Kansas City Apartment Living: December 2018
Welcome to this month's edition of Kansas City Apartment Living, brought to you by The Power & Light Building, our apartments for rent in Kansas City, Missouri. This month we're bringing our residents suggestions for celebrating Crossword Puzzle Day and Look on the Bright Side Day, reading recommendations like Little Women and The Gift of the Magi, and movies you might want to check out this month like Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Bumblebee. Read on to learn more about these topics in today's blog post.
December Celebrations
Crossword Puzzle Day (Dec 21)
December 21st is Crossword Puzzle Day, and we have a way for you to personalize the experience — make your own crossword puzzle! Come up with a selection of words and clues that are unique to your group of friends or family members, and present the puzzle to them on the 21st. Enjoy Crossword Puzzle Day by picking up a newspaper with some crossword puzzles or download an app!
Look on the Bright Side Day (Dec 21)
Seasonal depression is common for more people than you may think. Make an effort to beat it this month, especially on the 21st, Look on the Bright Side Day, as you transition into a new year. There’s more to beating or dealing with depression than just looking on the bright side, but we suggest using this as a reminder to take some time and think about the good things in your life.
Reading Recommendations
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Little Women is the heartwarming story of the March family that has thrilled generations of readers. It is the story of four sisters--Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth-- and of the courage, humor and ingenuity they display to survive poverty and the absence of their father during the Civil War (Goodreads review).
The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
One dollar and eighty-seven cents is all the money Della has in the world to buy her beloved husband a Christmas present. She has nothing to sell except her only treasure -- her long, beautiful brown hair. Set in New York at the turn of the twentieth century, this classic piece of American literature tells the story of a young couple and the sacrifices each must make to buy the other a gift. Beautiful, delicate watercolors by award-winning illustrator Lisbeth Zwerger add new poignancy and charm to this simple tale about the rewards of unselfish love (Goodreads review)
Movie Suggestions
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
“Spider-Man crosses parallel dimensions and teams up with the Spider-Men of those dimensions to stop a threat to all reality.” Catch your favorite web-slingers of New York and other dimensions in theaters starting December 14th.
“On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie, on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken.”