Author Archives: Q-tips
Breakthrough 7/2019
Breakthrough – streaming – BREAKTHROUGH is based on the inspirational true story of one mother’s unfaltering love in the face of impossible odds. When Joyce Smith’s adopted son John falls through an icy Missouri lake, all hope seems lost. But as … Continue reading
Museum of Science & Industry – behind the scene exhibits for members 7/2019
Museum of Science & Industry – a behind the scene exhibit for members. 5700 S Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, (773) 684-1414, emsichicago.org Q-tips say: Yes, an enjoyable visit. Saw things that are stored and they had their … Continue reading
Halim Time & Glass Museum – Evanston IL
Halim Time & Stained Glass Museum– 1560 Oak Ave., Evanston, IL http://halimmuseum.org Q-tips say: See it and enjoy the beauty. We and our friends did enjoy. It is two floors and there is an elevator and a handicap entrance. Downstairs are the restrooms, … Continue reading
4 Places
4 Places – The Den Theater – 1333 N Milwaukee., Chicago, (773) 697-3830, thedentheatre.com – Deceptively simple in its structure and unfolding in real time, this emotionally precise play deploys its spare components to devastating and darkly comic effect. A brother … Continue reading
Shedd Aquarium 6/2019
Shedd Aquarium – 1200 S Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, (312) 939-2438, http://sheddaquarium.org Q-tips say: Yes, we enjoyed the visit. It was a FREE day for residents. Yes you need to show some ID – or purchase tickets on line for … Continue reading
Naples Italy
Ruins of Pompeii – The Vesuvius victims in question were former residents of Herculaneum, a town even closer to the maw of the volcano than the famous site of Pompeii. When Vesuvius blew its top, it lobbed pumice. Frozen In Time: … Continue reading
Croatia, Dubrovnik photos
Photos Dubrovnik, Croatia
Greece photos
Santorini & Oia (eee ya) Greece – Most photos you see of Greece are from Oia
Barcelona – Sagrada Familia & Architect Antoni Gaudi
Casa Milà, popularly known as La Pedrera or “The stone quarry”, a reference to its unconventional rough-hewn appearance, is a modernist building in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was the last private residence designed by architect Antoni Gaudí and was built … Continue reading