In this article, Obama talks about his walks in the white house and his memories Obama’s favorite part of the white house was the west colonnade. He uses to walk from his home to the office the walks were 1 minute long it was his first experience of the weather outside he use to imagine the history and the other president while walking there sometimes he used to wave at the guard and other time the guard used to surprise him with some visitors. sometimes he also would visit the rose gardens sometimes he would ask them about the damage of the previous storm and compliment them on the fresh flowers. he also wound look outside his office and get inspired by the workers the gardens and the guards. he explained he did not come from a political family and his grandparents wanted to see him be a judge and he barely talked to his father who didn’t live with him but he use to send him letters and his mom was independent women he would do as she pleased which inspired him to do what he liked. three of his closest friends are Bobby Titcomb, Greg Orme, and Mike Ramos.