Welcome to this month's edition of Sacramento Apartment Living, brought to you by The Confluence, our apartments for rent in Sacramento, CA. This month we're bringing our residents suggestions for celebrating National Craft Month and National Nutrition Month; topics surrounding upcoming holidays like Popcorn Lover's Day and the Spring Vernal Equinox; movies you might want to check out this month like Red Sparrow and Midnight Sun; and book suggestions like The Keeper of Lost Things and Ulysses. Read on to learn more about these topics in today's blog post.
March Celebrations
National Craft Month
Spend an afternoon making something creative at your apartment to celebrate National Craft Month! Try making this DIY Kinetic Sand from Baby First Blog. Kinetic sand can be very therapeutic to play with and you can enjoy creating all kinds of fun shapes and designs. To make this homemade kinetic sand you’ll need the following supplies: sand, cornstarch, dish soap, water, and food coloring (optional).
National Nutrition Month
Need some weekend plans? Celebrate National Nutrition Month by visiting Jack's Urban Eats, a local healthy restaurant! “Jacks is an urban cafeteria, serving award winning, farm fresh affordable meals in a hip and laid back atmosphere. The friendly and talented staff has been hand crafting salads, sandwiches, and plates since 1998 and is proudly recognized as an innovator of California’s farm-to-table movement.” Jack's Urban Eats is about a 10 minute drive from The Confluence. Happy National Nutrition Month!
Upcoming Holidays
Popcorn Lover's Day
Did you know that Popcorn Lover’s day is on March 9th! Celebrate by whipping up a batch of popcorn to enjoy. Try making a unique batch of one of these popcorn recipes to celebrate! This Butterscotch Toffee Popcorn from Wine and Glue is perfect! To make this popcorn you’ll need popped popcorn, butterscotch chips, vegetable shortening, and toffee bits. You could also try out this Nutella Popcorn from Food Fanatic. Everyone loves Nutella so this recipe will be a sure hit at a get together. Gather together these ingredients: air popped popcorn, butter, brown sugar, corn syrup, milk chocolate, Nutella, salt, and pure vanilla extract.
Spring Vernal Equinox
The Spring Vernal Equinox is on March 20th so let’s celebration the new season by getting outside! The Sacramento Zoo is the perfect place to go! Check it out this month. Here’s some information about the Zoo from their Facebook page: “Open since 1927, the Sacramento Zoo is home to over 140 native, rare and endangered species and is one of over 200 accredited institutions of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. The Zoo is wholly managed by the nonprofit Sacramento Zoological Society and inspires conservation awareness through education and recreation.” The Sacramento Zoo is about a 16 minute drive from The Confluence. Happy Spring Vernal Equinox!
Movie Suggestions
Red Sparrow
Looking for some weekend plans? We suggest going to see Red Sparrow in theaters Friday, March 9. “Ballerina Dominika Egorova is recruited to 'Sparrow School' a Russian intelligence service where she is forced to use her body as a weapon. But her first mission, targeting a CIA agent, threatens to unravel the security of both nations.” Have you already bought your tickets to see Red Sparrow? Check it out this weekend!
Midnight Sun
Check out Midnight Sun this month on Friday, March 30. “Based on the Japanese film, Midnight Sun centers on Katie, a 17-year-old sheltered since childhood and confined to her house during the day by a rare disease that makes even the smallest amount of sunlight deadly. Fate intervenes when she meets Charlie and they embark on a summer romance.” Midnight Sun is a great weekend movie to see. Buy your tickets online today!
Book Suggestions
The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan (2017)
“A charming, clever, and quietly moving debut novel of endless possibilities and joyful discoveries that explores the promises we make and break, losing and finding ourselves, the objects that hold magic and meaning for our lives, and the surprising connections that bind us.”
Ulysses by James Joyce (1922)
“One of the most important works of the Modernist era, James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’ was originally published serially in the American journal ‘The Little Review’ from March 1918 to December 1920. Subsequently published as a book in 1922, ‘Ulysses’ chronicles the passage of Leopold Bloom through Dublin during an ordinary day, June 16, 1904. While the novel appears largely unstructured at first glance it is in fact very closely paralleled to Homer’s ‘Odyssey’, containing eighteen episodes that correspond to various parts of Homer’s work.”
