User:ArkansasTraveler

Thanks for stopping by my little corner of Wikipedia on Sunday, November 10, 2024 at 09:07. (UTC)

I'm a 35-year-old advertising designer, working for the Arkansas Democrat Gazette in the downtown area of Little Rock, Arkansas. I live across town in Pleasant Valley. Most of my work is for the classified advertising section of the newspaper, and I have worked here for over six years.

I'm also a lifelong Arkansan, originally from Romance, a small community in White County. The local post office back home is particularly popular for its Valentine's Day postmarks, though the postmarks are also greatly appreciated by prospective brides on wedding invitations. KARK-TV, the local NBC television affiliate in Little Rock, broadcast a portion of its Valentine's morning news program from Romance in 2007.

Along with designing, I try to write when I can, including making contributions here at Wikipedia. Though I've been a registered contributor since September 2004, the largest part of my activity in this edition is in minor edits for grammar, spelling correction, and general style. When possible, I try to add original content related to the topics I know best. The topics I find greatest interest in are culture in the Southern United States, specifically that of Arkansas; business histories, with particular focus on retail; food and cooking in general; television; and newspapers.

In late December 2006, I founded WikiProjects for Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana.

Current Pages of Interest

Fall may be here, but the autumn leaves aren't drifting by my window just yet. Not for lack of hope...

Places

Places around Arkansas with major events this fall...

Helena-West Helena, Arkansas — Arkansas Blues and Heritage Festival, in October
Mountain View, Arkansas — Arkansas Beanfest and Championship Outhouse Race, in October; Mountain View Bluegrass Festival, in November
Stuttgart, Arkansas — World's Championship Duck Calling Contest and Wings Over The Prairie Festival, during Thanksgiving weekend

Businesses

Panera Bread, coming to Little Rock later this year
Wells Fargo, poised to enter the Arkansas banking market via its acquisition of Texarkana's Century Bank
Verizon Wireless, currently awaiting closure of its deal to acquire Little Rock-based Alltel

Television & Film

The new television season is finally here!

Music

Three musicians who share my birthday, September 23 —

Food & Drink

Projects in the Works

This list is sure to grow...

Works in Progress

Pages I'm expanding that I've written, or pages of interest I'm currently working to improve...

Business

Improvement of articles on the legacy nameplates that have been folded into Macy's and its various divisions.
Expansion of the new article on Alltel spinoff Windstream Communications.