By Colleen Ford
Spruce up your balcony or patio with some hardy outdoor plants!
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Life in an upscale downtown apartment affords singles several perks: proximity to first-rate restaurants and nightlife hot spots, state-of-the art fitness facilities, and well-equipped kitchens and atmospheric dining rooms for cooking and entertaining a date at home.
By Jason Ernst
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 […]
Apartment residents who keep a good rapport with their apartment managers tend to find life in their maintenance-free homes as easy as can be. In addition to keeping noise levels down and treating apartment facilities with care, one of the best ways for a luxury apartment dweller to do this is to keep the home from becoming a hotbed for filth and foul smells. Maintaining a tidy and fresh-smelling apartment home does not require much effort, and it only serves to make apartment living more pleasant and comfortable for you and your neighbors. If you aspire to keep a clean […]
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 […]
By Jason Ernst
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 […]
By Jason Ernst
Home to Northwestern University, Grosse Point Lighthouse, and a diverse population of some 75,000 people, Evanston is a vibrant and exciting place for students, young professionals, and families to live. The City of Evanston and the surrounding area offer residents of this North Chicago suburb just about everything they could ever need or want for daily living, and AMLI Evanston provides them with an ideal setting for enjoying and getting the most out of life. Today, we have decided to feature this new upscale living community for residents of the Chicago area and any other AMLI community who may be […]
By Jason Ernst
It has been a long, cold winter for Chicagoans. For nearly all of us, summer serves as a reward of sorts. A handful of Chicago residents will be rewarded extra handsomely this summer, as they pack their belongings into a U-Haul trailer or stuff them into a cab bound for 71 W. Hubbard Street. Designed and built for LEED Gold certification, this is the address of AMLI River North, a brand new, smoke-free Chicago luxury living apartment community that many of Chicago’s finest have had their sights set on since its groundbreaking in September of 2011 . Residents of AMLI’s newest Chicago […]
For 26 years, television viewers with a range of interests have been captivated by Shark Week’s addictive bite. If you’ve fallen victim to one of the Discovery Channel‘s most-watched and highly-anticipated television programs and you know others that are just as crazy about Shark Week as you are, then you may want to celebrate the culmination of this year’s event with a Shark Week viewing party. Since there are only a few days of this year’s Shark Week event left, we have compiled some tips that should inspire you and save you time as you plan a last minute get-together. 1. Shark Cakes or Cupcakes When it […]
By Jason Ernst
The picnic is one of those social gatherings of which the origin is not exactly known. We know that our ancestors have enjoyed picnics for hundreds of years. We know that picnics in 18th-century Europe were a luxury that only the aristocratic class was privileged enough to experience. And we know that Americans have developed their own unique picnic habits, some of which are national and others of which are regional (think crab cakes in New England and barbecues in Texas and Oklahoma). Essentially, we know enough to identify a good picnic when we see one. If you have taken […]
You discover that the bus or train line you typically use for commuting from your downtown Chicago apartment to work is experiencing delays, and you only wish you could remember what the next best alternative is. There’s an app for that. You are planning a first date and want to impress the other party by suggesting a restaurant that serves up undeniably tasty fare. There’s an app that can help you find an eatery that fits your criteria and is conveniently located to your downtown Chicago apartment. You have just polished off your nightcap and you have no desire to […]