Arkansas

Pros: Night life is great, dining upscale
Cons: traffic

Arkansas is a state the if you don't know where to look you won't see how special it really is. Though the selection of dining places may not be as vast as the Dallas Metro area there is still great dining and entertainment in the Little Rock area. For ...

Pros: beautiful scenery, outdoor activites, history
Cons: Weather

As the 25th state admitted into the Union, Arkansas has many drawing components to visit this state. In this state, there are 52 state parks to visit and camp. Along with that are a countless number of beautiful mountains and lakes to visit as ...

Pros: The unspoiled natural beauty and bluegrass music of Mountain View rejuvenate the soul and mind.
Cons: None

There's more to Arkansas than Hope. One of the more unusual and down home fun places is a town call Mountain View in Stone County. Mountain View maintains a unique atmosphere of pioneer spirit and modern festivities. Our friends Daryl and Joan heard ...

Pros: good huntin and fishin, by jiggers nice people good buddy
Cons: some places require a good long walk to get to

I live deep in the spiffy holler of Flatbush, Arkansas and I must say sure as shootin that I love my ...

Pros: A beautiful, and uniquely mysterious town
Cons: It lacks some of the conveniences you would have in a big city

I went to Eureka Springs for the first time years ago, and I have been every summer since then. It is quietly tucked away from the city. It is beautiful, historic, and a great place for a romantic get-a-way. Whenever I go, I always rent a little condo...

Pros: Outstanding food; relaxing atmosphere
Cons: Off the beaten path

Bottini's Restaurant is one of those "finds" you happen onto when wandering the country. Other than the local residents, who would expect to find an outstanding (4 star) restaurant in the tiny town of Harrison, Arkansas.

Where, you might ask,...

Pros: Scenic beauty, Outdoor recreation, many things to do and see
Cons: Ok, well whatever you've heard about the ticks is probably true..

Before I begin my attempt to extol the virtues of this wonderful state, I implore you to disregard any stereotypes that might dissuade you from considering Arkansas as viable vacation destination. If you're expecting toothless hillbillies tokin on...

Pros: Everything about this place is a pro.
Cons: Nothing!!!

On a recent trip to Branson we drove into Arkansas and discovered something much better than we bargained for--Eureka Springs. The ride there about 45 minutes through lovely rolling hills and beautiful landscape was peaceful.
Eureka Springs is a...

Pros: Southern Hospitality, Relaxation, the GREAT outdoors
Cons: Yankee tourists;) humidity, no BIG cities.

This may be a slightly biased epinion as I was born and raised in Arkansas and have been away from there for most of the last 8 years now.
As a child I thought the world ended at the state line and that there was no better place to be than running...

Pros: Excellent catfish and homemade rolls
Cons: Menu lacking variety; lack of cleanliness

At the suggestion of a friend, my husband, three kids, and I recently visited the Ole Feed House restaurant located in Springdale, Arkansas. Normally, I wouldn’t write a restaurant review unless the experience was either so notable I just had to...

Pros: This Pizza Hut is the last pizza stop going north in Washington County.
Cons: May have something fly off the wall at you. Disturbing voices in the walls. :)

One might not notice anything unusual about a certain Pizza Hut that lies within the outskirts of northern Springdale, Arkansas. But to many former workers of that restaurant, they know there is something not quite right there. Strange and bizarre...

Pros: Arkansas is beautiful, refreshing, and full of new and wonderful things.
Cons: It is just a little behind the times....

Since I moved here five years ago from Cleveland Ohio, I have become proficient in the art of Arkansas fishing. It is an obsession with me. I would fish every day of the week if I could.

I have traveled all over northwest Arkansas to seek out...

Pros: The birthplace of the world's greatest retailing venture will inspire entrenpreneurs; stores help Americans save.
Cons: If you became the richest American, would you continue to drive a pickup truck?

Is it possible to invite an eighteen year-old metropolitan New Yorker to Arkansas and show her something that impresses her?

This was the dilemma we were faced with when my niece came to visit us this summer. We'd only lived in Arkansas three...

Pros: The Natural State - it really is.
Cons: Boredom!

This is part of an Arkansas Write-off sponsored by HawgWyld. The following Epinions members are also participating in this write-off. Check out their Epinions as well:

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Pros: everything
Cons: not one in my hometown

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Johnny Carino’s Country Italian is by far the best Italian Restaurant I have ever had the pleasure of dining in. The Outback once upon a time was my favorite restaurant but in the last few years Johnny...