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Camping with Small Children
This is a guest post by my husband, Craig, who recently took our two young children on a two day camping trip to Toad Suck Ferry Park near Conway, AR. Camping with small children can be very exciting when you incorporate knives, axes and guns. I usually take along the big tent I got from www.tent.net/best-8-person-tent/, but since it was just the 3 of us and I wanted to teach them survival training I thought why not … Read entire article »
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Heifer Ranch’s Global Village: A “Think Tank” for World Food Day
For most of us, three square meals a day is something we take for granted. But, thousands of people are dying of hunger across the world every day. Yesterday, October 16th, was World Food Day and also Blog Action Day, a day in which bloggers all pledge to blog about the same subject in order to create awareness. This year’s theme is FOOD. Here in Little Rock we have the privilege of having access to many … Read entire article »
Filed under: Arkansas, Not the Dishes, Travel, Write & Blog
Lake Ouachita Weekend Getaway {a review}
In March we booked a weekend stay in a cabin at Lake Ouachita State Park near Hot Springs for the weekend of August 20, 2011. We camped at Lake Ouachita last year and had a blast, so there was no hesitation when our friends asked us if we wanted to plan another visit. Our friends wanted to try out the cabins at the park, and after an unfortunate experience of camping in a yurt on … Read entire article »
Disney Cruise: Cruising with Friends
As I mentioned, we cruised with our friends, the Brams. Although we booked our cruises separately, a quick call to guest services before the cruise allowed me to link our reservations together. Being linked allowed us to sit together at dinner, and check one another’s kids into and out of the kids spaces. (Hello, extra set of parental units!!) Although we cruised “together” both of our families are very independent travelers, and we each crafted our … Read entire article »
Disney Cruise Days 4-9: Sea Days
And then we sailed across the Atlantic Ocean for six days straight. Before the cruise, I was a bit apprehensive about those six days at sea, and I know Liz, the matriarch of the Bram family, was too. I thought playing online solitaire and slots at Delaware casino with Easy Mobile Casino was going to be a necessity for everyones sanity. After all, six days is a long time to keep everyone happy and entertained and … Read entire article »
Petit Jean’s Best-Kept secret: The Winthrop Rockefeller Institute
Ok, so if you’re a local Central-Arkansan, maybe you know about the Withrop Rockefeller Institute (WRI). You might know that it is the former home of Arkansas Governor Winthrop Rockefeller. You might know that the Institute is part of the University of Arkansas System, and maybe you’ve heard about the Saturday Chef Series that is part of the Culinary program. BUT, did you know that WRI has a variety of lodgings and recreational activities available to … Read entire article »
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