Take your morning to the rooftop

Start your staycation with coffee and absolutely no reason to hurry. The rooftop deck at 98th Avenue gives you a place to change up your morning routine while enjoying some time outside. Bring a book, catch up with a friend, or simply leave your schedule open until lunch. You can also stop by the community coffee service before settling into the day. A peaceful morning is an easy way to establish that vacation mindset without leaving home.

When you want a little more activity, visit the community fitness center before heading back to your apartment. Homes at 98th Avenue feature quartz countertops, stainless steel appliances, full-size in-unit washers and dryers, and private patios or balconies. Pick up ingredients for a leisurely lunch and spend some time cooking instead of defaulting to your weekday routine. Enjoy your meal outside if you have a private balcony or patio. Give yourself permission to linger afterward instead of immediately finding something productive to do.

Explore downtown Bothell without an itinerary

A local staycation should include some neighborhood discovery, and 98th Avenue makes that particularly easy. The property confirms that restaurants and shopping are within walking distance, so leave the car behind and give yourself an afternoon to wander. Stop at Social Grounds for a coffee or visit The Bine Beer & Food when you are ready for a meal. Poquitos, Hana Sushi, Pen Thai, and The Hop & Hound provide even more possibilities around the neighborhood. Choose somewhere you have not tried before and make lunch part of the experience.

Keep the afternoon going with another downtown stop instead of rushing home. Browse Cranberry Cottage or Se-lyn Boutique, visit Tsuga Fine Art, or head toward McMenamins Anderson School for entertainment. The King County Library is next door to 98th Avenue if your ideal vacation afternoon involves finding a new book and slowing things down. You can also simply explore downtown and see what catches your attention. Leaving some room for spontaneity makes the day feel less like your regular weekend schedule.

Give summer a rooftop send-off

Return home before sunset and let the rooftop deck become your final destination for the evening. Meet up with friends in the community lounge or spend some time outside before heading back to your apartment. Order dinner from a neighborhood restaurant and make the evening intentionally easy. Your private patio or balcony provides another place to relax when you want a quieter end to the night. There is no need to squeeze another activity onto the schedule.

The best part of a Bothell staycation is finding experiences you can revisit throughout the year. Keep exploring downtown restaurants, make rooftop downtime part of your routine, or occasionally trade an evening at home for a neighborhood walk. Living at 98th Avenue places plenty of those possibilities close by. Summer may be winding down, but your connection to downtown Bothell does not have to. Enjoy one more easygoing weekend and let home become your favorite local getaway.

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Our Favorite Fall 21' Trends

The 98th Avenue Apartments in Bothell, Washington, have what the average apartment living tenants want and need. With the fall season coming up, the urge to decorate for autumn might be top of mind for you. After all, scarecrows, pumpkin spice, and bonfires are sure signs that autumn is here!

How To Adapt These Trends for your Apartment

Following some tips from the Apartment Therapy site, this season might be easier to decorate with the fun and different ideas of infusing the season all over your apartment. This year, add those fun autumn accents that we all love to every room.

Setting out pumpkins or gourds on the private patio is a great way to spice up your outdoor area. Set up your pumpkin spice wax burner, grab a cup of your favorite cocoa from the coffee service that's available to the tenants, and enjoy the autumn air on your patio—what a relaxing way to spend a night after a long day at work.

For added fall fun, since 98th Avenue Apartments is pet-friendly, you can dress up your fur baby in their Halloween outfit for a walk to the pet station or to the close town of Bothell to shop or catch dinner.

Fall 2021 at 98th Avenue

Elevate your apartment living charm by adding fall decor to your apartment and spice things right up. Make your apartment the talk of the community with the pumpkins, fresh autumn colors, and a little Halloween spirit. We only get one shot at Fall 2021, so why not decorate your apartment with the season's spirit?

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Halloween is going to be fantastic in 2020, if a little different. Halloween is on a Saturday, there will be a full moon, and people want to celebrate. Sure it’s 2020, so we need to social distance, wear masks of a different sort to help us stay safe, but we can still have a spooky great time. Check out these can’t miss ideas to make Halloween 2020 a hit. 98th Avenue is the right place to celebrate. 

How to Decorate Your Apartment

There are so many ways to get your apartment ready for Halloween. We all know it’s important to make a good first impression and this year that’s even truer as most of us will keep trick-or-treaters at a safe distance. Set the stage. Carve creepy pumpkins with stencils and easily available templates. Decorate doors with cut-outs of ghosts, goblins, witches, and more.  Make sure the neighbors can see some colorful creatures by combining monster cut-outs and contact paper on the windows. For the inside, fairy lights, felt spiders, and glow in the dark skeletons are always hit. It’s the little things that really set the mood. Try the mirror hidden message trick, get some scotch tape and spell out a scary message on your mirror, allow the tape to set and remove. Then run some hot water to reveal hidden messages to your guests.

How to Celebrate at Home

For many of us, celebrating Halloween this year will probably have to be done at home. Luckily, there are plenty of ways to raise goosebumps at home. Start by setting the mood with Halloween baking and some apple cider. Carving pumpkins is always a hit, so each person can get involved in making their ideas come to life. 

What’s Halloween without costumes? Make sure to get everyone dressed up and set up a video conferencing call with friends and family so everyone can share the scares. Set up a baby monitor on the porch, so you can have fun interacting with trick-or-treaters. Treats can be in the form of an outdoor haunted house or a video performance through your windows instead of the typical eatable delights. 

Movie marathons are great since you can choose movies appropriate to any age group or audience (from Goonies to Friday the 13th, there is something for everyone) and those can be shared from the comfort of your own apartment through a number of popular streaming services (Netflix Party, KAST, YouTube, Discord, Facebook, and more). 

Halloween Hotspots in Bothell

Luckily, stores are open in Bothell, so you can get what you need for Halloween. If you need costume, makeup, and decorations, there are three Spirit Halloween stores open this year nearby in Woodinville, Kirkland, and Lynnwood. Even though the Safe Halloween sponsored by the city is closed this year, there are other activities to do in Bothell. The Bothell Kenmore Chamber is offering a Drive-Thru Haunted House on October 30 and Drive-Thru Treat-or-Tricking event on Halloween.

Social distancing will definitely make Halloween different this year, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be a fun and safe holiday for everyone. Curbside and at-home delivery make it easier than ever to get the decorations, supplies, and costumes you need to make Halloween a hit. Don’t be afraid to get creative with some seasonal inspiring at-home celebration ideas.

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How to Eat Healthy at Home 
Cooking for yourself offers complete control and customization of what you put in your meals. Using more veggies, and reducing how much meat and cheese you use, is one great way to create healthier meals, according to www.choosemyplate.gov.  They recommend choosing red, orange, and dark-green vegetables such as tomatoes, sweet potatoes, and broccoli. You can make a large portion of your meal and section the food into seven tupperwares as a way to meal prep for the week. Great options could be casseroles, or a simple protein, such as lean chicken, tofu, or beans, alongside a carb, such as quinoa, and a veggie. Avoid highly processed sugars and eat fresh blueberries or a banana with some honey instead.

At-Home Workouts 
You don’t have to leave your house to get into shape. There are many online workouts that are perfect for social distancing guidelines. You can even get a personal online trainer through websites such as nerdfitness.com. They also offer a wide variety of workout routines that you can try on your own if you prefer to be by yourself while exercising. Nerd Fitness always recommends warming up in order to get the blood flowing and avoid injury, regardless of the workout you’re doing.   

Improve Your Mental Health
The way COVID19 has affected our daily lives can be draining, but that doesn’t mean we can’t work toward the healthiest mind possible. In addition to moving your body to improve your mood, it’s important to get some sunlight. Take a walk along The Park at Bothell Landing in order to get some fresh air and clear your head. It’s also important to connect with friends and family, according to the University of Michigan Health Department. Other suggestions include journaling both your anxieties as well as fortunes, getting plenty of sleep, and limiting the consumption of alcohol, and even taking a break from the news if need be.  Taking care of yourself will ensure a full life. As a community, we must come together and take care of not only ourselves, but each other. 

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The Who’s Who?

It’s the 21st century and ice cream has taken on many different faces and flavors. If you like a more thick consistency, the sweet thickness of gelato may be just the thing you need this summer. However, if you want something a little more light and refreshing, the fruitiness of sorbet is just what you need. Or if you just want to stick with your standard ice cream cone topped with chocolate, vanilla, or both, that is just as good. No matter the flavor or texture, ice cream will definitely be your primary delight. But for those of us who may not be ready to go out and get the scoop just yet, there is a way you can enjoy a sweet treat like everyone else from the comfort of your own home. 

Self-Serve Your Soft Serve

DIY Ice cream! It may sound a little scary at first but there are several ways you can curate your own sweet delight! One of the quickest and most efficient recipes is known as the “ Freeze and Stir/Plastic Bag Method”. By combining milk, sugar, heavy cream, vanilla extract, and a little salt you will be well on your way to your own tasty creation. If you can’t cook and would rather leave the stress on someone else, there are a couple of great locations in Bothell that can be of great service to your chilled sweet tooth. 

Who’s the Scoop in  Bothell 

Located a couple of minutes from our 98th Avenue community, delight in customizable flavorings such as Banana Pudding or Black Cherry Tart at Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt; you may also want to try some of their more unique flavors like Blue Raspberry Sorbet made with Sour Patch Kids. If froyo isn't your thing, you can also swing by Snoqualmie Ice Cream for more traditional flavors like vanilla or chocolate. Just off the 522, enjoy a smooth, rich cup of some of the best ice cream you have ever tasted.  

From local to national chains, the city of Bothell has many options to try this summer to fulfill your ice cream cravings! Be sure to find your flavor soon. July is National Ice Cream month, enjoy!

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Here are some ideas on how to change it up in your Bothell apartments:

1.       Start off with a deep clean- When was the last time you did a deep, thorough clean of your apartment? It’s a good idea to do this, especially since it’s spring and more pollen, dust, and other particles may have made a nest in your home. It’s also a meditative exercise to do as well as productive because at some point you were going to have to get around cleaning it.

2.       Remove everything that doesn’t fit or belong- if you’re trying to go for a new vibe in your apartments, get rid of little accessories or accents that interfere with the new ambiance you’re trying to create. You can either donate them or sell them online, which will help you create a little slush fund for new accessories if you do.

3.       Indulge in some new décor- Now that you know the direction and feel you want your apartment to have, collect some new accents online. It’s not a safe time to go to the stores yet, even if some are open in your area. It’s best to play it safe and try and see if you can get some discounts on the internet.

What will you do with your apartments to stay afloat and inspired during the quarantine? Share in the comments to splurge your wealth of information to others.

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