San Antonio Apartment Living: December 2018

Welcome to this month’s edition of San Antonio Apartment Living, brought to you by Iron Horse Valley Apartments, our apartments for rent in San Antonio, TX. This month we’re here to help you celebrate December. We’re highlighting an upcoming holiday about letter writing, new movie releases, hot chocolate recipes, and more.

December Celebration Highlight: The Holidaysfriends dancing on a hill

For many people, December is a month that’s packed with holiday shopping, gift giving, and time with friends and loved ones. No matter how you’re planning to celebrate during the month, may we make a few suggestions:

First, make time for others. This is a given, and probably expected as you might be visiting relatives in the coming weeks. If you’re planning visitors, take time out of your schedule to make them feel important. There’s a quote we love that goes something like this: people will take time to spend with you, friends will make time. Something to think about.

Second, make time for yourself. Hey, this month can busy and stressful. Don’t keep yourself too busy that you don’t find time for doing things that you love. We’re sure you can make some time to pick up that book you’ve been trying to read!

Upcoming Holiday Highlight: National Letter Writing Daycloseup of flowers and a pen on a letter

Did you know that December 7th is National Letter Writing Day? Sure, the physical writing of a letter may be an act that’s in decline, but we encourage you to make an exception this month. Before the internet and smartphones, writing letters was a major means of communication. What a great time to get back to this tradition this month — one well-known for a time of giving and thinking of others.

Need some advice regarding this? Check out these tips for writing holiday letters.

Recipe Highlight: Hot Chocolatespoon dripping with chocolate sauce over a mug of hot chocolate and marshmallows

Just because we’re in San Antonio, TX doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy a nice cup of winter’s favorite drink: hot chocolate. Check out the recipes that we’re dying to try in our apartment community

BA’s Best Hot Chocolate

This is what you’ll need to make this decadent drink: 3 tablespoons cocoa powder, 3 cups whole milk, 6 ounces semisweet chocolate, 3 tablespoons demerara or granulated sugar, and lightly sweetened whipped cream.

Peppermint Hot Chocolate

We’re no strangers to peppermint hot cocoa. We are, however, new to cocoa whipped cream! From the above link: “Of course, regular whipped cream would work (or even, heaven forbid, NO whipped cream), but I liked switching things up and doubling down on the chocolate flavor. I topped the cocoa whipped cream with a few chocolate curls and edible snowflake sprinkles, because 1) we’re cute like that and 2) it looked a biiiiiiiit too much like the poop emoji when it was just a plain blog of whipped cream. Sorry to go there on a food blog, but friends tell each other the truth. Just add a little eye candy to your cocoa whipped cream and you’ll be just fine.”

Movie Highlights: Mortal Engines & Vice

We’re excited to watch many movies this month, but especially Mortal Engines and Vice. The following descriptions were found on IMDB.com.closeup of a shop and chairs with a marquee and the word

Mortal Engines (December 14th)

“A mysterious young woman named Hester Shaw joins forces with Anna Fang, a dangerous outlaw with a bounty on her head, and Tom Natsworthy, an outcast from London, to lead a rebellion against a giant predator city on wheels.”

Vice (December 25th)

“VICE explores how a bureaucratic Washington insider quietly became the most powerful man in the world as Vice-President to George W. Bush, reshaping the country and the globe in ways still felt today.”