Fountain Valley Halloween: Trick or Treat Near Your Apartment

Do you need a place to celebrate Halloween near your apartment? Well, don’t worry because we got you covered. In this week’s blog we have two great place to celebrate the spooktacular holiday in Fountain Valley. The first is a Halloween party hosted by the Fountain Valley Parks and Rec Department and the second is Harvest Carnival hosted by the Coastal Community Church. Let’s take a closer look at the events.



October 29, 2016 Harvest Carnival 4-6 p.m.

Coastal Community Fellowship Front Lawn
16400 Brookhurst Street
Fountain Valley, CA 92708
Cost: FREE
www.Fvccf.com  

The Harvest Carnvial is a free church hosted event that will feature food, kids games, candy and much more. Click on the link provide to get details and costume guidelines for your little ones.

Halloween Party Thursday, October 27, 2016
The Center at Founder’s Village
$7 ticket price
Sponsor: Fountain Valley Regional Hospital
www.Fountainvalley.org

This is a last minute event, but if you catch this blog in time, take your little one’s in costume to enjoy some Halloween fun. There will be foods, kids games, candy and much more. The price of admission is $7.

 

3 Simple Halloween Decorating & Safety Tips

When you are a kid Halloween is all about dressing up and eating as much candy as possible. However, the older you get, the more your concerns shift from candy and fun, to safety and protecting your children. Even if you live in the nicest and most secure community in the the world, there will still be many safety issues to think about. In this week’s blog let’s go over safety and decor.

 

Pumpkin bowl: cut a large pumpkin in half and thoroughly clean it out. Once you are done use it as a Halloween pumpkin bowl or mixed drink bowl. If you are looking to really wow your guest, decorate the bottom half with a scary Jack-o-Lantern face using markers or paint.

 

Reflective tape: Halloween happens primarily at night and on busy streets. Visibility of your children should be your no. 1 safety concern. Purchase some reflective tape, the kind bike rides use and place it on your kids costume.

 

Use lights on your doorway: if you plan to pass out candy, be sure to decorate your doorway with lights. Apartments can be dark and a poorly lit walkway leading to your apartment is the perfect way to create an accident.

 

Participate in the Fountain Valley FREE Recycling Event

The Fountain Valley Community Foundation in association with the Orange Coast Computers & Recycling center will be hosting a FREE Recycling Event this October. The event will include FREE paper shredding and other electronic recyclables like old hardware and phones. The recycling will be begin at 9:00 am and last until 4pm. The shredding portion will also begin at 9am but stop at noon.

This community event can be an excellent way to teach your children about the importance of recycling while also getting rid of old electronics and paper work. The city of Fountain Valley will also be hosting a few other wonderful events over the next few weeks, so if you are looking for some Halloween fun, visit the City’s website to find out more information: http://www.fountainvalley.org/856/Special-Events. The recycle event is scheduled for Saturday, October 22nd, so get your papers ready and take advantage of this FREE community resource.


October 22, 2016
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Recreation Center and Sports Park
16400 Brookhurst Street
Fountain Valley, CA 92708
714-593-4446

How To Decorate Your Apartment for Halloween?

Are you ready for Halloween decorations? Of course you are! Now the the holiday is only a month away, let’s break out the decorations and spice up your apartment’s decor. Here are a few tips.

 

Tiny pumpkins: purchase tiny pumpkins and use them as accent pieces for side tables or on the bathroom counter. Your guest will be impressed at how great they look.

 

Cobwebs: fake cobwebs are an easy and scary way to decorate your apartment on the cheap. Decorate your doorways with the cobwebs.

 

Pumpkin centerpieces: don’t carve, but instead paint or decorate your pumpkin with glitter. You can then use it as a centerpiece in your dining room table.

Visit a Park in Fountain Valley

Parks are a wonderful resource we all get to take advantage of on a daily basis. Once the summer heat dies down, putting on a sweater and taking and after-dinner stroller is one of the best simple pleasures in life. If you are looking to take advantage of the wonderful parks near your Fountain Valley apartment this week’s blog is just for you! We have a list of two excellent locations for hiking, throwing a picnic, or just letting the kids play around. Here is a quick look at two locations near your apartment.

 

Mile Square Regional Park

16801 Euclid St

Fountain Valley, CA 92708

Phone number(714) 973-6600

 

Fountain Valley Sports Park

10200 Slater Ave

Fountain Valley, CA 92708

Phone number(714) 593-4400

Fountain Valley Food: New Restaurants

Dining out at the same locations over and over again can get boring (yes, I know, #firstworldprobelms), which is why you need to mix things up. Luckily, this blog loves food and we know just what you need this week: a new restaurant near your apartment. Fountain Valley had two new locations open in the last six weeks. The first is an Asian location called Pango and the second is an American style place called Meat N Eat.

If you are looking to try something new over the next few weeks, try one of these spots. Have fun and enjoy your meal.

 

Pango

Opened 6 weeks ago

16161 Brookhurst Ave

Fountain Valley, CA 92708

Phone number(714) 418-9729

 

Meat N Eat

Opened 6 weeks ago

9200 Bolsa Ave

Westminster, CA 92683

Phone number(657) 257-4580

Serena Vista Apartments: Explore Fountain Valley Living

Fountain Valley is a beautiful city and peaceful area to live in. If you are searching for an apartment complex located near the hub of the city while still offering a friendly and quiet environment, look no further than at the Serena Vista apartment homes. Located near the beach, Miles Square Park, and other great shops, Serena Vista may be the complex of your dreams.
The community features world-class amenities like a fitness center, newly renovated interiors, a pool, hot tub, picnic area and garden setting. The units themselves come with ceiling fans, air conditioning, wood flooring and granite countertops. The units also come with their own garage to protect your car. When you are ready to experience the best that Fountain Valley has to offer, give us a call at 877.318.1260 to schedule a visit today.

Join the Conversation About Aging with a Speech in Fountain Valley

This September the City of Fountain Valley will play host to a seminar on aging with acclaimed speaker Wendy Lustbader. The event will feature breakfast and have leaders discussing the conversation on aging and health care. If you are looking to be a part of this important event, contact the Center at Founders Village. Here is a quick blurb about the seminar from the Village’s website:

“Wendy Lustbader, a nationally acclaimed powerful speaker will bring her wit and talents as we engage in debunking the negative views of Aging in America. Doors open at 8:30am to give attendees an opportunity to visit our Sponsors which include Edinger Medical Group, Fountain Valley IPA, Hoag Orthopedic Institute, Independence at Home, MemorialCare Medical Group, Newport Orthopedic Institute, Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center, Pharmacology Research Institute, and SeaCliff Home Care.”

 

September 19, 2016

Time:9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Center at Founders Village

17967 Bushard Street

Fountain Valley, CA 92708

714-593-4446

$35, including continental breakfast

More information can be found here (page 11)

Where To Host a Labor Day Picnic in Fountain Valley

Hosting a BBQ inside your apartment can be a lot of work and messiness. Instead, why not take your Labor Day weekend BBQ to a Fountain Valley park? You won’t have to do loads of clean up after and no one will end up breaking anything in your apartment. If you are looking to host a Labor Day weekend BBQ at a park, here is a quick list of three excellent spots to consider.

 

Mile Square Regional Park

16801 Euclid St

Fountain Valley, CA 92708

Phone number: (714) 973-6600

 

Fountain Valley Sports Park

10200 Slater Ave

Fountain Valley, CA 92708

Phone number: (714) 593-4400

 

Fairview Park

2501 Placentia Ave

Costa Mesa, CA 92628

Best Indoor Plant For Purifying the Air

Adding a plant into your apartment will not only spice up your décor, but the greenery can also be purifying the air in your living space. Studies have shown that the air inside can be more polluted than the air outdoors.

 

Snake Plant: this plant doesn’t need much love or care and can thrive with little water. However, the plant also produces oxygen while removing carbon dioxide at night, when most other plants are sleeping.

Golden pothos: are the hanging basket plant (as its commonly known) helps remove indoor toxins that are released by flooring coverings and other materials in your apartment.

Peace lily: this plant works wonders at removing benzene, formaldehyde and other VOCs from your apartment.