Bring Out The Throw Blankets!

It’s the perfect time to transition your Glenwood apartment decor, getting it cozy for the upcoming months of chilly weather. A simple way to do this is to bring your throw blankets out of storage, and drape them over your sofa and beds for a layer of extra snuggles. Whether you’re staying in for the night watching Netflix or huddling under the covers in bed with a good book, you’ll appreciate the warmth!

If you don’t have throw blankets in storage from last season, head to your local Pottery Barn or West Elm to pick up some seasonal ones. They have locations located on the Westside, quite near The Encore and Hawthorn Park.

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Add Seasonal Scents

There’s nothing quite like walking into an apartment that smells like baked apple pie or warm pumpkin bread. While having these items baking in the oven 24/7 is not an actual reality, you can certainly incorporate essential oils and melting wax diffusers to create the essence all season long! Head to your local fragrance store, such as Diptyque on the Upper East Side, and pick up a few of their seasonal scents. Placed strategically around your apartment, such as the kitchen, living room, bedroom, and guest bathroom, your home will be smelling like a winter sanctuary in no time.

Prepare Indoor Games

Indoor games are just as important for the wintertime whether you have kiddos or are in a house of adults. When the nights get dark at 5pm and the weather is snowy out, it’s nice to be prepared with inside activities.

For homes with children, consider putting together an arts and craft kit. Depending on the ages of your kids, these can include things such as play dough, finger paint, sand art, coloring books, and jewelry making supplies.

And for homes with adults, load up on timeless board games! Cult favorites include Monopoly, Scrabble, Life, Uno, and of course a deck of cards. These games are good for most all ages (sans the extremely little tots), which make them perfect for the whole family to get in on. And don’t discount the pleasure a puzzle can bring, too…having it sit out on the coffee table to be worked on little by little throughout the season is a great way to pass the time.

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Load Up On Warming Foods And Snacks

The last thing you want to have to think about during a snowstorm is running to the grocery store. Prepare ahead and load up on cozy wintertime goodies, such as hot chocolate and marshmallows, ingredients for a homemade soup or stew, and buttery popcorn pouches for popping during Christmas movie marathons. For those of you who live at The Pavilion, the food shop located in-house at the shopping arcade means you don’t even have to leave the building to stock up!

Pick Up Seasonal and New Release Books

You can call your local bookstore and purchase a book for curbside order and pick up a huge stack of books with seasonal themes of the holidays or wintertime in general. These are great to keep in your children’s rooms to read before bedtime, and to really incorporate the season into their lives.

Also, check out the New York Times review on new release books that interest you and pick those books up for yourself! You won’t be without a book on hand all season long, which makes those cold Saturday afternoons pleasurable. Cuddling up with your throw blanket, hot cocoa, pumpkin spice candle, and book as you watch the snow fall outside your window. Wintertime perfection!

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Warm-cold-warm-frigid…so far New York's weather has been a bit of a yo-yo this winter, with temperatures bouncing around from a disconcertingly balmy mid-50’s to arctic-like single digits within the span of a day or two. It's hard to know what to expect for the next few months (not to mention how to dress!). For those arctic chill periods that are bound to hit us again, here are some of our favorite ways to get cozy and warm even when the wind chill bites into our bones.

Enjoy Cocktails By The Fire

Sipping a warming beverage in front of a roaring fire is pretty much the ideal way to blast those winter blues away. However, while the former is easy to find, the latter can be a trickier proposition. Several solid lists of "Best NYC Bars With Fireplaces" have been posted recently, with our friends at Gothamist and Time Out New York leading the way with suggestions all over the city. Among the hot spots highlighted in Manhattan are:

• Brinkley's on the Upper East Side
• Art Bar in the West Village
• Molly's Shebeen in Gramercy
• Whitman and Bloom in Kip's Bay
• Ninth Ward
• Kingston Hall
• Lantern's Keep in Midtown West

Our Favorite Cups of Hot Chocolate in NYC

Of course, beverages don't have to be of the alcoholic variety to warm your insides. There has been an explosion of fantastic hot chocolate in this town over the past decade. Remember when those powdered instant packets were pretty much all you could find? A few of my personal favorite cups of cocoa include:

• Le Churro on the Upper East Side (get it with churros for dipping, obviously)
• Jacques Torres on the Upper West
• The newish Roni-Sue on the Lower East Side
• Maeriebelle in Soho (while you're there, buy a box of bark)
• City Bakery near Union Square, who loves the stuff so much they host a month-long Hot Chocolate Festival every February, which we checked out last year!

New York's Jacuzzis, Saunas, and Steam Rooms

Finally, if you want liquids to warm you from the outside, what could be more soothing than a nice, long soak in a hot tub? There are day spas around town that offer access to jacuzzis, saunas, and/or steam rooms, so you can pick the exact moment this winter when you're most sick of being freezing and show up for some of that sweet, sweet heat. 

• The Setai Club in the Financial District will set you back $65, but the "swanky new age" atmosphere can't be beat. 
• The Great Jones Spa in Noho has a thermal tub and a river-rock sauna in its "water lounge" area, and costs $50 for three hours. And if you really want to make an adventure out it, get a crew together and head on out to the over-the-top (and only $40 on weekdays!) 
• Spa Castle in Queens, which not only offers a ridiculous array of heated pools (indoors and out), massage baths, and saunas on its four floors of warming wonderland, they also serve cocktails.

Besides day spas, hot chocolate and fireplaces, what are some of your favorite indoor, cozy activities to keep warm in the winter?

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