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Oaklawn Park Ponies...Something to Have Faith In
If you grew up in Hot Springs you will understand this post. This morning at 7:30, as I drove past Oaklawn, there were....there horses!...
Diana McDaniel Hampo
Dec 4, 20202 min read
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A Trashed Out Vision of Elegance and Hope
I love the people willing to invest in Hot Springs! They are brave and visionary. Recently, a local realtor, Chris Rix, bought an old...
Diana McDaniel Hampo
Oct 25, 20202 min read
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An Architectural Beauty,Transformed
A few nights ago we tried to meet up with friends at The Rooftop Bar at the Waters Hotel on Central Aveue. It was 6:30 on a Thursday and...
Diana McDaniel Hampo
Oct 19, 20202 min read
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A West Mountain Love Story
Have you been up on West Mountain lately? It's still gorgeous. I think it's amazing that we have a beautiful camel-hump of a mountain...
Diana McDaniel Hampo
Sep 28, 20202 min read
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Fordyce-Ricks Estate A Water Wheel and Love Story
I absolutely love walking my dog, Aries, around Stone Bridge in Hot Springs. It's right across from the entrance to Gulpha Gorge on Park...
Diana McDaniel Hampo
Aug 20, 20202 min read
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Love In A Mexican Restaurant
Every time I drive up Ouachita Avenue and past what is now Colorado Grill, I smile a little. Not because I'm thinking about cheese dip,...
Diana McDaniel Hampo
Aug 15, 20202 min read
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Uncle Daley and an Unhappy Cow
Back in the 90s we started The Spring Magazine in Hot Springs. One of the most popular columns was called Tales From The Arkansas House...
Diana McDaniel Hampo
Jul 26, 20203 min read
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The "Incident" on Whittington
My dad, I Granger McDaniel, was a scrawny little boy during the Great Depression in Hot Springs, Arkansas. In the early thirties he was...
Diana McDaniel Hampo
Jul 16, 20202 min read
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Pak Plaza Pawn Shop...Yeah, I love It!
A pawn shop, that's one of the things I love in Hot Springs. I know it sounds weird, usually I write about history and love and artsy...
Diana McDaniel Hampo
May 12, 20203 min read
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Old Rocks in Hot Springs
Now that life has slowed to a meander, I'm walking around more. I take the dog on increasingly longer and longer walks. We are passing...
Diana McDaniel Hampo
Apr 25, 20202 min read
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A Miracle on Pleasant Street...A Record Store We Don't Deserve
I'm not sure I want to tell you about this remarkable place, because I love it. There's a store that's a secret for most of us . on...
Mar 132 min read
Daddy Jack and His St. Joseph's Nuns
Daddy Jack and His Nuns  In the 1920s through the late 1940s, my grandfather, Dr. Jack Stell, was a surgeon, then Chief of Staff, at St....
Jan 283 min read
One of My Favorite Stories Ever
For Christmas this year I asked a dear friend and local artist Michelle Yates to draw "The Bat Tower" for me. It was a Christmas present...
Dec 29, 20242 min read
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