I live in the neighborhood commonly known as Andersonville-West Edgewater. I definitely live on the Northside of Chicago. The street my house is located on is Olive Ave. It is just North of Bryn Mawr (5600 North) and between Ravenswood (1800 West) and Hermitage (1700 West). My house is pretty much dead center in the middle on the North side of the street. My house considered to be the “Chicago Bungalow” style house.
There are many different families on my street and is very child friendly. Children range from eight months old to fifteen years old (which would be me). As the oldest minor on the street, I often baby-sit for the children on the block. I also baby-sit for a family that lives on the corner of Bryn Mawr and Hermitage.
Just a few weeks ago, our block had a “Progressive Dinner.” A progressive dinner is were different houses provide different courses of the meal. The dinner was mainly for adults and I got the job of watching ten children while they got to have their dinner party. Then dinner started off at my house for appetizers and then continued to the family who lives at Bryn Mawr and Hermitage for soup and salad.
After soup and salad, the parents left us to continue their dinner. For dinner, the parents ordered us pizza and we had cupcakes for desert. It was quite the experience to get all of them food to eat. The minute I would come out with seconds for one, another would be ready for some. After everyone was finally full, we proceeded to go to the basement to have a “giant sleepover.” Everyone settled in sleeping bags or on couches to watch the movie Megamind.
After the movie was over everyone was still awake, so I put on another movie. Everyone voted on watching Planet 51. After putting it on, the lights were turned off and popcorn was made. Once this happened, everyone settled down and watched the movie in peace and quiet. About halfway through the movie, some were falling asleep and when the movie was almost over, the parents started coming back to pick up their children.
My neighborhood is a great neighborhood to live in. It is very child friendly and close. As from the statements above, it is pretty close that we are close. The adults like to get together and children all get along to have an eventful evening without arguments or nonsense going on.
" I live in the neighborhood commonly known as Andersonville-West Edgewater. I definitely live on the Northside of Chicago. The street my house is located on is
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It is just North of Bryn Mawr (5600 North) and between Ravenswood (1800 West) and Hermitage (1700 West). My house is pretty much dead center in the middle on the North side of the street. My house considered to be the “Chicago Bungalow” style house." <-- I like this! It gives me the feeling as if I can directly pinpoint/see the map of your neighborhood! (: Cool
"After putting it on, the lights were turned off and popcorn was made. Once this happened, everyone settled down and watched the movie in peace and quiet." <-- Maybe it is just me, but I find that when writing starts to sound like a "grocery list," it is kind of distracting. Try rewriting the sentences.
" About halfway through the movie, some were falling asleep and when the movie was almost over, the parents started coming back to pick up their children." <-- Be more descriptive
Good start! (:
Thanks Loren for the advice and glad you liked it.
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