A home is a haven from the rest of the world. It is where we go the most often to relax and recharge before we need to head out again to continue fighting our battles. It is the place where friends and family come to live and visit, where memories are made. The place itself represents a little piece of ourselves, how it is created reflects on who we are. There are three things that describe a place: the location, the design of the building, and the decor. The location is important because it makes up the landscape for the house and is the first detail towards the atmosphere of the home. It does not matter what city, state, or country I live in, as I do not know exactly where my life will lead. However, I have always dreamed of living in…
4381 West Flamingo Road is home to Palms Place, an exclusive residence for those with a marked sense of style and a desire to stand out from the norm. Palms Place speaks to your quest for excellence and class, even if you are not vying for the high-rise’s prominent multimillion-dollar Maloof penthouse, dubbed a *mansion-in-a-high-rise*. The Palms Place 58-story hotel, condo and spa tower is on the west end of the famed Palms property. The residential high-rise opened on February 29, 2008, with a…
Austin Gonzalez Professor Heaton AUVO6 1301 27 September 2017 Peaceful Place The state of Florida is really one of those states that it's known for fun and for creating new experiences or memories that some states do not have. Although the travel to this exciting place seems long, depending on where the traveler is coming from. In the end, reaching Florida will be worth it. It is one of the peaceful places to be in, because of its amazing theme parks, beautiful beaches, and amazing…
A place can be defined as a space that is given meaning by social activity and imagination. It can be a built or natural environment, that creates the settings for relationships. (T Cresswell, 2015) My place of significance is my home in Auckland. I chose to write about my home because I have spent most of life there and it is meaningful to me, I think my home is an important place that had a lot to do in establishing my belonging and identity. In this essay I will describe what my home is like,…
Hubert Selby Jr., Requiem for a Dream. Everyone has a favorite place; that place can be in their imagination or a place where they can visit. It brings them comfort and peace. Their favorite place could release stress and sadness that has been bottled up inside them. My home is my favorite place; it indulges me with memories, life contemplation and comfort in times of need. After a long and tiring day of stress, I wait for the moment I go back home. As I enter my home, I breathe in a strong…
Mysterious places .. Being Locked in that room between four walls that I can’t even see, made me think.. made me think a lot I don’t know if I stayed here for a day or two hours or a week or just for minutes .. I have no clue!! For whatever time I was in there, I went through a spiral of thought.. At first, I wanted to get out of that dark place.. then, I wanted light, I wanted to see where I am.. It started to get colder and colder, I needed a warm blanket to cover myself with.. After a…
family lifestyle. I take my place as the fifth child of my parents. Being the fifth child also means I am the oldest girl and am in the very middle of nine kids. Business and echoing voices are constant at my house. I never seemed to be at rest when in my own home; there was always someone running around. These circumstances caused me to search for new places of serenity. So, with this in mind, I set out in my maroon Jeep and drove, trying to find a place that would speak to me. I live in…
years and identify a place and time at which their lives changed significantly. Whether purposely or accidentally, these are the moments that with our comprehension on how time is ongoing and the collaborating events occurring around us, we are forced to retrospect ourselves and the conditions one lives. Joan Didion’s essay “Goodbye to All That” is a story about her new experiences as a young lady and an adult in New York city. The story began with her arrival to New York and continuous to the…
constructed around the relationship between people and the natural environment (Durie, 1994). Traditional Māori society was communal and heavily structured around whānau, iwi and hapū, the relationship between their ancestors (Te Rangi Hiroa,1949). Therefore, families and communities worked together in order to survive. There was no opportunity for individualistic views (Durie, 1994). Māori set in place systems to regulate health and well being within their communal lifestyle. These systems were…
Lucy Aldagamseh ENC1101 M/W 1:30 Descriptive essay Lucy Aldagamseh ENC1101 M/W 1:30 Descriptive essay It was about two years ago when I got to visit my favorite place on earth, or at least I thought it was. Around the house, it 's either as silent as mice or the halls are spread with laughter. It was around nightfall, when I heard loud talking on the phone. I trotted down a flight of seventeen steps and accompanied my younger sister, who was also curious, towards the…