Wisetrips Travel Blog

On Saturday, March 28, 2026, Inna and I drove to San Francisco to see the play " Our Class " at Z Space (in the Mission District). Before seeing the play, we decided to park at Crissy Field and stroll along the waterfront. Hungry, we stopped for lunch at  Cracked & Battered  (one of our favorite local eateries). We were finally able to get a table (inside), as our past 2-3 attempts ended in failure (Cracked & Bat…

After our amazing dinner at Tattu, we rode the elevator downstairs and walked across the street to the Dominion Theater, where our musical ,  The Devil Wears Prada,  was playing.  I had purchased tickets for the 19:30 showing.  Outside, there were lots of girls all dressed up in expensive outfits, queuing up to enter the theater. This wasn't my first choice of a musical (I would have preferred Hadestown), but…

Monday, March 23, 2026 At 07:45, from our Eggerton House Hotel in Knightsbridge, we walked for 28 minutes to the Golden Tours, Bulleid Way Departure Point (at Victoria Station), to board our tour bus bound for Warner Brothers Harry Potter Studio tour. The bus departed on schedule at 08:30. The bus ride to Warner Bros. Studio took just over an hour and arrived at 09:45. On the bus, each seat had a built-in Android scree…

One of the main reasons that I like seeing musicals in London is that they can be quite unique (with British sensibilities) and often do not travel across the pond to New York (and are therefore never seen in the United States). When selecting My Neighbour Totoro, I found a unique, charming musical that would be unlikely to be staged in the United States.  …

Based on Charles Dickens ' famous novel, Oliver Twist, Oliver! is a musical that was highly regarded (and I wanted to see it when visiting London). I purchased the best seats I could find ( O16, O17) for Saturday evening's (March 21, 2026) performance at the Gielgud Theater. Oliver! was very well staged and acted, with excellent special effects and choreography. However, sometimes it was hard for me to understa…