Click here to submit your 2019 Christmas event! New events added weekly! 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 and enjoy all that Arkansas has to offer. And does the state…
by Jeremy Peppas There’s two choices when it comes to selecting a Christmas tree: artificial or real. Picking the artificial tree is easy enough. You drive to a store that sells them, you pick the one you like the most and bring it home. It will be in segments that will require some assembly and…
As the state’s largest lifestyle publication, AY About You likes to focus on businesses outside of the capital city. If you are a traveler to southeast Arkansas making your way to Greenville, Miss., we have found your food stop. It’s a longtime restaurant that has changed owners and been remodeled. With those changes comes a…
by Dustin Jayroe Every month, AY About You outlines the night sky in these easy to digest guides, highlighting the biggest and “brightest” celestial events to help better prepare you for stargazing activities; whether it is as simple as looking up when taking the dog outside, or as official as planning date night –…
by Lisa Fischer Espresso machine. Check. Catered dinner. Check. Flowers and monogrammed napkins. Check. Sounds like a fabulous dinner party, doesn’t it? It was my first ever camping trip. Yes, I said “camping,” but I meant, “glamping.” I combined glamorous elements on my trip to the great outdoors. And you can sign me up to…
by Linda Burlingame The Christmas tree you’ll see outside Titanic Museum Attraction when you’re in Branson is part of the ongoing, year-round effort by Branson Christmas Coalition to make Branson “America’s Christmas Tree City.” This year, Branson is home to more than 1,500 unique Christmas trees. The welded-metal cone structure of this “upcycled” Christmas tree…
by Joe David Rice Photo courtesy of the National Park Service Glaciers in Arkansas? No doubt most people assume a glacial experience in North America requires an extended visit to Montana, Alaska, Canada or another high-altitude, cold-weather locale. And given climatic changes and ominous reports of the demise of these spectacular valley-clogging behemoths,…
by Ryan Nix The holiday season is here, and with it, our kids will spend half the month free from their normal educational obligations. If you’re a parent desperate for some yuletide diversions to take up some of your Christmas creatures’ newfound free time, AY has you covered. We’ve made a list of the best…
by Joe David Rice Photos Courtesy of Casey Crocker, Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism Last time I checked, the powers-to-be in the college football world have scheduled 39 bowl games for this upcoming holiday season. Let’s say you exercise some discretion and catch only around a quarter of them. These 10 games…
So when it’s time to get new tires, what do you do, and where do you go? Everyone runs around all day long, driving all over town focused on the tasks they have on their to do lists, and they never really stop to think about their tires. Until they come out and one of…
