Tuscaloosa Apartment Living: October 2018

Welcome to this month’s edition of Tuscaloosa Apartment Living, brought to you by Rock Point Apartments, our apartments for rent in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. This month we’re bringing our residents suggestions for celebrating National Pizza Month and Breast Cancer Awareness Month, topics surrounding upcoming holidays like National Gumbo Day and Halloween, movie recommendations, and more. Read on to learn more about these topics in today's blog post.

October Celebrations

Breast Cancer Awareness MonthBreast cancer awareness pink ribbon

October is also Breast Cancer Awareness Month,  so join in the battle against breast cancer! We recommend visiting the official website of the National Breast Cancer Foundation. They even have a page all about ways that you can help in the battle against breast cancer. Discover a way that you can use your individual talents to make a difference in this movement.

 

National Pizza Month

Sliced up pepperoni pizza

Did you know that October is National Pizza Month? To celebrate, we suggest either a visit to your favorite pizza restaurant here in Tuscaloosa, Alabama or making homemade pizza at your apartment. Try one of these 50 Easy Pizza Recipes we found online from Food Network. Happy National Pizza Month! 

 

Upcoming Holidays

National Gumbo Day

Pot of gumbo October 12th is National Gumbo Day! Celebrate by making this rich and flavorful Chicken Shrimp & Sausage Gumbo to enjoy at your apartment this month. The recipe comes from Immaculate Bites and is loaded with chicken, sausage, shrimp, and crab legs. Gumbo is the perfect meal to warm you up on a chilly fall day. However you choose to celebrate, we hope you enjoy celebrating National Gumbo Day this year!
 


Halloween Daylittle girl wearing black and orange costume holding a jack o'lantern shaped candy collecting buckekt

Halloween occurs annually on October 31st each year. This holiday is the perfect excuse to dress up as your favorite superhero or television character. Check out this list of 100+ Top Trending Costumes to find your perfect costume for this year. However you choose to celebrate, we hope you have a happy Halloween!

 

Movie Suggestions

Venom

Are you excited to watch Venom? Check it out in theaters beginning Friday, October 5th. “When Eddie Brock acquires the powers of a symbiote, he will have to release his alter-ego ‘Venom’ to save his life.” Check out this new Marvel movie about a super villain!

Halloween

Just in time for the holiday, Halloween arrives in theaters on Friday, October 19th. Here’s the storyline: “Laurie Strode comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.”

Book Suggestions

What Remains of Her by Eric Rickstad

“From the New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Girls comes this chilling, harrowing thriller set in rural Vermont about a recluse who believes the young girl he's found in the woods is the reincarnation of his missing daughter, returned to help him solve her and his wife's disappearance.”

The Outsider by Stephen King

“An unspeakable crime. A confounding investigation. At a time when the King brand has never been stronger, he has delivered one of his most unsettling and compulsively readable stories.”