Apartment Living

  So you’ve just moved into your new apartment and want to celebrate with all your friends. You’ve bought a blackboard, colored chalk, and balloons—come party day, everyone’s going to know which door is yours! The only issue is that, as you look around, you realize your space is too small to fit everybody and […]

It’s spring! Trees are budding, kids are playing outside, and everything seems fresh and new. Except your apartment, where the gloom of the winter seems to be lingering on? Spring cleaning has long been a tradition for many people – scrubbing all the baseboards and insides of cupboards to make everything feel ready for the […]

Consider this: you’ve decided you like apartment living, and have seen a few condo listings, but don’t have the faintest idea as to whether it’d be better to look at condo listings or apartment rental listings. What’s the difference, anyway, and, importantly, what’s it like to live in each? Good questions. Let’s first tackle a […]

According to Forbes, only 8% of Americans keep their New Year’s resolutions. We’re only about a quarter of the way into the year. How is yours going? The great part is that even if you’ve been a little less dedicated than you planned, it’s not too late! Social scientists offer some simple suggestions to tweak […]

Welcome to the 21st Century in Metropolitan America! We’re tech-savvy, intellectually advanced, globally attuned and humanistic multi-taskers. The industrial revolution in the 1700’s and 1800’s, which some might say started us on the path to the afore-mentioned attributes, also provided us with some reminders that progress isn’t necessarily squeaky clean; nor is it silent—ergo, grime […]

Have you made the decision? Are you primed to take the virtual job plunge? It’s perfectly doable, even in a small apartment; overhead is low and there are no “industrial” noises emanating from a telecommuter’s apartment to bother the neighbors. No factory or printing press equipment! You don’t need a certificate or special training and […]

What’s meal prepping? It’s a technique for buying and preparing meals in bulk so you don’t have to work quite so hard at putting together natural, healthy dishes. Our life these days is pretty hectic, and for those of us who live in an apartment and don’t have much kitchen space – either to prep […]

As the days get shorter and fall starts to fade, our apartments are getting colder. Whether you live in a heat controlled apartment building or a two family home, you may find your place of residence to be drafty, making it hard to keep cold air out. Here are a few ways to keep your […]

  So you have a typical apartment kitchen…not the sort of space that has you whirling around a huge all-purpose chopping table/storage cart island, eh? Even if you did have a larger set-up, you’re too busy rushing around in the a.m. to do much more than pour out a bowlful of Kashi, sprinkle with sugar […]