Decorating your apartment with antiques can add elegance and sophistication to your home. If you are looking for a great place to shop for antiques near the crossing apartments here are some places you may want to check out.

The Orange Circle Antique Mall – Looking for vintage finds to spruce up your place? Located 11 minutes away from The Crossings Apartments,  Orange Circle Antique mall is located in the downtown historic district. It has two stories of booths containing everything from Vinyl Records to early century pieces.

Interested in Renaissance Revival?  Steven-Thomas Antiques & Interiors, is located 15 minutes away from the crossing community in Santa Ana., They specialize in European Continental antique furniture and accessories and even offer cabinet making and customization of antiques in their showroom.

Antique shops are great for finding interesting pieces and hearing great stories. We’d love to see some of your favorite vintage pieces and even check out some of your favorite places to go antiquing in Anaheim.  Check out The Crossings Apartments Facebook page.  Don’t for get to “Like” us.

Photo Credit: Stock XChng

Here at The Crossing Apartments, we encourage public transportation. Public transportation is now made easy thanks to the OCTA’s open data initiative. This provides free service data to developers to create cool mobile and web applications. Here are a few cool applications designed to help you with your commute whether you are traveling by bus, train or bike.

Get Me There On a Bike – Are you looking to view all the existing bikeways in Orange County? The Orange County Transportation bikeways map gives users a detailed depiction of Orange County’s existing bikeways. It generates bike friendly routes with turn by turn directions from your current location to any address you specify.  You can also create custom routes and save to your phone for future use. Get me there on a bike can be purchased through iTunes.

MyStops – MyStops enables users to check their most frequently-used bus and transit schedules on the iPhone and iPod Touch. Quickly flip through your most recent stops by entering a stop number, locating the nearest stops or searching for the intersection. Mystops can be purchased from the app store.

Dadnab – Use Dadnab to send transit information via text message.  Let others know your departure and arrival time or your exact location.

Railbandit – Railbandit allows you to track train schedules from your smart phone. If you have a GPS feature on your phone, you can track yourself while on the train and find out if your train is on time. Railbandit is available on IPhones, Android, and Blackberry.

Pothole Agent -   Wish you had hindsight for locating potholes? Well now you can. The Pothole Agent application uses your phone’s accelerometer and magnetic field sensors to automatically detect potholes, speed bumps, or impact events as they happen. These events are saved on a map which you can view directly from the phone or email to yourself. You can also email these files to the Department of Transportation.

While all of these applications seem to enhance the traveling experience in Orange County, The Crossings Apartment nor the OCTA endorse the apps listed, we encourage you to read reviews and research the apps that work best for you. Please remember do not text and drive.

Source: OCTA

Photo Credit: Stock XChng

Did you know that the city of Anaheim has an application for smart phones? Now at your own fingertips The Crossing apartment residents can access an up to date listing of the all the fun events going on in the city, as well as contact information and even a map. Residents can request city services, learn more about volunteering opportunities and request services based on their precise location by either uploading a photo or selecting the location directly from their GPS. Need to leave a comment or ask a question? Do so with ease, simply submit your email address along with your comment or question and someone will respond to you. Looking for city services such as the location of the nearest community center? Need Information on how to pay your bill online? The City information screen will answer your questions. If you have a question for city hall and need to speak with a live person, you have that option as well. Simply touch the 311 button to be connected with a representative.  This application is available for both iPhone and Android users.  Save time with My Anaheim. Download it today to get started!

Source: City of Anaheim

Photo Credit: City of Anaheim

We look like to announce to our residents that The Crossing has been named Development of the Year by the South Coast Apartment Association. The 11th annual Greater Excellence in Management and Maintenance attracted roughly 1,200 multifamily executives, industry vendors, elected officials, and community leaders gathered at the Hilton in Anaheim.

The South Coast Apartment Association represents rental housing owners and managers throughout Orange County, Long Beach, and Signal Hill. One of our very own leasing consultants, Kevin Bardo, won Leasing Professional of the Year. We would like to extend our appreciation to the residents here at The Crossing.

It was truly an honor for us to receive both awards for Development of the Year and Leasing Professional of the Year. Also, congratulations to Maura Daly for her nomination as Community Manager of the Year and Linda Stout for her nomination as Assistant Manager of the Year.

The Crossing Anaheim now has a new courtesy patrol offered by security company Chief Protective.

They will be available at night from 8 p.m. to 3 a.m. and will patrol the courtyards (including the edible courtyard area,) the exterior and interior of the community, the underground parking areas and the common areas. Their phone number is 888-332-4648. The Crossing residents can call if they have issues.

Another tip our apartment residents may need:

• If you need a work order or a maintenance request, please go to our post, How to Submit a Work Order or Maintenance Request.

If you have any other issues, please let us know or stop by our office. Thank you. We hope your new year is off to a great start.

- The Crossing Anaheim

We know that our residents here at The Crossing Anaheim have been having some issues with hard water.

Princeton defines hard water as, “water that contains mineral salts (as calcium and magnesium ions) that limit the formation of lather with soap.”

One tip for your dishwasher is to run a half gallon of vinegar through your dishwasher a couple of times a year.

We offer Delta faucets here at our community. From their handbook, read below to find some tips to use in your own apartment.

How to rinse your kitchen faucet

• To flush your faucet, remove the aerator and black sealing gasket above it.
• Turn hot and cold faucet handle(s) to full on
  position(s) and flush lines for two minutes before
  turning off water.
• Replace aerator with black sealing gasket above it.

When you’re cleaning your faucet, don’t use these items:

• Industrial cleaners
• Abrasive cleaners
• Toilet bowl cleaners
• Bleach-based cleaners
• Polish
• Ammonia solutions
• Heavy-duty scrub sponges
• Products containing hydrofluoric,
  hydrochloric and/or phosphoric
  acids and caustic agents

How to remove lime and mineral deposits

Place a cloth soaked in white vinegar over the deposits for several hours, then try the mild cleanser.

To clean the aerator:

• Unscrew the aerator.
• Remove it and the black sealing gasket above it.
• Rinse the gasket in clean water.
• Soak the aerator in a 50/50 vinegar and water solution for several hours.
• Flush the aerator with water.
• Rub stubborn deposits with a toothbrush.

Hope these tips help you keep your faucets clean and working here at The Crossing Anaheim. If you have questions, let us know on Facebook, or stop by our office.

Photo Credit: Hustvedt

Street sweeping will soon be a common thing here at The Crossing Anaheim. On January 12 and 19, 2011, street sweeping teams will be sweeping the parking lot.

Starting in February, they will be sweeping on the first and third Wednesday of the month. This will continue each month for the rest of the year.

*Your vehicle will have to be moved between the hours of 8 a.m.to 12 p.m.

Thank you for your consideration.

Also, Halo Detail—yes, they’ve been here before—will be here Tuesday, January 18 from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Find them right outside of our rear entrance on Grove Street.

Prices start at $25. Will you be there? (Tell your apartment community on Facebook.)

Photo Credit: DanBrady

Here at The Crossing Anaheim, we have an apartment yoga studio. Have you read our beginner’s guide to yoga yet? We think it’s helpful.

When is the best time for you to practice yoga?

The best time for yoga is in the morning after a shower and on an empty stomach. This isn’t always possible considering all the things we must do during the day. You can also practice yoga any time of the day, but try not to eat anything heavy 2 to 3 hours prior to your session.

If you can, you should try to do yoga every single day. You can take advantage of our yoga studio here in Anaheim, but really you can do yoga anywhere you want.

Photo Credit: mandydale

The Crossing Anaheim wishes its apartment residents a happy holidays!

Our office will close at 1 p.m. on New Years Eve. On New Years Day we will be closed.

Cheers to a Happy New Year!

Photo Credit: quinn.anya

The Crossing Anaheim is an eco-friendly apartment community–something you most likely know if you live here. We’re smoke-free, we use dimmer lights and so much more. We could talk about it all day, but we’re happy to report that we’ve received some surprising recognition for being a green community.

Our apartments are now LEED certified and we received a gold level certificate from the United States Green Building Council. Why is this so great? Because we only expected to be recognized at the silver level.

The Crossing Anaheim is healthier for our residents and better for the environment.

The following items were highlighted in our application:

• commuter-friendly location
• the urban infill / reuse site selection
• the use of green building materials
• the 94-percent diversion rate by which 7,952 tons of demolition and construction waste was recycled
• the donation of excavated sandy soils to the city for improvements made to the nearby Santa Ana River bed
• policies aimed at promoting better health

We’re very excited about this news, and hope continue with our sustainable efforts.