kentucky derby.

I was this close ( ) to missing the Derby this year, something I haven't missed in recent memory. I was on set for a series of Cartoon Network commercials in Toronto for four days, and knew it would be a struggle to find a TV in the public school we were shooting in. Somehow, I was able to find a website that was streaming the race live (and illegally) just before it began. Had I known it would've been that easy, I would've tuned in earlier for the playing of My Old Kentucky Home, which is really all I wanted to see. But I did see the walk up to the post and the race, so my Derby day was not totally wasted. My only other goal was to find a mint julep somewhere in the city, but the bar we chose to go to was not equipped with fresh mint or good bourbon. So it goes. Maybe that will just make next year's that much sweeter....