Ranging from near-memoir to considerations of local news.
For years, my Beloved and I enjoyed Sunday brunch at Common Grounds, on Fayetteville’s Dickson Street. It serves as the whole region’s club district for those half-dozen blocks comprise a variety of restaurants and bars, not coincidentally adjacent to the University of Arkansas. Common Grounds is an espresso joint but with a kitchen just supple […]
Copyright 2007 Ben S. Pollock New anythings to town are governed by a series of publicity stunts. A new business will send out announcements that it has been formed, that it has hired executives, it has bought land, it is breaking ground, setting a cornerstone and so on. Even communities do similar things for, say […]
Scott Shackelford wrote a thoughtful column for today’s Northwest Arkansas Times, about a possibility we Ozarkers should make a pitch for: A cinema specializing in small films. Malco Theatres Inc., which has a number of multiplexes in the area, is building a 12-screener in Fayetteville just down from Northwest Arkansas Mall on Joyce Boulevard. We […]
A pair of problems seem as different as their solutions in huggable Fayetteville, but they’re not, really. It’s all about power, after all. The scary power play is how the local electric company, Southwestern Energy Power Co. (called Swepco everywhere but the phone book when you need to report an outage, where it’s AEP, or […]
Decision-making, in retrospect, was simpler in youth, even the tough decisions. From choosing which burger to which college, most were cut-and-dried. The more the years pass, the more complicated it gets. I bet the young folks have no trouble picking out a home computer or laptop. At a store, the few times I’ve done it, […]
I don’t have a dog in this hunt so have only been occasionally splitting infinitives — no — have been reading about high-level discussions on whether Fayetteville needs a second high school. Having studied this morning’s account of a committee meeting, I realize that I wasn’t up on this because it’s impossible to follow. Try […]