Fair Oaks at Pender Creek

Each year on Gables Day, every associate company-wide, puts aside their normal daily work activities to volunteer in their region. Since 2000, Gables associates and vendors have contributed over 100,000 volunteer hours and $1,000,000 in goods and services. In 2007, Gables Day was dedicated to assisting several hurricane impacted neighborhoods in New Orleans. Gables was awarded the “2007 Community Service Project of the Year” by Multifamily Executive Magazine for the volunteer efforts in New Orleans contributed by Gables associates. This past May, we helped out the local Rockville Volunteer Fire Department and renovated one of their fire stations. We did landscaping, cleaning, and painting. We also renovated their kitchen, installed new granite counter tops, and donated new appliances to the hard working crew to enjoy for many years to come!

Pinterest is all the rage when it comes to home and apartment projects. We at Fair Oaks at Pender Creek wanted to put a DIY Apartment Fun Pinboard together of a few of our favorite DIY apartment ideas.

If you are unfamiliar with Pinterest, it is a virtual pinboard, that allows you to take any image from the internet and place it on a categorized pinboard. You can take any image from any website and add it to your collection. Let’s say you search Google for “Decorating Ideas" and you come across a website that has an idea you like, instead of doing it the old school way and bookmarking it, you can download the Pinterest bookmarklet, and add that decorating idea to your “Decorating Ideas" Pinterest board, to come back and view later.

Pinterest is also a great way for brides to plan their weddings. You can search Pinterest for "Wedding ideas on a budget" and you’ll get tons of images that match your search. When you click on an image, it will show you a how-to or where you can purchase what you are looking at.

Looking for a healthy place to eat? Here are a few restaurants and markets near the Fair Oaks at Pender Creek area for you..

Restaurants:

Saravana Palace

11725 Lee Hwy, Fairfax, VA ‎ 1.3 mi SE

(703) 218-4182 ‎ · saravanapalaceva.com

Corner Bakery Cafe

11776 Fair Oaks Mall, Fairfax, VA ‎ 0.7 mi E

Fair Oaks Mall (703) 934-8703 ‎ · cornerbakerycafe.com

Lotus Vegetarian Restaurant

13872 Metrotech Dr, Chantilly, Virginia ‎ 3.7 mi NW

Metrotech Plaza (703) 378-6888 ‎ · lotusvegetarian.com

Farmers' Markets:

Community Farmers' Market

10500 Page Ave, Fairfax, VA ‎ 3.5 mi E

Bingbing Taiwanese Shaved Ice (703) 430-6164 ‎ ·

Reston Farmers Market

1609 Washington Plaza N, Reston, VA ‎ 7.6 mi N

Our office will be closed today, May 9th, for a company wide event. That event is known as Gables Day and it is one of our favorite times of the year as Gables Associates. Gables Day is a day we get the chance to volunteer and give back to the community.

We want to reward you for calling Gables Residential home. Below you will find the Gables Great rewards.

Do you find the below image hard to read? You can also download a PDF version here.

It's the first week of January and I already have broken my New Year's Resolutions. I want to drink less, eat healthier food, reduce my coffee intake and exercise more. Sounds like pretty standard New Year's Resolutions to me. I should be able to keep at least one or two of them.

I can admit that I have a tiny love affair with my smart phone, who doesn't right? I decided to look for apps that would help me keep my New Year's Resolutions.

As Thanksgiving approaches, all I have been hearing on the news lately is how to eat healthy on Turkey Day. I thought this would be a great topic to blog about, especially because I have been trying to eat healthy all year. Here are some healthy Thanksgiving recipes I found online.

Herb Roasted Turkey

Healthy stuffing recipes

Maple Roasted Pumpkin Salad

Healthier Pumpkin Pie