AMLI Blog | Living Apartment Life

Autumn is approaching, the season during which far more babies are born in America than during any other.  If you live in a family friendly apartment and are in the process of preparing for the arrival of the newest member of your family, consult this baby preparation checklist to make sure that you don’t forget anything that will make your life easier and your apartment home safer for your baby once he or she has arrived. Deep Cleaning There is a lot of cleaning that needs to be done before your baby arrives.  In addition to ridding your home of […]

Autumn is only a month away, which means that before long gardening enthusiasts in many parts of the country will have to put away their gardening supplies and wait until spring to return to one of their favorite hobbies with gusto.  For these types–and especially for those of us who like to integrate plants into our apartment home decor but never seem to have any luck keeping them alive, there is a silver lining to the changing of the seasons.  Below, we discuss 12 plants that can thrive indoors with very little maintenance. 1. Philodendron Capable of thriving in apartments […]

The advent of unlimited text messaging and the rise of social media channels have made getting in touch with friends and keeping up with their lives easier than ever.  But for many of us, they have all but replaced face-to-face contact, a traditional way of communicating that social psychologists agree has far more value to most people in most social situations than virtual communication.  When was the last time you hung out with your closest friends?  When was the last time you hung out with your closest friends without looking at your smartphone every few minutes?  Do you feel a […]

Do you have an end-of-summer getaway planned?  Are you thinking about heading to the Northeast this autumn to check out the brilliant reds, oranges, and yellows that dance off of maples and other deciduous trees?  Perhaps you are already planning a winter escape to the Caribbean that will allow you to sunbathe on beautiful white-sand beaches while your friends at home are bundled up in scarves and coats.  No matter the destination or the season of the next vacation you have planned, the advice offered below can help you to more fully enjoy the location, the company you are with, […]

As far as large urban areas are concerned, Chicago has a reputation for being one of the country’s clean spots.  This wasn’t always the case.  A hundred years ago, the streets of Chicago were ravaged with filth; its air was polluted with emissions from industrial plants; and its cholera-causing waterways had such a concentration of vile waste that critics spurned the Chicago River as flammable.  In the perennial muckraking classic The Jungle, Upton Sinclair wrote of the river’s South Fork: “the grease and chemicals that are poured into it undergo all sorts of strange transformations, which are the cause of […]

Chicago has long been called America’s second city, but ask any resident of this Midwestern metropolis and you are sure to hear that Chicago beats New York on all counts. From delectable pizza to a large army of through-thick-and-thin baseball fans, Chicagoland sure does give the City that Never Sleeps a run for its money.  But the appeal of Chicago is not confined entirely to its central urban spaces.  The city has some of the most highly educated, friendly, and livable suburbs in the country. One of these burbs, Naperville, is the focus of today’s post. Known for its quaint […]