Q-Tips Reviews

GINO’S EAST – 162 E Superior St., Chicago, IL 60611, (312) 266-3337, ginoseast.com

Q-Tips say: The Q’s met with “The Son and his Lady Friend” while they were in from California touring Chicago. You want deep dish? This is a good place for deep dish, ambiance, drinks and the service is ok. The Q’s are really thin crust pizza lovers but we did enjoy this deep dish pizza.

Mrs. Q says: It is a 45 min wait for the deep dish pizza to come to the table so we ordered our drinks and an antipasto to share which took the edge off the growling of our stomach hunger. Our dining partners enjoyed the ambiance and the pizza. Checked that off their list of things to see/do in Chicago.

The Gino’s East story began in 1966 when two taxi drivers and a friend, frustrated with rush hour traffic, decided to open a pizzeria just off Michigan Ave. and Superior St. in Chicago. The Original Gino’s East became an instant legend with local Chicagoans, national celebrities and visitors from around the world.

Our famous deep-dish pizza tastes the same as it did back then. Each pizza is made by hand and features its own unique look. Each legendary pizza is created with a secret, golden crust, fresh vine-ripened tomatoes, and loaded with your choice of fresh ingredients. Once baked to perfection these enormous pies are brought to your table in our well-seasoned pans.

If your tastebuds aren’t craving our famous deep dish or thin crust pizzas, Gino’s East offers a delicious alternative. A full menu featuring our homemade appetizers, pastas made with rich and tasty marinara sauce, salads filled with an abundance of fresh vegetables and sandwiches to fill any sized appetite.

In a city known as the “Pizza Capital of the World”, The Original Gino’s East is still the number one pizza restaurant where customers from near and far return year after year to scribble their names into the wood and stucco walls of our flagship restaurants in downtown Chicago.

LITTLE FOXES goodman.theatretickets.co

Q-Tips say: Go and enjoy. We did. Little Foxes is a 3 part play with 2 intermissions that takes place in Alabama. The story is of greed, betrayal and a dysfunctional family. Mrs. Q says: Some things never change.

Should you have an opportunity to see “Little Foxes”, do so. The cast does an outstanding acting job, along with a superb set adds to the enjoyment.

Beast on the Moon – Raven Theater 6157 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60660, (773) 338-2177
www.raventheatre.com

Aram Tomasian is an Armenian immigrant living in 1920’s Milwaukee who has escaped the massacre of 1.5 million Armenians in 1915 by the Turks in his homeland in Eastern Turkey. He wants to make a fresh start and build a new family in the new world to replace the family he lost to the genocide. He selects a mail-order bride and into his life comes an Armenian teen-ager, Seta, who has also escaped the vicious grip of the Ottoman warlords. He learns that building a marriage and a family is more difficult than he anticipated, but he ultimately succeeds in unexpected and heart-warming ways.

Q-Tips say: Enjoyed it. Mrs. Q says: This play has nothing to do with the moon landing. It is a story that deals with survivors of the Armenian Genocide of the early 1900’s and what happens to the lives of the survivors afterward. The genocide was the systematic slaughter of 1.5 million Armenians, a grisly process that included forced marches, crucifixions, decapitations and sexual assault, among other acts of violence. Despite the serious subject matter there is a sprinkling of humor. Strong performances by the entire cast.

BIRDMAN – Birdman is an ambitious technical showcase powered by a layered story and outstanding performances from Michael Keaton and Edward Norton.

Q-Tips say: See it but you if you rent it and you will be just as happy. It is ok. Different. Great acting by Keaton and Norton. A bit bizarre at times, and over-rated. The hype does not match what the movie really is. One of those movies that the critics and other actors just love.

Mrs. Q says: She could have enjoyed the movie more without the drumming in the background. Yes, that is different than music, but so?

AMERICAN SNIPER – “American Sniper,” starring Bradley Cooper as Chris Kyle, the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history. But there was much more to this true American hero than his skill with a rifle. U.S. Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle is sent to Iraq with only one mission: to protect his brothers-in-arms. His pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield and, as stories of his courageous exploits spread, he earns the nickname “Legend.” However, his reputation is also growing behind enemy lines, putting a price on his head and making him a prime target of insurgents. Despite the danger, as well as the toll on his family at home, Chris serves through four harrowing tours of duty in Iraq, becoming emblematic of the SEAL creed to “leave no man behind.” But upon returning home, Chris finds that it is the war he can’t leave behind.

Q-Tips say: YES, GO SEE IT! Based on a true story. Tells us about his life as a “Sniper” and also follows his trials at home and after affects on him after his four tours of duty.

Mrs. Q says: Definitely NOT FOR CHILDREN. Shame on Michael Moore.

Dealing with People You Can’t Stand by Drs. Rick Brankman and Rick Kirschner

Mrs. Q says: Do have a boss that is a bully, a tyrant or a co-worker who promises results but never delivers or perhaps a whiner who is driving you crazy? This book will help you deal with them. This book will help you identify 10 difficult behaviors and tell you how to deal successfully with each of them and more.

The Ten things you can’t say in AMERICA by Larry Elder

Mrs. Q says: LOVED THIS BOOK.. Written by a black man who covers such issues as:

1. BLACKS ARE MORE RACIST THAN WHITES
2. WHITE CONDESCENSION IS AS BAD AS BLACK RACISM
3. THE MEDIA BIAS, IT’S REAL, WIDESPREAD, AND DESTRUCTIVE
4. THE GLASS CEILING – FULL OF HOLES
5. AMERICA’S GREATEST PROBLEM: NOT CRIME, RACISM OR BAD SCHOOLS –
IT IS ILLEGITIMACY
6. THERE IS NO HEALTH CARE “CRISIS”
7. AMERICA’S WELFARE STATE: THE TYRANNY OF THE STATIST QUO
8. REPUBLICANS VERSUS DEMOCRATS –
MAYBE A DIME’S WORTH OF DIFFERENCE
9. THE WAR AGAINST DRUGS IS VIETNAM II P WE ARE LOSING THIS ONE, TOO
10. GUN CONTROL ADVOCATE – GOOD GUYS WITH BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS

Return from Heaven by Carol Bowman

Mrs. Q says: Found this book a little creepy. Return from heaven is about beloved relatives reincarnated within your family. Topics such as: Memory of Death – to parent’s amazement, a child will matter-of-factly tell them they remember being shot, or dying in a car accident, or in a war, sometimes in explicit and clinically graphic details.

Mrs. Q says: There are certain relatives I would hate to think have returned within the family. However, there is no mention of anyone returning to the family from Hell, so all is well.