
            • Richard Harp Homes: Master Certified Green Professional
            • West Lake Village
            • Waterview
      • 2019 Best Healthcare Professionals
        • Northwest Arkansas
        • Northeast Arkansas
        • South Arkansas
        • Central Arkansas
      • Intriguing Women
      • Intriguing Women 2019
      • Faces of Arkansas
      • AY’s Cutest Dogs 2019
      • Runway: A Look Back

Category Archives: Blog

Save Little Rock Restaurants Campaign Announced

Blog, Food, Latest News from AYBy Kevin ShalinDecember 15, 2020

Thanks to a fundraising program called Save Little Rock restaurants, local restaurants that are struggling as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic will be provided with some financial relief. Founded by the Hillcrest Waterbugs and launched yesterday, Dec. 14, the “Save Little Rock Restaurants” campaign is a classic ‘help your neighbor’ opportunity that will…

Tommy Norman

Hometown Heroes: Officer Tommy Norman’s Heart is On Duty

Arts & Culture, BlogBy Katie ZakrzewskiDecember 14, 2020

For this week’s special edition of Hometown Heroes, AY About You sits down with Officer Tommy Norman.   Norman has been a pillar of community-oriented policing for years and has made a lasting impact on his community and the country that will last a lifetime. We asked Officer Norman what inspired him to become a…

Christmas

Arkansas Christmas and Winter Event Calendar 2020

Blog, Latest News from AY, TravelBy AY StaffDecember 13, 2020

Click here to submit your 2020 Christmas or winter event! New events added weekly!   It’s been a crazy year for all of us but the most magical time of year is almost upon us: Christmas. With the season’s crisp weather and the joy in the air, it is a great time to get out…

Erin Pierce

Made in Arkansas: Erin Pierce and the Organized Chaos Collection

Arts & Culture, Blog, Made in ArkansasBy Caroline O'ConnorDecember 11, 2020

Happy Friday! For this week’s Made in Arkansas, AY About You features art from the Central Arkansas-based Organized Chaos Collection.    Although Erin Pierce has been an artist for years, she began selling her work as Organized Chaos Collection two years ago. She makes everything from jewelry to preserved flower displays to pet portraits, and…

BraveHoods

Heather’s Favorite Things: @ the Corner 

Blog, FoodBy Heather BakerDecember 11, 2020

For my favorite things this week, I want to feature one of the very best restaurants in Little Rock, @ the Corner! It’s a family-owned restaurant, and you can tell how full of energy they are as soon as you walk in the door. The vibe is so fun.     This year has been really…

Mean Girls

Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Hosts Special Holiday Program with Laura Leigh Turner

Arts & Culture, BlogBy Lisa FischerDecember 11, 2020

Sure it’s going to be a spring-like Friday in December in Central Arkansas. But we all need a little Christmas up in here, don’t you agree?    The folks at the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra totally thought we needed it, and they are presenting a unique holiday program on Sunday with a real Broadway star! Laura…

Blake Anderson

Red Wolves Head Coach Blake Anderson Steps Down

Blog, Latest News from AY, SportsBy Tyler HaleDecember 10, 2020

Arkansas State University head football coach Blake Anderson is heading west.   Multiple news reports on Thursday indicated that Anderson will be taking the head coaching role at Utah State. Anderson has served as the A-State head coach since 2014.   A-State has confirmed that Anderson will be resigning to take a role at a…

Crush Your 2021 Fitness Goals With the Help of Smoothie King

Blog, FoodBy Tyler HaleDecember 10, 2020

Break out your running shoes, pull out your old weights, and prepare to get in shape for 2021. This is a familiar refrain for those who set New Year’s resolutions to get in better shape. But this year, you can rely on a special new ingredient: Smoothie King’s healthy shakes.   Using organic vegetables and…

Thirsty Thursday: The Artistic Bean Brings Traditional Coffee Culture to Fort Smith

Blog, Food, Thirsty ThursdayBy Katie ZakrzewskiDecember 10, 2020

For this week’s Thirsty Thursday, AY About You sits down with manager Jim Richardson and assistant manager Emma Gunlock at The Artistic Bean.   The Artistic Bean’s Fort Smith location all got its start from a bar of soap, Richardson says.  The Fort Smith location’s owners are Stan and Bev Ramsey. Bev is a three-time…

Nominees for 2020 Broyles Award Announced

Blog, Latest News from AY, SportsBy Tyler HaleDecember 10, 2020

Since 1996, the Broyles Award has been recognizing the premier college football assistant coaches. The Frank & Barbara Broyles Foundation has released the nominees for the 2020 Broyles Award.   In total, 56 assistant coaches have been nominated for the 2020 award. These nominees were whittled down from roughly 1,270 assistant coaches representing 127 Division…

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