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A fast-growing college town of 62,000 in the Ozark foothills, Fayetteville is flush with youth, culture and natural beauty -- especially in spring, when the redbuds and dogwoods are in bloom and the University of Arkansas students emerge to frolic in the warm weather. Get there before it's too hot to hike the lush, forested trails that braid the area. Stroll through the leafy campus and holler "Woooooooooo, Pig! Sooie!" at the 72,000-seat Reynolds Razorback Stadium (but beware: hotels are already booked for the fall football season). Soak up the atmosphere that entranced a young Bill Clinton. Then wind your way down lively Dickson Street, a former strip of dive bars that has gotten a good scrubbing.
Friday
5:30 p.m. 1 -- George's on My Mind
Introspection over a beer is unthinkable at the boisterous George's Majestic Lounge (519 West Dickson Street, 479-442-4226). Neither majestic nor a lounge, this wood-detailed beer garden with a retractable roof has anchored the Dickson Street music scene for four decades. There's always live music during the Friday happy hour ($5 cover). You might see the revered Cate Brothers, a soulful hometown band known for 70's hits like "Union Man," inspiring everyone, including bearded scholars, to cut loose on the dance floor in broad daylight.
