After taking off from work for the trip to Alaska, it was near imperative for Karen to work this weekend, Birthday or not. Steve went to the Arts Center for Saturday Open Studio and at the end of the day presented Karen with a pendant crafted from silver and Alaskan opal. It looks like the view from our window at Alyeska Lodge! We had dinner at Limey’s Pub including Guinness. Limey’s had a map of the London Underground and that prompted CJ to tell tales of London!
Off the beaten path is Hampstead is the more than three hundred year old Burgh House with a fascinating history. It’s now a community center, local museum, gallery, concert venue, event space, and more open to the public four days a week. We popped over for a bite to eat and to peruse the galleries to learn a little more about Hampstead history.
Ever since its debut on Broadway the two of us have wanted to see “Wicked the Musical”. Today we realized that dream. In the Apollo Victoria Theater in London’s West End we were witness to the incredible prequel to The Wizard of Oz, the story of the Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.
London’s National Portrait Gallery’s temporary exhibition, “Six Lives: The Stories of Henry VIII’s Queens” presents an amazing collection of portraits, jewelry, personal effects, books, costumes, and more to illustrate not only the lives of the six women who married the second Tudor king, but the effort across five centuries to keep their memory alive.
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