Our plans for a weekend in London at the end of the month fell through at the lastlastminute. We had Travelocitied our flight+hotel for a very decent price and had high hopes for seeing Wicked and the LotR musical (!?), when we decided to verify the fact that didn't need to be verified, that is, that my passport expires the same month (October) that Lisa's expires, only to find that--fingers hovering over the BuyNow! button--mine in fact expired last month.
bugger
So, we rolled with it and went to Plan B: Portland, OR! I had wanted to visit that nice place for a while and now seemed a good a time as any since we had an empty slot in our collection of travel slots. This too was not meant to be as we discovered that, in the eyes of the airlines, going to Portland = going to London. Monetary-wise, that is. I've said it before and I'll say it again: meh.
Plan C: London for Thanksgiving! We need to get goin' on new passports so it's a haircut and passport photo for me tomorrow. It's my work-at-home day, so I'll be able to hit the nearby places. Lisa's beat the travel bug even as we speak by visiting Manhattan for work (and for spotting Dennis Farina in a Duane Reade). There till Thursday-or-probably-Friday. (At which time she may kill me for forgetting to pick up the tickets for the Friday nite movie that I just remembered I needed to do and didn't...)
Best dim sum I've ever had - Ping Pong in Piccadilly Circus. Very cool place and great food.
I've heard from multiple places that the LotR musical can be missed. Go to the "official" half-price booth (not the copycats advertised by the homeless with signs) in Leicaster Square. Almost all shows have some seats left.
Posted by: David at September 13, 2007 06:29 AMI just listened to some of the LotR music on their web site. Hmm. Maybe just Wicked then and some dim sum.
Posted by: sstrader at September 13, 2007 04:17 PM