ELI

ELI – ELI is the story of a young boy plagued with an unknown, debilitating illness that requires him to live completely sealed off from the outside world. After exhausting every option, his parents put their trust — and his life — in the hands of a doctor whose experimental, cutting edge treatments may hold Eli’s last hope. As Eli undergoes the tremendously intense process that could potentially cure him, he begins to be haunted by experiences that make him question who he can trust.

Q-tips say: See it. A good Halloween movie to watch at home with your popcorn & drinks. Mrs. Q says: Not for children but adults.   Eli has a couple of tense sequences, and decent jump scares, with an ending I honestly didn’t saw coming. Boy oh boy, those nuns.  Love it when a movie is willing to take such a wild swing. And swing they do … It won’t work for everyone, but boy did it for us.

 

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The Introvert Advantage

The Introvert Advantage –  how to thrive in an extrovert world by Marti Laney, Psy. D.  Full of strategies, tactics for managing energy, and hundreds of tip for thriving in an extrovert world.

Mrs. Q says: Enjoyed this book. In a world of shock jocks, screaming rock starts & sensational journalism the book dispels the myth that only the loud & flamboyant get ahead and are successful.  If you are an introvert, that is good news.

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Five Presidents

Five Presidents – Wit Theater, Chicago-  There was only one day in history when all five of these U.S. Presidents were in the same room at the same time: the holding room prior to entering the memorial service for President Richard Nixon.  What’s left are the five living presidents, former and current, coping with that fact in April 1994. Cleveland’s premise is simple: get Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton alone in a room together and see what happens.

Q-tips say: Yes, see it. Five Presidents is remarkable, humorous, and honest play.  It brings them all up close and personal and shows them to be exactly what they were: flawed but honorable and decent people. In an era when loud insults are flung across the aisle daily in both directions and in which it is difficult to imagine even the somewhat strained civility that the play demonstrates, it serves as a reminder that such things once were possible, and a prayer that they will be again.  It will be impossible to walk away from “Five Presidents” without both a greater understanding of the challenges that come with the high office.

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Brain on Fire

Brain on Fire – a month of madness by Susannah Cahalan

Brain on Fire is a story of a young writer’s rapid descent into madness, due to a mysterious and debilitating disease. We follow her difficult, frightening personal medical journey but opens up a discussion of neuroscience behind a disease.

Mrs. Q liked this book.    Spoiler alert: It takes us on the road to find a newly discovered autoimmune disorder in which the body attacks the brain.  A disease now thought to be tied to both schizophrenia & autism.

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ROTTEN – on netflix 10/19

Rotten –  a series about the food we eat/drink.  This one was about avocados. You would not believe what they go through to market avocados.  Other stories are: about wine and another about the water you drink.

Q-tips say: Watch it.  Was interesting and informative.

 

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Chicago Theater 2019

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Hop On/Off Bus

NOLA Hop On/Off Bus           Q-tips say:  Yes, especially if you cannot walk alot.  The four of us did use it but usually we walked & walked & walked & walked to many places. NOLA is pretty easy to get around by walking  but they do have a good transportation system. So if needed, use it.

The Sightseeing Pass comes with the choice of a 1-Day Hop-On, Hop-Off City Bus Tour by City Sightseeing New Orleans to help you get around while you get to know the city.

Visitors can use one of their choices to enjoy a 24 hour ticket valid for unlimited access to Hop-On Hop-Off City Sightseeing double decker routes.

Either stay on the bus all the way round the loop and enjoy the colorful and informative guides or use the bus as a great way to get to your next attraction. You’re sure to have a fun time on a City Sightseeing tour and you might just hear something surprising about the city.

 

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St. Louis Cemetery # 1 – oldest cemetery

St. Louis Cemetery # 1 – oldest cemetery – 425 Basin St., New Orleans, LA 70112

Due to rampant vandalism of historical tombs, the local diocese has mandated this rule it is closed to the public. You can only go in with a tour guide eyeballing your every move.  Highly recommend bringing an umbrella, sunscreen, & water as there is virtually no shade. Some movies have been made here: parts of  “Easy Rider.” The diocese has stopped movie making due to the “partying” that went on with the movie making.

Some of our favorite sites were Nicolas Cage‘s future site as well as the possible grave site of Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau.  She is buried in the Paris family tomb.  Marie Laveau, who as tour guides will tell you if you didn’t know, was a voodoo queen (good magic), not a hoodoo (evil) practitioner. She was a Creole and free person of color who used her “powers” to give people advice or help them.

Photo of St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 - New Orleans, LA, United States. Beautiful architecture with the odd bits of nature reclaiming the land.

Nicholas Cage’s plot

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Cooking Class in NOLA

Our Son & Daughter in Law take cooking & drink making classes to enjoy the local food/drinks wherever they travel either in the US or in Europe when on vacation.

So in NOLA,  the company used was “Crescent City Cooks” and was the best after some research.            Crescent City Cooks | United States        

I was told that if you register early enough you get to choose the menu:)  They enjoyed this class and brought back some tasty morsels.

Happy Cooking!

Taking our New Orleans skills with us, for dinner tonight we made Shrimp Remoulade from our cooking class and made the chicken version of turtle soup for tomorrow night.  Why? where can you get turtle meat?  So chicken it is!
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Cooking Class

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At the Cooking Class

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Let the drinking & eating begin!

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National World War II Museum

National World War II Museum –  945 Magazine St.,New Orleans, LA  Warehouse District

Mrs. Q says: Thank you to the men and women that fought for, and continue to keep us safe.

Q-tips say: Great museum. One of the best. You can easily spend more than one day in this museum. They do have handouts for children to find things like “special airplanes.”

The Museum does an excellent job telling the story of WWII in an accurate way.  You are given a dog tag that corresponds to a service member; once you board the “train”, you scan the dog tag to meet your service member and hear their story.  The train does not move but gives you the impression that you are in Europe on your way to the Front.   Each exhibit is done up complete with a change in climate (e.g. Europe has snow and pine trees whereas the Pacific has jungles).  All along the way, footage is playing with sound effects; memorabilia abounds – photos of those who gave their lives as well as their story and sometimes letters and personal effects.

Mrs. Q’s “dog tag” experience:  http://dogtagexperience.org/

Photo of The National WWII Museum - New Orleans, LA, United States

 

 

 

 

The National World War II Museum

Photo of The National WWII Museum - New Orleans, LA, United States

Get your own “dog tag”

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