San Antonio Apartment Living: August 2018

Welcome to this month’s edition of San Antonio Apartment Living, brought to you by Silver Oaks, our apartments for rent in San Antonio, TX. This month we’re bringing our residents ideas for celebrating national holidays, enjoying movies coming to theaters, and making the most of the month in other ways. Read on to learn more about these topics in today’s blog post.

August Celebrations

National Peach Month

August is National Peach Month. To celebrate, we’re making Peach Cobbler as found on the Allrecipes website. Here’s a note from the Editor:


up close shot of peaches

“To use fresh peaches, you may substitute 4 cups peeled, sliced peaches for the canned peaches. To peel peaches, bring a pot of water to a boil. Remove from heat. Carefully drop peaches into hot water; let stand for 1 minute. Use a slotted spoon to transfer peaches to an ice water bath; when peaches are cool enough to handle, skin will slip right off.”

 

National Picnic Month

We have the perfect way for you to celebrate National Picnic Month. Visit our local Jane Dubel Park!

 

“San Antonio parks give people an opportunity to spend time enjoying the outdoors, with fresh air, sunshine and exercise on  tap for visitors. Take a walk, enjoy the scenery, and de-stress. Studies show people who spend time in parks will be sick less often, which means less time missing from school and work, as well as lower healthcare costs and better overall health. And it’s fun and refreshing. Visit a San Antonio park today!sun shining through a grove of trees and onto the grass

 

“Alcohol is prohibited; most amenities are on a first come, first serve basis. The Pavilion is available for private events with a reservation.”

 

Jane Dubel Park is located just 7 minutes from Silver Oaks.

 

August Holidays

National Watermelon Day

This annual celebration may have just passed us on Friday, August 3rd, but that’s not going to stop us from celebrating all month long. Have you ever made watermelon jerky? If you have a dehydrator, this is the perfect recipe to try it out in your apartment this month.

 

Instructions for Watermelon Jerky:


up close shot of slices of watermelon

  1. Cut watermelon and remove flesh from rind. Cut flesh into pieces as close to ¼" thickness as you can. Remove seeds if possible.

  2. Place on lined dehydrator trays and dehydrate at 135 degrees for ten forevers, or 18-24 hours, or until watermelon jerky is sufficiently dry and breaks when you bend it.

  3. Store in airtight container.

 

National S’mores Day

The Spruce Eats has a great take on the classic s’mores recipe. Instead of toasting the ingredients over an open fire, these Easy Baked S’mores are melted in the oven.

 

“All it takes is three ingredients and about 20 minutes of your time to make these treats that would be perfect for a pajama party. But don't forget about the adults—they would be great on a passed dessert tray with an encouragement to eat them while warm.”

 

Click the above link for more information about this recipe.

 

Movie Suggestions

The Spy Who Dumped Meempty theater seats with aisle in the middle

“Audrey (Mila Kunis) and Morgan (Kate McKinnon), two thirty-year-old best friends in Los Angeles, are thrust unexpectedly into an international conspiracy when Audrey’s ex-boyfriend shows up at their apartment with a team of deadly assassins on his trail. Surprising even themselves, the duo jump into action, on the run throughout Europe from assassins and a suspicious-but-charming British agent, as they hatch a plan to save the world.”

 

The Meg

“After escaping an attack by what he claims was a 70-foot shark, Jonas Taylor must confront his fears to save those trapped in a sunken submersible.”

 

Book Suggestions

What are you reading this month? Check out our top pick below:

All the Light We Cannot See

“Marie-Laure lives in Paris near the Museum of Natural History, where her father works. When she is twelve, the Nazis occupy Paris and father and daughter flee to the walled citadel of Saint-Malo, where Marie-Laure’s reclusive great uncle lives in a tall house by the sea. With them they carry what might be the museum’s most valuable and dangerous jewel.

 

“In a mining town in Germany, Werner Pfennig, an orphan, grows up with his younger sister, enchanted by a crude radio they find that brings them news and stories from places they have never seen or imagined. Werner becomes an expert at building and fixing these crucial new instruments and is enlisted to use his talent to track down the resistance. Deftly interweaving the lives of Marie-Laure and Werner, Doerr illuminates the ways, against all odds, people try to be good to one another.”