Personal Narrative: The Road To Chicago, Illinois

I hope your Tuesday afternoon is going terrific. I am Miten Bhadania and I would like to formally introduce myself as your colleague working in the Tech department as Developer.

Today my Hilarious Fiend Jasper and I will be leaving Dupree around 2:00. We will be traveling 2 hours 20 minutes and One Hundred Forty Five miles. To Rapid City South Dakota

The pleasures of Rapid City were in my sights when I asked Malory to make the 2-hour trip with me.To begin our trip to Rapid, we would get in my cobalt, and drive to the Dupree Cenex to fill up on snacks, drinks, and gas. Mallory would get Root Beer and Pringles. I would get M&M’s and Cherry Sprite. We would get in the car, after we filled it up with gas, put on our favorite music, and truly start the trip.

Lila and I started off our morning with breakfast at the Cheshire before doing more exploring of St. Louis. First, we attended the Strange Folk Festival. Tons of shops, art, food, and music lined the streets. It reminded me exactly of festivals I used to go to growing up in the small town I lived in. It was great experiencing a little bit of St. Louis culture. After melting in the heat we made out way back to the hotel to cool down before our second night at the

Even through the 1950s, Kansas City and Chicago were very well connected major Midwestern cities. As an upper middle class college-aged man from Kansas looking to make it in the late 50s and achieve his own American Dream, Chicago was a natural place for me to move for college. In 1957, I was a college junior at Loyola University Chicago, a Jesuit university on the north side of Chicago. Surrounded every day by minorities and immigrant groups in Rogers Park, as well as living in a larger dense urban environment, it should come as no surprise that Loyola students were more social-justice oriented than many students in other parts of the United States (Loyola Chicago).

I felt the bumping and heard the bus frame squeal quietly as we were on the journey to destination. We were in Detroit, Michigan for a mission trip. It was a new place full of new things for me to experience. And the most eye-opening experience for me was when we helped a neighborhood clean out a disastrous and neglected alley.

David Franco , Ronnie , Kylee and I went to Kansas City for a day trip. It was a lazy saturday afternoon of the summer 2015 when Kylee’s dad came into to Kylee’s room to ask us what we planned to do that day. Kylee replied “ watch this on how to build a pool” He just laughed at us saying “then how about you guys get some shoes on , let’s go to Worlds of Fun.” I screamed with joy repeating “ are you serious , we're seriously just gonna go to Kansas City like right now?!” he then replied “ yes, call your parents and see if it’s okay and you guys can get ready and we’ll go.”

Thursday March 7th 2013 I packed my little suitcase up with all my purple and white clothing. My father and my best friend Jordan Gould packed their bags as well and we went to sleep.

Yes, the day was finally here I was going to America. Of course though it was only about one in the morning, but I was only twelve, I didn't know that. I made sure I had all of my stuff packed, but I didn't, so I packed, and then, me being me, I ran through the house screaming “Yay, we're going to America.” I had done it then, I had turned around and there stood my mom and dad. They were angry at me, and as I expected, next thing I knew they were yelling at me almost simultaneously “Amadeo Ambrogio get back to bed this minute or you won't be going anywhere. Yea, so that was pretty much my luck as a twelve year old Italian boy. I was laying in bed thinking “Oh great, now I'm never going to Ameri-,” I stopped mid-sentence because I thought someone was coming downstairs, but it was just my dog, Fido. I loved Fido, he was a golden retriever that I found on the side of the road.

This year has been dedicated as our year of travel and so far we've been off to a great start. With the summer right around the corner and the kids officially out of school, I've been thinking of places to see and things to do. Last summer after one of our road trips we passed through beautiful St. Louis and that photo you see above is the photo that we took while driving on the highway. Not me of course, but I did hand my phone to my daughter so she could get a photo for me since she was in the passenger seat. St. Louis has always fascinated me and today I want to share with you my top 5 reasons why I want to visit St. Louis.

Sometimes do you ever just feel like there is someone out there waiting for you, to change your life, but you just haven't met them yet? In a world with over 7 billion people that is often the case. Out of those 7 billion people about 10,000 of them live in a small suburb of Michigan called the East Bend. Sounds fancy huh? Well you could say that. About one half of our town is full of nice well kept homes owned by businessmen or doctors. Then one fourth is owned by those regular everyday cookie cutter type families. Then the remaining fourth are well the others. The weirdo rednecks who love four wheelin and cow kicking, or just that one family the whole neighborhood just stays as far away as possible from. I’m one of those well normal families.

The highlight of my 2015 summer was traveling to Orlando, Florida. There, I participated in a week-long national fine arts competition with a vocal solo and a short sermon, earning excellent and superior ratings. Top professionals of each category evaluated and gave criticism. This invaluable experience to helped fine tune my musical and communication skills.

What it was like growing up in Columbus, Ohio is some what indescribable, it is a great place to raise a family and I found that out in my early years we have everything from great food places like authentic Italian restaurants buca di beppo right smack dab in the middle of downtown and we have great athletic programs cant forget about our buckeyes growing up in my home town was to describe in three words vibrant, diverse, inspirational. Must see places you have to go to in Ohio is number one is our Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center is amazing the sprit of the hospital will enlighten your day and is just a beautiful sight to see. we have plenty Popular foods in the Columbus, Ohio area Such as Thurman café the café severs humongous

I loved Chicago during the wintertime- the quick shuffle everyone seemed to do, wanting to get inside as fast as possible, the honks of cars filling the cold silence, and the aura that you got overall; the feeling of purpose. Everyone in the city was there for a reason, from the tourists to the residents. I made my way through every store that I could for the short-lived amount of time I would be experiencing the magic of Chicago. I held my bags in one hand, and had my arm linked with my best friend, Ridley. Ridley and I had been friends for years, growing up in Naperville together. We had done everything together, and we had practically become sisters. Our matching caramel brown hair and similar green eyes helped look the part as well, we were often mistaken as relatives anyway. Ridley was a bubbly and energetic person, always sweet to everyone she encounters. I, however, wasn’t nearly as sweet. I was more of a pessimistic person, and I prefered to keep my distance with people that I didn’t know. If they weren’t my friends or

People seem to think that new york city is spectacular and magical, but thats not how i see it. Thats becauswe ive lived here all my life. Over these thirteen years, I’ve come to notice all the not-so-enchanting aspects of the city.