Albuquerque is a world completely different from the lush, green southeastern area I am used to. It is a place covered in the desert dust that is picked up and blown around by the many passing cars. The majority of the houses are flat-roofed and made of adobe; angled roofs are not needed because there isn’t very much rain that would cause the ceilings to sag. I see these things as I go by on a public bus headed toward the University of New Mexico. Gas prices are high, and bus-fare is free today.
”This next stop is ours," my companion states, and I look farther up the street where I spot a building made of brick with a marble entryway across the road from the college. After asking about the building, I'm told that it is a pizzeria called Saggio’s and that I have to try their pizza.
When we get off the bus and walk over, I notice that the building isn't made of brick or marble; the walls are just painted to look that way. Since they don't open for another 45 minutes, we decide to sit outside a restaurant across the road that has patio chairs and a little shade from a bare looking sapling. We watch as a few people show up and stand around the front of the building and about 15 minutes before opening, a large group of young adults is suddenly standing in front of the large wooden doors.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
2 comments:
Alright, I like this, but I think that the last sentence in your 1st paragraph should be taken out.
I also, enjoyed the fact about the adobe houses. People who haven't been to the southwestern part of the U.S., might know that the houses are made out of adobe, but don't really know why they're there. So I liked that.
My last suggestion would be if you would add in some more of the things that you saw, or that were going on around you as you were waiting those 45 mins. for the pizza place to open. If you gave another fact or something. I'm not too sure how your paper finishes out, but for the most part I like the start and I really want to know what kinda pizza you got. :)
Second sentence gets a little confusing to follow, maybe smooth it out some.
First sentence of the second paragraph is a little odd, who is the companion?
Build up Saggio's a little more at the end of the second paragraph.
"...shade form a bare looking sapling." Is it bare, not bare, barely bare? not sure 'looking' is the best word to use there.
Where did the large group of young adults come from?
Post a Comment