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Gatehouse Apartments • 2500 S. I-10 Service Road • Metairie, LA 70001 We Love Our Residents! Your CommunitY Staff The entire staff of Gatehouse joins in wishing everyone in our community a very happy Donna Wallace Valentine’s Day. While February is the traditional month of love, we just wanted to remind Property Manager you that we really do love our residents all year long! Thank you for making our community mindy ripple such a great place to call home! april Hildebrand How Sweet it is! Leasing Consultants Jose navarro This Valentine’s Day, surround yourself with the ones you love with our Resident Referral randy reneau Program. Tell your friends what you love about Gatehouse. If they come in, mention your Bill Carnesi name, sign a lease and move in, we’ll show our love by thanking you with a Special One Joe Pavon Time Referral Bonus of $300 Off Your Rent once your loved one moves in! Neighbors Maintenance Technicians you love, a great thank you from us…it doesn’t get much sweeter than that! Shanon Williams Groundskeeper The Meaning of Rose Colors arthur austin The color of the bloom has significance, so before you send the message that you want Warren atkins to be “just friends,” check out our cheat sheet for Valentine’s roses: red, the lover’s rose, Les Coffman signifies enduring passion;white, humility and innocence; yellow, expressing friendship and Curt maronge joy; pink, gratitude, appreciation and admiration; orange, enthusiasm and desire; white lilac Courtesy Officers and purple roses represent enchantment and love at first sight. The number of stems in a Vinson Security rose bouquet can also express specific sentiments. Courtesy Patrol

You’ll Breathe a Little Easier offiCe HourS Did you know that a clean air filter not only helps your heating and cooling system operate monday–thursday at peak efficiency, it can also cut down on the amount of dust and pollen in your home. We 8:30 am–5:00 pm recommend replacing your air filter on a monthly basis. Filters are available free of charge friday in the Office. Stop by today! 8:30 am–4:00 pm Saturday Happening in February... By Appointment African American History Month. An annual observance to recognize and Sunday commemorate African American culture, African American History Month (or Black History Closed Month) is celebrated annually in the United States and Canada in February, and in the United Kingdom in October. ContaCt DireCtorY National “Wear Red” Day for Women‘s Heart Health, Feb. 1. Heart disease is the No. 1 office killer of women in United States. Raise awareness of heart health issues and disease (504) 835-1731 prevention by wearing something red on this day. office fax Groundhog Day, February 2. While waiting for the groundhog this year, consider that (504) 832-8147 these hibernating mammals also go by “woodchuck,” “marmot,” and “whistle pig” — the latter manager’s e-mail because groundhogs sometimes emit a loud, sharp whistle when frightened. Let‘s hope for [email protected] clouds; legend has it that if the groundhog sees his shadow, we‘re in for six more weeks of Courtesy Patrol winter. (504) 835-7676 Make a Friend Day, Feb. 11. Friends are the jewels that enrich our lives. Reach out and emergency maintenance make a connection with someone. (504) 270-3267 Valentine‘s Day, Feb. 14. Show the people you love how much you care for them, with Community Website cards, flowers, and kindness. www.gatehouseapartments.com Presidents‘ Day, Feb. 18. Held on or around the birthday of the first U.S. president, George Washington. Cast a lovel spell on Valentine’s Day Did you forget to make dinner reservations for Valentine’s Day? Nice job! Here are some tips to make it seem like you planned a Try these six tips for romantic “ evening in” all along… Takeout to the rescue! All you have to do is go a step above fast healthy eating habits food and pick up some slightly exotic finger-food fare, such as sushi, gourmet tacos, shish kebab or satay (available at Indonesian and southeast Asian restaurants).

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ARCTIC A man stranded in the Arctic after FIGHTING WITH MY FAMILY Reformed an airplane crash must decide whether to gangster and former wrestler Ricky, his wife remain in the relative safety of his makeshift Julia, daughter Saraya and son Zak make a ISN’T IT ROMANTIC New York City architect camp or to embark on a deadly trek through living performing in tiny venues across the Natalie works hard to get noticed at her job the unknown in hopes of making it out alive. country. Ricky and Julia want a better life for but is more likely to be asked to deliver coffee Mads Mikkelsen stars. their children and when brother and sister get and bagels than to design the city’s next the chance to audition for the WWE, it seems skyscraper. And if things weren’t bad enough, THE RHYTHM SECTION After the death of the family dream is coming true and all their Natalie, a lifelong cynic when it comes to her family in an airplane crash on a flight that troubles will be solved. However, Saraya and love, has an encounter with a mugger that she was meant to be on, Stephanie Patrick Zak are about to learn that becoming a WWE renders her unconscious, waking to discover (Blake Lively) discovers the crash was not an Superstar demands more than they ever that her life has suddenly become her worst accident. She then seeks to uncover the truth imagined possible as athletes and siblings. nightmare—a romantic comedy—and she is by adapting the identity of an assassin to THE TURNING A caretaker is hired to look the leading lady. Rebel Wilson and Liam track down those responsible. Jude Law also after two orphaned children at their family’s Hemsworth star. stars. isolated estate. Upon the caretaker’s arrival, the young woman finds that the children are COLD PURSUIT Liam Neeson stars as Nels FLARSKY Fred Flarsky (Seth Rogen), an not quite what they seem, and that she might Coxman, a family man whose quiet life with unemployed journalist battered by his own be losing them to evil spirits with a secret tie his wife (Laura Dern) is upended following misfortune, endeavors to pursue Charlotte to their past. the mysterious death of their son. Nels’ Field (Charlize Theron), his childhood crush search for justice turns into a vengeful hunt and babysitter who now happens to be one of HOME ENTERTAINMENT RELEASES for Viking, a drug lord he believes is the most powerful and unattainable women connected to the death. As one by one each on the planet. Feb. 5 Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch of Viking’s associates “disappear,” Nels goes Feb. 5 The Girl in the Spider’s Web from upstanding citizen to ice-cold vigilante, EVERYBODY KNOWS The film follows Laura Feb. 5 Widows letting nothing - and no one - get in his way. (Penélope Cruz) on her travels from Feb. 19 A Star is Born Argentina to her small home town in Spain Feb. 12 Bohemian Rhapsody JACOB’S LADDER After losing his brother in for her sister’s wedding, bringing her two Feb. 12 The Front Runner combat, Jacob Singer returns home from children along for the occasion. Amid the Afghanistan only to be pulled into a mind- joyful reunion and festivities, the eldest Feb. 19 Robin Hood

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