Little Rock is one of my main routes. I layover at the La Quinta Inn
& Suites Downtown Conference Center. It's a short walk to the
convention center where the SSA will be at. The Shrevport Club who is
hosting this event really picked a nice spot.

The best part of Little Rock is up and down West Markham Street. This
is where the most expensive hotels are and where the convention center
is. However there's plenty of hotels that are cheap and within
walking distance of this area. There's a fantastic pizza parlor
called "Iriani's Pizza" that has a couple pool tables and buffet style
pizza on west markham st (great place for lunch). Everytime I go
there, I walk from the La Quinta past the convention center to
Iriani's. I plan on staying at the La Quinta Inn for 49 dollars a
night. It's 0.4 miles to the convention center, I plan on walking.

Also, if you are coming to Little Rock, do not!....I mean DO
NOT!....... leave until you have eaten at the "Cajun's Wharf!" It's
just a couple minutes from the cenvention center overlooking the
river. Excellent service, excellent seafood. You can get in and out
of there for 10-15 bucks a person. When I was in college at Delta
State University, we did our heavy avionic maintenance at LIT
airport. The university would ask a student each week to fly a plane
over to LIT and stay for a while until it gets fixed. Students and
instructors would FIGHT over these trips so they could get a courtesy
car and drive over to the Cajun's Wharf with their friends riding
along. Fun Times!

Another fun thing to see in Little Rock is the William Jefferson
Clinton Presidential Library (also located downtown on the river).
I've not been there yet, but I have heard it's a really neat place to
go.

See ya there!

Scott Alexander
Memphis, TN