San Antonio Apartment Living: October 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 here to help you celebrate October. Take the opportunity to get out and enjoy San Antonio and the best it has to offer. We have ideas for doing just that, whether you’re enjoying month-long celebrations, holidays, or you’re checking out a new movie or book. Read on to learn more about these topics in today’s blog post.
October Celebrations
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Did you know that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month? There are many ways to bring awareness of breast cancer to the public. You can participate in a race dedicated to finding a cure, donate of your own money to the cause, or encourage your friends to get regular mammograms. Find a way you can help and raise awareness this month!
National Cookie Month
This month is National Cookie Month! Check out Great American Cookies, our local cookie store, for some delicious sweet treats! Get yourself some double fudge, snickerdoodle, or peanut butter supreme cookies for a decadent treat. Or pick up a cookie cake for a special occasion and share with your loved ones. If you want to stay in your apartment, use October as an excuse to make some of your own and enjoy with a nice cup of milk!
Upcoming Holidays
Fire Prevention Day (Oct 9th)
October 9th provides us with an opportunity to remember the importance of fire safety. Make your home is a safe space by regularly making a routine check of your apartment. Throw away old wires you no longer use, keep matches and lighters out of reach of children, learn how to put out a fire in the kitchen, and report problems with alarms or any electrical issues you encounter in your home to our maintenance team. Never leave stoves or ovens unattended and always completely snuff out the flame of a candle before leaving a room.
Frankenstein Friday (Oct 26th)
Not only is Frankenstein’s monster featured on a postage stamp, but he also has his own day. That’s right — the last Friday of October is Frankenstein Friday. Make the most of it by watching a movie inspired by Mary Shelly’s story, which was the result of a writing challenge issued during a Swiss vacation Mary took with companions Percy Shelly (her future husband at the time), Lord Byron, and John Polidori.
Celebrate! Host a Frankenstein movie marathon at your San Antonio apartment. We suggest starting with the 1931 film adaptation (the first one) which stars the legendary Boris Karloff as the iconic green-hued, bolt-nected, square headed monster. And be sure to include Mel Brooks’ comedy take, Young Frankenstein, which stars Gene Wilder as Frankenstein’s monster. (Many people confuse the character Victor Frankenstein, the scientist, with the monster. In Shelley’s original work, Frankenstein creates a monster.)
Movie Suggestions
Venom
We suggest going to see Venom this month. It comes out in theaters on Friday, October 5th. Reporter Eddie Brock develops superpowers after becoming a host to an alien parasite. Are you excited to watch Venom?
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
“Halloween comes to life in a comedy adventure based on R.L. Stine's 400-million-selling series of books.” Writer Rob Lieber is back with another adventure for the Goosebumps crew. Directed by Ari Sandel, this is a comedy suitable for the whole family. In theaters on October 12th.
Halloween
Mike Myers returns for a final encounter on October 19th in this epic sequel. “Laurie Strode comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.”
Buy your tickets today for a great weekend at the movies!
Book Suggestions
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
“A carnival rolls in sometime after the midnight hour on a chill Midwestern October eve, ushering in Halloween a week before its time. A calliope's shrill siren song beckons to all with a seductive promise of dreams and youth regained. In this season of dying, Cooger & Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show has come to Green Town, Illinois, to destroy every life touched by its strange and sinister mystery. And two inquisitive boys standing precariously on the brink of adulthood will soon discover the secret of the satanic raree-show's smoke, mazes, and mirrors, as they learn all too well the heavy cost of wishes - and the stuff of nightmare.”
The Outsider by Stephen King
“An unspeakable crime. A confounding investigation. At a time when the King brand has never been stronger, he has delivered one of his most unsettling and compulsively readable stories.”