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        • Table 28
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        • Hawgz Blues Café
        • Count Porkula
      • Burger Bucket List
        • DeLuca’s
        • Ohio Club
      • Burritos and Enchiladas Bucket List
        • Baja Grill
        • Cantina Laredo
        • El Porton
        • Heights Taco & Tamale Co.
      • Cajun/Creole Bucket List
        • Copper Mule
        • Eat My Catfish
        • Faded Rose
        • Maddie’s Place
      • Catering Bucket List
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        • Cathead’s Diner
        • BJ’s Market Cafe
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        • Sauce(d)
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        • Nexus Coffee & Creative
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        • Boulevard Bread Company
        • Local Lime
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        • The Lab Food Truck
        • Tacos Godoy
      • Fried Chicken Bucket List
        • Cache Restaurant
        • Homer’s West
        • South on Main
        • Stickyz Rock ‘N’ Roll Chicken Shack
      • Hibachi Bucket List
        • Kemuri
        • Rock N Roll Sushi
      • Holiday Food Bucket List
        • Burge’s Hickory Smoked Turkeys and Hams
        • Lindsey’s Hospitality House
        • Taylors’ Made Cafe
        • YGFBFKitchen
      • Ice Cream, Cakes and Shakes Bucket List
        • Big Orange
        • Blue Cake/Honey Pies
        • Loblolly Creamery
        • Smallcakes
      • Legendary Arkansas Eateries Bucket List
        • Ciao Baci
        • Cotham’s
        • Deluca’s
        • Doe’s
      • New in Town Bucket List
      • Pancakes and French Toast Bucket List
        • Eden Restaurant inside the Hotel Hale
        • Kemuri
        • Littlefield’s Cafe
        • The Pancake Shop
      • Pasta
        • Bruno’s Little Italy
        • Graffiti’s Italian Restaurant
        • Ristorante Capeo
      • Pies
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        • Charlotte’s Eats & Sweets
        • Community Bakery
        • Rosalia’s Family Bakery
      • Pizza Bucket List
        • Deluca’s Pizza
        • Old Mill Pizza
        • Pizza Cafe
        • U.S. Pizza
      • Prime Cuts Bucket List
        • Allsopp & Chapple
        • Arthur’s Prime Steakhouse
        • Red Oak Steakhouse Part One
        • Red Oak Steakhouse Part Two
      • Romantic Dinner Bucket List
        • Capers
        • Mike’s Place
        • Pasta Grill
      • 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
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        • Bone’s Chophouse LR
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        • Sonny Williams’ Steak Room
        • Cache Restaurant
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        • Oceans at Arthur’s
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        • Sushi Cafe West
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    • Recipes
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      • Branson Part 1
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      • BraveHoods
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      • Christmas List Part 1
      • Christmas List Part 2
      • CoolSculpting with Dr. Yee
      • Dragon Eggs at Kemuri
      • Dr. Bruce Sanderson, Lasercare Skin Clinic
      • Just Peachy
      • Kakki Jones, hair and makeup artist
      • Kim Hamric, stylist Dillard’s
      • OOH La La Salon
    • Made in Arkansas
      • Aromatique
      • Fischer’s Honey Company
      • James Hayes Art Glass Company
      • Natural Way Food Group
      • Organized Chaos Collection
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      • AY’s Cutest Dogs 2019
      • Men of Distinction 2020
      • Runway: A Look Back
  • Food/Drink
    • Bucket Lists
      • Original Arkansas Bucket List
      • Asian Food Bucket List
        • Chi’s Asian Cafe
        • Rock N Roll Sushi
        • Three Fold
      • Appetizer Bucket List
        • Faded Rose
        • Kemuri
        • Lost Forty
        • Yaya’s Euro Bistro
      • Beer and Bar Food Bucket List
        • Flyway Brewing
        • Lost Forty – PUNCHY Arkansas Hard Seltzer
        • Table 28
      • Breakfast and Brunch Bucket List
        • Petit & Keet
        • Root Cafe
      • BBQ
        • BBQ Bucket List
        • Whole Hog Cafe NLR
        • Smokin’ Buns
        • Hawgz Blues Café
        • Count Porkula
      • Burger Bucket List
        • DeLuca’s
        • Ohio Club
      • Burritos and Enchiladas Bucket List
        • Baja Grill
        • Cantina Laredo
        • El Porton
        • Heights Taco & Tamale Co.
      • Cajun/Creole Bucket List
        • Copper Mule
        • Eat My Catfish
        • Faded Rose
        • Maddie’s Place
      • Catering Bucket List
        • DownHome Restaurant & Catering
      • Catfish Bucket List
        • Catfish Bucket List
        • Cathead’s Diner
        • BJ’s Market Cafe
      • Chicken Wings
        • Great American Wings
        • Sauce(d)
      • Coffee and Pastries Bucket List
        • Leiva’s Coffee
        • Nexus Coffee & Creative
        • THINK Coffee
      • 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
      • Fried Chicken Bucket List
        • Cache Restaurant
        • Homer’s West
        • South on Main
        • Stickyz Rock ‘N’ Roll Chicken Shack
      • Hibachi Bucket List
        • Kemuri
        • Rock N Roll Sushi
      • Holiday Food Bucket List
        • Burge’s Hickory Smoked Turkeys and Hams
        • Lindsey’s Hospitality House
        • Taylors’ Made Cafe
        • YGFBFKitchen
      • Ice Cream, Cakes and Shakes Bucket List
        • Big Orange
        • Blue Cake/Honey Pies
        • Loblolly Creamery
        • Smallcakes
      • Legendary Arkansas Eateries Bucket List
        • Ciao Baci
        • Cotham’s
        • Deluca’s
        • Doe’s
      • New in Town Bucket List
      • Pancakes and French Toast Bucket List
        • Eden Restaurant inside the Hotel Hale
        • Kemuri
        • Littlefield’s Cafe
        • The Pancake Shop
      • 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
      • Prime Cuts Bucket List
        • Allsopp & Chapple
        • Arthur’s Prime Steakhouse
        • Red Oak Steakhouse Part One
        • Red Oak Steakhouse Part Two
      • Romantic Dinner Bucket List
        • Capers
        • Mike’s Place
        • Pasta Grill
      • 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
      • Sushi Bucket List
        • Kemuri
        • Oceans at Arthur’s
        • Rock N Roll Sushi
        • Sushi Cafe West
      • Taco
        • Taco Bucket List
        • Baja Grill
        • Cantina Laredo
        • Mexico Chiquito
        • Tacos 4 Life
    • Recipes
    • Taco Tuesday
    • Thirsty Thursday
  • Home/Garden
  • Arts/Culture/People
    • Men of Distinction 2021
    • Heather’s Favorite Things
      • Bentonville
      • Apple AirPods
      • Aromatique’s Winter Collection
      • Branson Part 1
      • Branson Part 2
      • BraveHoods
      • Buxom Full-On Plumping Lip Cream
      • Christmas List Part 1
      • Christmas List Part 2
      • CoolSculpting with Dr. Yee
      • Dragon Eggs at Kemuri
      • Dr. Bruce Sanderson, Lasercare Skin Clinic
      • Just Peachy
      • Kakki Jones, hair and makeup artist
      • Kim Hamric, stylist Dillard’s
      • OOH La La Salon
    • 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
    • Women Wednesday
  • Health
  • Travel
  • Press Releases / Contests
    • Submit Your Event For Our Online Calendar
    • Submit an upcoming event
  • More
    • Subscribe
      • Subscribe to AY Print Magazine
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    • Nominations
      • Nominate Your Dog Photo
      • Nominate AY’s 2022 Innovative Home Awards
      • Nominate AY’s Best Realtors 2022
      • Nominate AY’s 2022 Intriguing Women
    • Contests
    • Custom Publications
    • About Us
    • Mental Health Guide
    • Digital Issues
    • Archive
      • AY’s Best of 2022
      • Faces of Arkansas 2018
      • Faces of Arkansas 2019
      • Faces of Arkansas 2020
      • 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 2020
      • Intriguing Women 2018
      • Intriguing Women 2019
      • AY’s Cutest Dogs 2019
      • Men of Distinction 2020
      • Runway: A Look Back

Category Archives: Lifestyle Guide

3rd Annual SOAR NWA Goes Up Up and Away

Blog, Driving Arkansas, Lifestyle Guide, Out & About, TravelBy AY StaffJune 24, 2022

Open Avenues announced the 3rd annual SOAR NWA event will be taking place on August 26-27 at the Drake Field in Fayetteville.   SOAR NWA is the region’s hot air balloon festival with various aeronautic activities for all ages. There will be a play zone for kiddos, a beer garden for those 21+, and activities like helicopter rides…

Bark Bar Celebrates Fourth Birthday This Month

Blog, Drinks, Food, Latest News from AY, Lifestyle GuideBy Katie ZakrzewskiAugust 17, 2021

Arkansas’ first dog park and bar is celebrating its 4th Bark Day and National Dog Day with a “Bark Bar 4eva Pawty.”   The celebration will begin on Aug. 26, which is National Dog Day, at a preview party between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. The main event will be on Aug. 28, between noon…

Cyclebar

CycleBar Opens in Promenade at Chenal

Blog, Health, Healthy Choices, Latest News from AY, Lifestyle Guide, ShoppingBy Mark CarterJuly 22, 2019

CycleBar, a “luxury boutique” indoor cycling studio, is now open the Promenade at Chenal in west Little Rock. The franchised studio, founded in Boston, is tailored to all fitness and experience levels. The company operates roughly 150 studios nationwide and plans are in development for another 200. The Little Rock studio, located across from DSW,…

Estate Planning

Blog, December 2018, Lifestyle Guide, MagazineBy Tracy CourageNovember 27, 2018

By Tracy Courage Estate planning helps protect our financial assets after we die, but it’s also a tool for protecting ourselves while we’re alive. A basic will can take care of getting your assets to the right beneficiaries after you die. But what if you become incapacitated? Someone is going to make decisions about your…

Unique, Urban, Local

Blog, Lifestyle Guide, Out & About, Shop, TravelBy Maura MontezDecember 12, 2016

Whether you look forward to it or you dread it – the giving of gifts is something that can be fun, or equally as daunting. We have compiled some favorite local shops, to tailor to you and your loved ones’ needs, in the Little Rock and Fayetteville areas. Take a day trip, or do a…

Family Ties Connect Surgeon With Cardiac Career

Blog, Health, Lifestyle Guide, PeopleBy Maura MontezNovember 14, 2016

When you think of the family business, you usually think of farmers or merchants. For Thurston Bauer, his family has been in the business of medicine for generations. In fact, his grandfather, father, and uncle are surgeons – all of whom practice or have practiced at CHI St. Vincent. His mother and stepfather also practice…

Whole Foods to bring food documentary to Little Rock

Food, Health, Lifestyle GuideBy Becca BonaJune 22, 2016

Whether you’re a vegetarian or an omnivore, there’s always something more to learn about your food and where it comes from. Thanks to Whole Foods Market and the Humane Society, there’s a chance Little Rockers can catch a documentary that takes a surprisingly fresh look at the story behind our farmed animals in the U.S.…

Hey, Arkansas Lovers! Here Are the Top 10 Places to Kiss in The Natural State

Blog, Lifestyle GuideBy Leah DiPietroFebruary 8, 2016

Jill Rohrbach, travel writer / Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, you might be looking for a special place to spend idyllic time with your sweetie. You can create a tale of love and adventure in Arkansas at numerous romantic places, but here’s a tip on 10 top…

Share the Love With These 6 DIY Valentine’s Day Decorations

Blog, Lifestyle GuideBy Kim LaneFebruary 7, 2016

Ever miss those glue-covered, handcrafted Valentine’s Day decorations of your youth? Just because you’re not in elementary school doesn’t mean you can’t spread the love with some made-from-the-heart V-Day goodness. DIY your own lovely decorations that make the perfect backdrop for your dinner party or Galentine’s Day gathering, or make these works of art and…

How to Make Party-Worthy Red Velvet Cupcakes

Blog, Food, Let's Eat, Lifestyle GuideBy Kristi DannelleyFebruary 4, 2016

Raise your hand if you need a dessert for your Valentine’s Day dinner, or a sweet treat to send with your kids to their school parties! These famous red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese icing can’t be beat. The best part? It only takes 40 minutes — from preparation to cleanup — to whip ‘em up.…

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