Give your Labor Day Bash a theme!

You may already have themes or ideas for your Labor Day party, but if you’re still wondering, “What am I gonna do?” here are a few ideas to jump start your party planning.

• Football Theme Party – Hand out whistles to your guest, and have them wear their favorite jerseys and colors. Run a contest for the most spirited guests. Decorate your apartment similar to a stadium, and have football themed plates and cups. This would be an excellent way to start the weekend with so many college teams playing.
• Luau Theme – Luau theme? Yeah, why not? It’s Labor Day weekend. Your party doesn’t necessarily have to be a theme around Labor Day. Hand out leis to your guest as they come through the door and hand them tropical drinks (or beer, if that’s more you’re thing). Do a Hula dance with your party-goers, prepare the food in traditional Hawaiian style. This is a great theme if you can actually host the party near a beach.
• Casino Theme Party – This is also a great theme especially if you have a Poker table. Host a Texas Hold ‘Em game and get your party guests in the right mood. Dress you apartment with Poker Chips to give it a fun touch!
• Music or Decade Themes – This is an easily done party. Pick out your favorite decade and design a party around that! Include music from that decade. You can also design around a certain genre of music. Let’s say you’re really into rock ‘n’ roll, you can do an AC/DC or Led Zeppelin party. Of course, those are just examples!
• Season Theme – And lastly, you can plan a season party. This would be an excellent option as we are saying goodbye Summer and hello to Fall! There are tons of great color schemes from the fall season that would make your Labor Day party a hit!

If you are hosting a party this weekend, we at Alpha Mill would love to see photos of your Labor Day Bash!

Free popcorn at Actor's Theatre movie screenings.

Cult Movie Mondays Lol, Actors Theatre in Charlotte in Funny
Free Monday movies, free popcorn, what else could you as for with Cult Movies

If you, like myself, always have a case of the Monday’s, there is a cure for your ailment.  The Actor’s Theatre in Charlotte is having a screening of ‘Back To School‘ as part of their Cult Movie Monday Theatre.

This Free Cult Monday Movie is…

‘Back To School‘, an 80’s iconic movie, stars the goofy Rodney Dangerfield as a self made millionaire who goes back to college, helps his son, woos a professor, and builds his own luxuriant dorm for his son and his buddies.

The plot is as ridiculous as the movie, but it does stand as one of the classic movies of the 80’s. The sardonic humor of Rodney Dangerfield is still as strong as his performance in ‘Caddyshack‘ coupled with the talent of Robert Downey Jr., Sam Kinison, and a special appearance from the wonderful Kurt Vonnegut (author of Slaughterhouse Five).

Cult Movie Monday Theatre shows their movies at Actor’s Theatre every Monday. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and admission is free along with popcorn. If you’re already looking to break those Monday Blues, visit Actor’s Theatre in Charlotte at 650 East Stonewall Street. That’s only a 7 min. drive from Alpha Mill Apartments in Charlotte! For more information, please call Actor’s Theatre at 704-342-2251.

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Enjoy the taste of Coca Cola.

This video is so much fun to watch.  we wanted to share this fun treat with you for Friday.  The Happiness Machine has been popping up everywhere.  How cool would it be if it were right in our neighborhood in Charlotte or even here at Alpha Mil Apartments?

Share this fun blog post with your friends on Facebook and leave your comments below as well.  Have any of you ever experienced the Happiness Machine?

Coca Cola Happiness Machine Could Be in Charlotte

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Pet Friendly Apartments in Charlotte are forming an alliance with Project Halo-Charlotte

Hey Residents of Alpha Mill Let’s show Charlotte how pet friendly our apartments are.  Stop by the office this month with your doggie treats, toys and any other supplies that can help to support Project Halo-Charlotte.

We are in support of Project Halo

We will be receiving gifts in the office for the next several weeks to help animals live on. Project Halo is a non-profit, NO-KILL rescue organization based right here in Charlotte, North Carolina. The animal shelter rescues unwanted, homeless and abused pets and gives them support and hope for the future.

Pet Friendly

Project Halo: Helping Animals Live On

Halo is 100% volunteer and they can use our help. The Halo Organization is practically a full service shelter, they take care of the vet work when necessary; shots sterilization and heartworm treatment if needed.

All donations are fully tax-deductible.  So what ever you have to give or sow bring it to the office.  If you would like to donate you can visit the Project Halo-Charlotte site and use their PayPal account.

If you have any other suggestions then leave your comments.  Thank you.

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Good Afternoon Alpha Mill Residents we welcome you to come out to the roof top of the Alpha Mill Apartments Friday night, August 20th, for a lot of social with a little wine.

Come and meet and greet with new neighbors and already existing friends.  This wine social is a resident event and it is for the purpose of simply socializing with the people that we live with.  This wine social is for the mature crowd only.  The ambiance will be set up very casually with soft music playing in the background a few appetizing snacks to lightly coat your belly (bring your own food if you’re really hungry).

Friday on the Roof top Talk and Drink some Wine

If you invite your friends remember that it’s just a small patio so don’t walk up to Tryon Street and invite all of  your friends to come with you.  Thank you from Alpha Mill Apartments in Charlotte Center City

Alpha Mill Apartments Roof Top

Center City Charlotte

Have you ever taken a Public Art Walking Tour in Center City Charlotte?
The Public Art Walking Tour utilizes technology with one of the simplest yet coolest concepts are used today.

Explore the public Art in Center City Charlotte

The first thing you need to do is go to the Public Art Walking Tour page at CharlotteCultureGuide.com.  On that page there is a free 45-minute podcast for you to download as a mp3 file onto your iPod, mp3 player, smart phone, etc…

This Self-Guided Public Art Walking Tour carries you along Center City Charlotte while your digital tour guides John and Krista give you history and background on the private and public art work along the way.

Charlotte is a beautiful City to live in and visit but often times we don’t take advantage of what is right here with us only because it may seem so normal.  Appreciate the grace of our city.  Alpha Mill Residents, if you haven’t been on an Art Walk yet then take an afternoon to learn about it and go for a tour.  When you come back tell everybody else how much you enjoyed it.

Presented by Art & Science Council and it’s Free.  Free Podcast Download, right click and Save link as…

Learn Digital Photography

Welcome to the Digital World

Chances are that you and  most of our residents here at Alpha Mill apartments own or have access to a digital camera.

This is the digital era, we have paperless access to so many digital platforms that were created for our convenience.  But where digital camera are concerned have you ever had a desire to take your photographing skills to another level.  You might use digital photography as a hobby or just to tag friends in Facebook photo’s but there is a whole world of digital photography to explore.

Learn The Art of Digital Photography

The Light Factory: Contemporary Museum of Photography and Film is now offering digital photography classes beginning September 13th.  You can learn from everything from the Intro to Digital SLR Photography, to shooting techniques and styles.  You will also learn how to set up proper lighting for the most professional shots and digital photo editing with Adobe Photoshop on a novice and advanced level.

These classes are hands on and will have you participating in photo shooting assignments in downtown Charlotte.  This really sounds like a great opportunity to move ahead in the digital world.

Classes are limited and The Light Factory offers day and night classes.  Visit their website for more details about digital photography classes.

Free Movie Tonight for the Cornelius Outdoor Cinema Series

Inflatable Outdoor Movie Screen

This summer in Charlotte has been filled with great events.  One of those events has been the Cornelius Outdoor Cinema Series.  Since June 16th the Cornelius Outdoor Cinema Series has been showing movies under the stars.  Tonight at the Jetton Village the movie Charlotte’s Web will be featured.  The last day for this series is on August 21, 2010.

Bring any of your own seats or blankets and be prepared to have a good time watching Charlotte’s Web on their state of the art inflatable blimp-screen.  This is a free event but in case you get hungry there will be refreshments and snack to buy.

Alpha Mill Apartments in Charlotte has a lot of movie-buffs.  I like to watch movies too, it just relaxes me at the same time feeding my imagination with wonderful child like thoughts, especially when watching something like Charlotte’s Web.  It’s such a child hood classic film!  So enjoy yourselves this evening Alpha Mill Residents.

Here is a link for you if you are interested in purchasing your own Inflatable Outdoor Movie Screen

Romantic Restaurants in Charlotte

Alpha Mill Have you ever been to the McNinch House Restaurant?

It’s really a house. It’s really a restaurant. It’s really romantic.

The McNinch House gives you the Southern hospitality of big mama’s house and the style of American dining all for one package price.

Your detail oriented seven course meal comes precisely choreographed with excellence and abundance by the owner and Chef Ellen Davis.

Online Reservation’s
McNinch House is reservation only, open from Tuesday through Saturday and the hours of operation are from 6:30 pm to 12:00 am.  Have a closer look at McNicnch House Restaurant before you go and make your Online Reservation.

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National Fresh Breath Day August 6
When Bad Breath Come, It Comes In Hot!

Old Friend… “Hello, how are you?”

You respond with a frowning face turned gently to the right as your nostrils flair up, “Whoa! Yeah, I’m doing good.”

Bad Breath

With your hand you frantically pat your pockets in search of a stick of gum or a minty fresh cough drop.  Eureka! “Here, have a mint.”  With excitement and relief you offer the mint firmly hoping that they won’t be offended but refusing to be refused.

Hallelujah!  Your nose screams with joy… Happy National Fresh Breath Day! Help a friend to a stick of gum or Tic-Tac and be sure to help yourself.

Make a regular appointment to have a check up at the dentists office.  Halitosis is used to refer to a noticeably unpleasant odor that comes from your mouth when you exhale.   Having bad breath is not a joke, but having having a healthy mouth is a serious matter.

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