Review: Pink Martini

Inna found out about a Pink Martini Concert in Palo Alto (for which tickets were sold out), but she purchased excellent seats for a concert at SF Jazz (201 Franklin St, San Francisco).

After driving to San Francisco, we decided to park at the Performing Arts Garage, where I parked my van. It seemed safer than the other parking lots nearby (due to all the unsavory characters and homeless).

Since we arrived early for the 2:00pm concert, we decided to eat a quick lunch at Kantine (a Scandinavian eatery). After waiting in line, we ordered the following lunch items:

• 7 Item Brunch board:
• Rye bread
• Scrambled Eggs
• Runny Eggs
• Bacon
• Trout
• Havarti
• Yogurt
• Pastries: Tebirkes, Sweat Seasonal Danish (Cranberry Jam with Chamomille)
• Boris: Mocha
• Inna: Latte

We liked the freshly baked pastries, especially the Tebirkes and the Danish. On the Brunch board, I wanted my scrambled eggs and Trout, but not the Rye bread. 

Inna really enjoyed her Yogurt, Bacon, Scrambled Eggs, and Trout. We only had about 10 minutes to eat our food since Kantine was relatively slow, so we rushed back to SF Jazz for our show.

To enter the venue, we had to show our ID and Vaccination cards. After sitting down, we liked our seats and the clear view of the stage.

Although I was familiar with a few songs by the band, I did not realize the vast number of languages they can sing (at least 25).

The band features the following members:

• Thomas Lauderdale - piano
• China Forbes - vocals
• Antonis Andreou - trombone

In addition to the prominent members, there were a few new additions, including:

• Edna Vasquez - vocals (from Mexico)
• Jimmie Herod - vocals

Today's set included the following songs:

• Let's Never Stop Falling in Love
• Sympathique (Je ne veus pas travailler)
• Ocho Kandelikas (Eight Little Candles)
• Kikuchiyo to Mohshimasu
• Hang on, Little Tomato
• Joy to the World
• Hey Eugene!
• Pata Pata
• Tomorrow (from Annie, The Musical), sung by Jimmie Herod

The band sang songs in multiple languages, including:

• English
• French
• Romanian
• Japanese
• Arabic
  

I enjoyed the concert and the professionalism of the band. They were all excellent musicians. Jimmie had an incredibly high voice (for a man).

After the concert ended at around 15:50, we walked around briefly before sitting down for an early dinner at Doppio Zero Pizzeria. We ordered the following items from the dinner menu:

• Shared: Pera (Pear Salad), Fungo (Mushroom Pizza)
• Boris: Hot Tea
• Inna: Golden State Cider, Hot Tea

We enjoyed the Pera salad and the Fungo pizza. Inna also really liked her Golden State Apple Cider.