You Don't Know That I Was Up 'Til 3am Last Night... Working on These Photos!

First surprise of the evening: passing Matt on the street and meeting one of the nicest people I've ever encountered.
Second surprise: walking into the Cocoa Nymph and realizing...I've been there before.

As it happens, I shot some of their chocolate for Vancouver Magazine's 101 Things to Eat Before You Die last year!:

and apparently they do shows in the cafe area!

I was introduced to Matt Epp (@mattepplife) by Jon and got addicted to his song This Old House (listen on his Myspace). It hit me yesterday that Matt was on tour and would probably be in Vancouver soon.
Turns out, it was that very evening!

So after Dan's show I hustled home, made dinner and took off again for 10th and Alma.

Matt is touring with Edmonton based singer-songwriter Ann Vriend who was up first on the piano. She reminded me so much of Nat Jay and I'm going to put a playlist of Vancouver music together for her!

The night was pretty amazing. I took a few photos, but it was super dark and moody in Cocoa Nymph so the photos in turn are dark and moody. But that's okay because they're playing again tonight (Aug 23rd) at the Railway Club in Vancouver...and I'll take more then.
In the meantime..enjoy: