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With December daytime highs averaging 70 degrees, the Los Angeles neighborhood of Woodland Hills is not the wintriest of places. But this doesn’t mean you have to be completely deprived of traditional winter fun. If you live in Woodland Hills  apartment and want to make the most of what the season has to offer, here are a few goings on you won’t want to miss. 

There are plenty of reasons to be joyful this time of year from reunions with loved ones to time off of work to feasting on your favorite meals. With the holidays right around the corner, there’s a lot to look forward to. If you live in a Bellevue apartment, the Bellevue Magic Season is just one more thing. Here are some family-friendly holiday events and festivities you can partake in throughout the beautiful city of Bellevue between now and January 11, 2015.

For a city of well over five million, Atlanta is pretty laid back. Many of its streets are lined by charming boutiques, home-style restaurants, and unpretentious cafes where you can meet up with friends or spend several hours catching up on work. Museums, theaters, and green spaces make cultural and recreational stimulation easy. If you live in Atlanta and have already spent time at World of Coca-Cola, the Georgia Aquarium, Zoo Atlanta, and on the Eastside Trail, get to know and appreciate the city even more by checking out some of its less well-known treasures.

With a long-standing reputation as the live music capital of the world and a population that is proud of the city’s eccentricities, Austin has been an alluring place to visit and live for decades. Today, it may be even more hip than ever before. Artists, young professionals, and families from throughout Texas and around the country are choosing to relocate to Austin. Before long, those looking to move or relocate within the City of Weird will have yet another fantastic option in the form of an AMLI at Mueller sustainable luxury home. For a profile of this apartment community and the trendy Central Austin community where […]

It’s time to dust off your snowboard and dig up your snow sports gear. The 2014/2015 Colorado ski season kicked off on October 13, when Arapahoe Basin opened its lifts to the public. By now, most parks have opened for business. The first month of the season wasn’t all that spectacular, but the next several months should be packed with fresh powder to tackle. If you’re new to Denver or are just now getting acquainted with the official state winter sport, you might find this introductory guide to Denver area ski resorts useful.

You’ve retrieved your holiday decorations from the storage closet. Your apartment is looking festive, if you can so say yourself. Plans for how to spend your few precious days off work with family or friends are coming together. But what will you do to get your kids in the holiday spirit as they wait in agony for the day they get to open gifts? Here’s an idea: Take them to Knott’s Merry Farm! Nestled among palms in northern Orange County’s Buena Park, Knott’s Berry Farm has been a family-friendly destination and favorite amusement park for many for decades. Every year around the […]

Earning a spot on the New York Times list of places to travel in 2013 in large part because of its culinary offerings, Houston is a city where food is done right. No matter what you’re craving, you can find it in one the many restaurant-packed neighborhoods. With a little bit of research and some exploration, all food preferences and dietary restrictions can be satisfied any time day and night. There’s no denying Houston is a foodie’s paradise. But what is it that makes grabbing a quick bite on the go or dining out in Texas’s largest city the worthy-of-writing-home-about treat that it is?

Hailed by Forbes Magazine as one of the most dazzling holiday light displays in the country, Garden Lights, Holiday Nights at the Atlanta Botanical Garden is an attraction every Atlanta apartment resident should seek to visit at least once a season. Great for dates, family outings, and solitary strolls spent appreciating the illuminated work of skilled artists, the display has something for everyone. But what else would you expect from more than one-and-a-half million carefully strung and arranged lights spread out over 30 acres of well-maintained gardens? Here are some old and new highlights of Garden Lights, Holiday Nights.

Located just south of AMLI Mark24 and Ballard’s lively neighborhood center, the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks are one of the Emerald City’s finest gems. A place where ships pass from the Puget Sound’s saltwater to the elevated freshwater of the Ship Canal, the functional facility and popular attraction is referred to locally as the Ballard Locks. But ships and their cargo are not all that pass through. Here’s what else you can see during a visit of an hour or two to the Ballard Locks.

Celebrate the latest and greatest in sport and leisure boating and yachting at the 55th annual Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show between October 30 and November 3, 2014. If you’re into boats and live in the area, the yachting capital of the world, this is where you should be next weekend.