It’s back to work for Greg and Rachel and our first day to do our own thing in Boston. Caught the T at Shawmut, changed at Park, and disembarked at Coolidge Corner. Walked to 83 Beals Street only to discover that the JFK Birthplace National Monument is closed on Tuesdays. Time for a change of plans. Lunch at Zaftig’s (Great Potato Pancakes!)
Flowers from a local shop, a Harry James 78 from a trash pile, ice cream from Sugar Heaven, then the train home from Copley Square.
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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