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Save the Date for the Arkansas Lavender Festival 

Look for a great selection of lavender products from Lake Banoe Botanicals.  More Fun, Flowers, and now Art Themed, the Arkansas Lavender Festival (ALF) will take place Friday – Sunday, June 14 – 16, at its home location at Lake Banoe Lavender Farm, located 20 minutes west of Hot Springs, on Highway 70 just past Bonnerdale.   This year’s new connection to the Hot Springs Area Cultural Alliance includes 10 booths

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Earn Rewards With Arkansas Craft Beverage Pass 

When you sign up, the pass is instantly delivered via text and email and is ready to use immediately.  Raise a Glass for Great Rewards! Make happy hour even happier with the new Arkansas Craft Beverage Passport. You’ll enjoy exclusive access to discounts and rewards with every check-in at participating breweries, wineries, and distilleries. Each check-in earns you an entry into the monthly drawing for a $100 gift card. Cheers

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NPC Culinary Bootcamp 

Each of the four culinary sessions covers a certain type of dough making.  Engage all of your senses in this Culinary Bootcamp. This four-course series begins May 11, 10 AM – 2 PM at National Park College, 101 College Dro. You will learn All About the Dough and will enjoy a hands-on team experience led by NPC’s Hospitality & Tourism Management instructor, Eve Victory.   Each session will focus on a

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Celebrate Mother’s Day: A Timeless Tradition at Grandelicious Tea Room 

Tea tastes better in a hat!  The aroma of freshly brewed tea wafting in the air mingled with the scent of delicate pastries and dainty savories evokes visions of hats and elegant china teacups. Sounds like a dream? It doesn’t have to be.   Celebrate mothers, daughters, and bonus mothers on Saturday, May 11. Immerse yourself in the timeless charm of afternoon tea—an experience that transcends generations and creates cherished memories

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Electric Strawberry Now Open for Breakfast 3 Days 

Now open early Wednesday-Friday.  There is EXCITING NEWS! The Electric Strawberry is NOW OPEN EARLY Mornings – Wednesday – Friday. They are adding home-town breakfast favorites to a morning healthy menu along with maintaining the convenient grab-n-go cooler. You can order ahead online. PLUS- you can book private events on The Patch – an eclectic back patio.   New to town or never visited The Electric Strawberry? It offers an eclectic

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Earn Rewards With Arkansas Craft Beverage Pass 

When you sign up, the pass is instantly delivered via text and email and is ready to use immediately.  Raise a Glass for Great Rewards! Make happy hour even happier with the new Arkansas Craft Beverage Passport. You’ll enjoy exclusive access to discounts and rewards with every check-in at participating breweries, wineries, and distilleries. Each check-in earns you an entry into the monthly drawing for a $100 gift card. Cheers

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Arkansas Lavender Festival Fun – Flowers and Art!  

This year the Arkansas Lavender Festival will include vendors, 10 artist’s booths, live music, food, and onsite camping.   More Fun, Flowers, and now Art Themed, the Arkansas Lavender Festival (ALF) will take place Friday – Sunday, June 14 – 16, 2024, at a new location at Lake Banoe Lavender Farm, located 20 minutes west of Hot Springs, Arkansas, on Highway 70 just past Bonnerdale.   This year’s new connection to the

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About the Cover . . . 

“Rainbow over West Mountain”  With sincere gratitude, we extend credit to Jeremey Rodgers for once again gracing us with a breathtaking photo.   His lens skillfully captured a mesmerizing rainbow arching over the Valley of the Vapors from West Mountain. We’re truly fortunate to have Jeremey share such a captivating perspective with us.  Richard Stephens’ layout deserves special mention as it brilliantly highlights the inherent beauty of the photo.   And let’s

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National Food Holidays 

March 9 is National Crab Rangoon Day.  By Eve VictoryAny social media peruser knows there is a “day” for just about everything – including food. However, did you know that every single day is a “national holiday” for a kind of food or ingredient?  How did this come about? Well, some of the “days” are legitimate. Presidents and even the Senate have proclaimed the inauguration of National Ice Cream Day

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Take Time to Relax in Electric Strawberry’s Salt Room

The Electric Strawberry is celebrating one year of business this March! It offers an eclectic alternative wellness center staffed by a holistic RN and Energy Therapist and a family of employees who enjoy helping everyone. The Wellness Bar is combined with a stunning Salt Cave, Red Light Therapy area, ABA Progressive Independent Bookstore, and a small Coffee, Lotus, and Herbal Tea Bar with a quaint patio.  Founded by Angela and

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Cooking Gluten-free for Your Friends and Family

Keeping up with food restrictions can be a daunting task for any chef. By Alison CraneGluten is a mixture of proteins that occur naturally in wheat, barley, rye, and crossbreeds of these grains. Typically, they are found in breads, pastas, cereals, cakes, and many other foods. In 2013 and 2020, the FDA finalized rules defining “gluten-free” for food labeling to help consumers be confident that items labeled “gluten-free) meet a

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Choose “Nutrient-Dense” Foods Instead of “Empty Calories”

Add a nutrient-dense food to your favorite meal of the day and continue adding new foods to your meals one food at a time. By Alison CraneGo to any grocery store and you will be bombarded with thousands of choices. Those choices are then influenced by cost, taste, time, skill, etc. Every minute you push a shopping cart down the aisles, you end up making hundreds of choices. “Yes, this

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