We’ll appreciate the arts

Pockets of cool. Our eyes were open as my dear wife Karen and I appreciated with downtown Hot Springs offered during our vacation to visit her family. An arts district! We’ll be back to look more during the big downtown extravaganza that involves the stores owned by Lynne, Stormy and Kimi.

Signs of downtown

Familiar and not. We have a convention center, I thought, as my dear wife Karen and I strolled through downtown Hot Springs. We have a <em>Bridge Street Live</em> local morning TV news magazine show. And, I thought, I had made the comment that Central New York and this part of Arkansas looked similar for water…

Nice show

Marquee. This Mark has always been drawn to a good marquee. The Marco’s caught my eye as my dear wife Karen and I strolled the main street of downtown Hot Springs, Ark. Talking with Karen’s sisters and my nieces and their spouses during our vacation, it eventually soaked in that this main artery is actually…

Walk with the famous

Honoring cool and famous folks. Strolling the main street of Hot Springs with my dear wife Karen, I keep my head on a swivel. I looked down for the Arkansas Walk of Fame. No, I didn’t know that many of those honored called this state home. The Man in Black. I did have an inkling…

It’s a National Park

Take us to the top. My dear wife Karen and I jumped in her sister Jana’s car with her friend Karen (yes, that made it easier to learn but slightly more confusing during conversation) for a nice sightseeing tour of Hot Springs. Jana moved down from Alaska a bit ago to join Lynne and family,…

It’s all relative for us in Hot Springs

The new store. My dear wife Karen set us up with a cool trip to Hot Springs, Ark. She’d gone solo two years back for niece Kimi’s wedding to Kevin, but I was still too shy to fly because of Covid. This time around, I was over all that at eager to see my sisters-in-law,…