Only a very slight exaggeration. I was heading out to see Danilo Perez at Koerner Hall, and, per usual, I left a bit late. I had thought I might stop in at Slab Burger, just off Bay, and indeed was starting to look up the number and finally decided I just wouldn't have time.
Since the rain had stopped, I decided to bike over. I make it to campus with about 30 minutes to spare and decided to take another look at the cherry trees, now in bloom, next to Robarts.
It's just so much nicer going here, rather than High Park!
Anyway, the jazz concert was good, though not amazing. There was a guy next to me whose phone kept going off. So frustrating. I generally liked the big band portion the best, though could definitely have done without the sung text, which was pretty lame. Also, Danilo clearly needs to learn how to set up sing-alongs. The audience was all set to do participate on a line like "Oya oya oya" but then there were 3 more lines in Spanish on top of that, and we collectively decided that was not going to happen.
I stuck around for a bit to see the post-concert, which was a trio led by drummer Evyn Berridge. I'm almost certain the pianist was Nathan Tran, but they didn't introduce the band or any of the pieces they were playing!
It was 10:45 or so by this point. There was an Indian place on Sherbourne I had considered trying, but it closed at 11. There was a South Indian place around the corner of College called Madras Curry, and it was open until midnight, so I stopped in there and picked up something to go. It was good but so, so spicy to the point I don't think I will go back after all.
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