Atop Cincinnati’s Mt Auburn overlooking the Ohio River sits William Howard Taft National Historic Site. His family moved to the young and bustling Queen City in 1838 and settled first in the basin before purchasing this Greek Revival house where Will was born and raised. After watching the orientation film, we were the only visitors on today’s twelve o’clock tour giving us the full attention of a very well informed ranger who gave us a lot of insight into our 27th President and 10th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
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.
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