San Antonio Apartment Living: July 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 bringing our residents ideas for celebrating national holidays, enjoying a movie, and having more fun in or out of the apartment. Read on to learn more about these topics in today’s blog post.
July Celebrations
National Blueberry Month
How do you plan to celebrate National Blueberry Month? We suggest making Lavender Blueberry Honey Ice Cream. Check it out today! Though an ice cream maker is required for this recipe, it’s worth the help and extra effort. But the prep and cook time is actually pretty quick. Drawing on the strong flavors of lavender essential oil, the rest of the ingredients (heavy cream, whole milk, eggs, honey, and sugar) mix perfectly with fresh blueberries and vanilla. It’s a flavor that’s bound to impress your friends.
National Ice Cream Month
We have the perfect way for you to celebrate National Ice Cream Month. Visit your local ice cream shop, Amy’s Ice Creams today! Established in 1984, Amy’s handcrafts artisan super premium ice creams, dairy-free fruit ices and frozen yogurt! It’s home of the world famous Mexican Vanilla Ice Cream. With over 350 flavors in rotation, your every visit will be a new flavor adventure! We’ve grown up in Austin, Texas and now have shops in Houston and San Antonio! Explore your favorite flavors and the fun of Amy’s Ice Creams. Amy’s Ice Creams is about 11 minutes from Iron Horse Valley Apartments. Happy National Ice Cream Month!
Upcoming Holidays
National Fried Chicken Day
Visit Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen to celebrate National Fried Chicken Day this year.
“Founded in 1972, Popeyes® owes its beginnings to entrepreneur and culinary innovator, Al Copeland. With one small restaurant and a big idea, Copeland introduced the New Orleans–style fried chicken that has now made the brand famous throughout the world. Popeyes culinary heritage is built upon the rich Cajun and Creole flavor profiles that are unmistakably Louisiana. We continuously draw upon and celebrate this heritage to inspire new, authentic menu creations the world craves. This unique and flavorful food has allowed Popeyes to become one of the world’s largest chicken quick service restaurants, with over 2,700 restaurants in the U.S. and around the world.”
The nearest Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen is about 8 minutes from Iron Horse Valley Apartments. Happy National Fried Chicken Day!
National Cheesecake Day
In Celebration of this month’s National Cheesecake Day, you’re invited to make this Strawberry Cheesecake Easy Ice Cream from Something Swanky. This recipe uses easy pre-made ingredients to make some seriously mind-blowing ice cream. The base is pretty standard — in fact, you could use it to make any number of flavors. For this recipe, you use store-bought strawberry filling and cream cheese to make the “cake” part of the mixture and Golden Oreo® cookies to make the crust. Mix it all together and freeze overnight for a treat as fresh, light, and breezy as a summer’s night.
Movie Suggestions
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
“Ethan Hunt and his IMF team find themselves in a race against time after a mission goes wrong.”
Ant-Man and the Wasp
“Scott Lang is grappling with the consequences of his choices as both a superhero and a father. Approached by Hope van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym, Lang must once again don the Ant-Man suit and fight alongside the Wasp. The urgent mission soon leads to secret revelations from the past as the dynamic duo finds itself in an epic battle against a powerful new enemy.”
Which movie are you most excited to watch this month? Buy your tickets today for a great weekend.
Book Suggestions
What are you reading this month? Check out our suggestions below:
Stargirl
“Leo Borlock follows the unspoken rule at Mica Area High School: don’t stand out--under any circumstances! Then Stargirl arrives at Mica High and everything changes--for Leo and for the entire school. After 15 years of homeschooling, Stargirl bursts into tenth grade in an explosion of color and a clatter of ukulele music, enchanting the Mica student body.
“But the delicate scales of popularity suddenly shift, and Stargirl is shunned for everything that makes her different. Somewhere in the midst of Stargirl’s arrival and rise and fall, normal Leo Borlock has tumbled into love with her.
“In a celebration of nonconformity, Jerry Spinelli weaves a tense, emotional tale about the fleeting, cruel nature of popularity--and the thrill and inspiration of first love.”
A Hundred Summers
“Memorial Day, 1938: New York socialite Lily Dane has just returned with her family to the idyllic oceanfront community of Seaview, Rhode Island, expecting another placid summer season among the familiar traditions and friendships that sustained her after heartbreak. That is, until the Greenwalds decide to take up residence in Seaview…”