Q-tips say: YES see it! Had a great time outside walking around, enjoying the sites. It is FREE but you have to pay for parking in their own parking lot. Fee is “per car.” Read next year the Fee will be “per person.” You must register on line to arrange for your time/visit.
There is a “tram” for a small fee & a fee to visit the “Train Exhibit.”
Make sure you visit the Plant Science Bldg. Some interactive exhibits & a lot of informative information regarding where the seeds came from, how they analyze, examine & store the seeds.
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6/22/21 – An eccentric and smooth-talking social climber who seems to have everyone in Washington, D.C., wrapped around his finger is investigated after his wealthy, well-connected and much older wife turns up dead in their home.
Q-tips say: If you enjoys movies of con-men, this might be the movie for you.
Mrs. Q says: Mediocre at best. (spoiler alert) – He gets was he deserves at the end – 50 years in prison.
6/21 – The Courier is a true-life spy thriller, the story of an unassuming British businessman Greville Wynne (Benedict Cumberbatch) recruited into one of the greatest international conflicts in history. At the behest of the UK’s MI-6 and a CIA operative (Rachel Brosnahan), he forms a covert, dangerous partnership with Soviet officer Oleg Penkovsky (Merab Ninidze) in an effort to provide crucial intelligence needed to prevent a nuclear confrontation and defuse the Cuban Missile Crisis.
6/18/21- Netflix – Nice movie since Father’s Day is around the corner.
Q-tips say: See it, we enjoyed it. Some critics did not like it. that in itself might warrant two thumbs up. They are not always right.
A widowed dad copes with doubts, fears, heartache and dirty diapers as he sets out to raise his daughter on his own. The beginning is devoted to a lot of familiar scenarios and gags, such as Matt being ill-prepared for mechanics of caring for a baby (some gross—but completely natural—stuff involving diapers and some bickering about how to attach a car seat), trying to juggle being a new father and having a career (Paul Reiser is amusing as Matt’s absent-minded but basically sympathetic boss), and some arguments with Marian about moving from Boston back home to Minnesota. were she and Matt’s mother live. The result is a sweet and tender, charming and funny, and sad and surprisingly thoughtful tale about the many rewards and multiple, unexpected difficulties of parenthood—and especially being a single parent.
6/13/21 – 639 Blackhawk Dr. Westmont, IL 60559,(630) 789-1981 bohemiancrystal.net
Met long time friends for a visit at their house & enjoyed munchies & a drink. Then went to the Lizzadro Museum and then had a leisure drive thru Mt. Carmel Cemetery and dined at Bohemian Crystal – a modern European Czech rest.
Q-tips say: Great visit with wonderful long time friends. Enjoyed the Museum & Dinner.
Q’s had: Lamb and a Czech beer& Liver dumpling soup and Apricot Kolacky for dessert, which we took home.
Lamb shoulder with potato dumplings
Liver Dumpling soup
Decided to take our Apricot Kolacky dessert home
Our friends had, if I remember correctly, the Breaded Pork Tenderloin – a Czech beer & a white wine. The Tenderloin was enough for two meals.
Q-tips say: After a lovely visit with long time friends eating munchies & a drink, we were off to the Lizzadro Museum and then a drive thru the cemetery. Decided not to walk due to the weather being quite hot. Then off to Bohemian Crystal for dinner.
Mrs. Q says: Ever wonder where many of the gangsters/mobsters of yesterday are buried? Here. Mount Carmel Cemetery is also the final resting place of numerous local organized crime figures, the most notorious of these being Al Capone. Most – if not all – of the criminals buried at Mount Carmel were denied the blessing of a funeral in the Catholic Church. Out of necessity, most services were held in a morgue, funeral parlor or at graveside. Al Capone and his two brothers; Dean O’Banion, Hymie Weiss, the Terrible Genna Brothers, Vincent “The Schemer” Drucci, Michael Merlo, Frank Nitti, Sam Giancana and the graves of some of the undertakers who buried them.
He was originally buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Chicago. In 1950, Capone’s remains, along with those of his father, Gabriele, and brother, Salvatore, were moved to Mount Carmel Cemetery in Hillside, Illinois.
Al Capone’s Grave Site
“Machine Gun” Jack McGurn – Capone associate & owner of the Green Mill
While Mount Carmel is renowned as one of the largest and most impressive Catholic cemeteries in Chicago, located at its center is the “jewel in the cemetery’s crown” – the exquisitely beautiful Mausoleum of the Bishops and Archbishops of Chicago.
This beautiful mausoleum required seven years to build and was completed in 1912. It has a stair-stepped pyramidal roof surmounted by a statue of the Archangel Gabriel, sounding his trumpet at the moment of the final resurrection.
Above the door is the Latin, “RESURRECTURIS,” which means “for those who will rise again.”
The mausoleum was designed as a Romanesque building with a domed Romanesque Classical chapel inside, complete with altar, religious murals, clerestory windows providing light and the crypts flanking the altar on either side. The papal and U.S. flags also flank the altar.
Archbishop James Edward Quigley, who commissioned the mausoleum, brought in one of the fore most religious architects of the day, Aristide Leonori, noted for his 1899 design of the Mount St. Sepulchre Franciscan Monastery in Washington, D.C.
For the mausoleum’s chapel interior, Leonori generously incorporated marble and mosaics to give the chapel a Roman look while still referencing Celtic, Nordic and Slavic saints in the design. This reflected the archdiocese’s many ethnic groups and national churches.
The most recent interment was Cardinal Joseph Bernard in after his death in 1996 from liver and pancreatic cancer.
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The World Within – a series on Netflix & perhaps on PBS also
Cutting-edge science and captivating personal stories collide in this illuminating docuseries about the incredible workings of the human body.
Q-tips say: Yes, watch it. We did enjoy it! Mrs. Q says: She really enjoyed this series. Most of them were informative & interesting.
Mrs. Q says: Body Parts– my favorite.
Heart, brain, eyes, blood, tears; “Human” uncovers not only the science behind how our bodies work, but how what’s inside powers every moment of what we do out in the world. Personal profiles of people from around the globe become entry points into deeper stories about how the body’s many systems function.
Episode 1 | Birth – Go on a journey with parents who are preparing for babies to see how our bodies create and sustain new life. Through their stories, we learn about what is fundamentally shared and absolutely unique about the experience of birth.
Episode 2 | Pulse – Dive into the world of an ice climber, a bus driver, a woman in labor and a senior dance club to show how the human heart and the circulatory system power our physical and emotional lives and create the pulsing rhythm of our world.
Episode 3 | Fuel – Through the worlds of a religious faster, an ultra-marathon runner, a farmer and a young girl beating allergies, go deep into the world of the human gut, which processes the fuel our bodies need to keep going.
Episode 4 | Defend – Look at a nature survivalist, rancher twins, a doctor who survived Ebola and the recipient of a cutting-edge cancer therapy to uncover the wildly advanced biology that keeps us alive against all odds.
Episode 5 | Sense – Dive into the stories of a pairs figure skating team, a perfumer, a cave explorer and a musician to decipher how different ways of sensing the world all create their own vivid and unique picture.
Episode 6 | React – Through the lens of a boxer, a first responder, a cell tower climber and a man with a bionic limb, go deep into the universe of the most powerful machine on earth: the human brain and the vast nervous system it controls.
6/8/21 – Q-tips say: A new experience for the Q’s. The restaurant is clean & offer indoor/outdoor dining. Follow all C-19 rules.
Parking: Street parking. After 5:00 we were told that people can park in the business parking lot next door. Drink are a little sparse – the glass is only 1/2 full when asked for drinks up and dirty ice on side. Not as generous as other restaurants.
Decent food & service. I had the GRILLED SALMON – topped with orange and dill garlic butter & asparagus with a side order of Caesar Salad. The Mr. had: BACKENED CATFISH – grilled with Cajun spices & asparagus & a cup of creamy broccoli soup. While the food & service was ok, don’t have a great desire to return real soon.
It was misleading by You Tube saying: Live performances instead of: performance of songs by Mamma Mia.
Tried to watch it, but You Tube disappointed! All they did was play the same commercial about watching your favorites on You Tube mixed with some songs.
What the F——–? Perhaps, You Tube is still suffering from C-19 symptoms.
Not that one has to just love Musicals to enjoy, but hope this means there might be a light at the end of the C-19 tunnel for live performances of: Musicals, Drama, or live performance theater.
Enjoyed our “Happy Hour” on the balcony, my she shed, overlooking the lake and boaters & kayakers enjoying themselves.
And then, you might find this hard to believe but, I actually cooked & we ate dinner at home. OMG!
Musical on You Tube 6/6/21 – A story of a bride-to-be trying to find her real father. Hit songs by the popular 1970s group ABBA. Set on a Greek island, the plot serves as a background for a wealth of ABBA songs. A young woman about to be married discovers that any one of three men could be her father.
Q-tips say: After over a year of no Theater – Playhouse, etc., some might a enjoy a change. Watching in your home in comfortable clothes, munchies & your favorite Libation of choice & might be a nice way to spend time to watch, sing along, or just start dancing to some of the ABBA songs.
