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The post-covid Identity Crisis of the Hospitality Industry: "Staff Shortages", "Tip-flation" and ever less Value for Money. Read about good and bad Examples. It borders on absurdity: A section of a pub is closed, due to "staff shortage". Then I endure an endless wait for my food. And finally, the debit-machine gives me a choice… Continue reading Hospitality is in Crisis – Value for Money has almost become the Exception
Not only will AI-Art and "conventional" Art coexist, they will cross-pollinate All Photos and AI-Prompts are mine. Photography became its own Art Form, as did Digital Photography Photography was all new in the 18-hundreds. Cumbersome, low quality, expensive and exclusive at first. Many traditional artists must have considered it a threat at the time, just… Continue reading Why AI-generated Art will enhance Art as we know it
My wife and I recently spent a week Sacramento, California's capital. We like to visit churches - mostly for their atmosphere, architecture and historic ambiance. So we stumbled into this extraordinary mass at The Cathedral Of The Blessed Sacrament: Jaime Soto, the Bishop Of Sacramento did the "Blessing of the Oils", providing the whole Diocese… Continue reading You don’t have to like the Catholic Church, but this exceptional Mass in Sacramento was for Everyone
(Title photo: Ice Dragon Teeth. Ice stalagmites and - stalactites forming teeth-like ice sculptures. Close-up taken along the Yukon River in Whitehorse.) It could all be so warm and fuzzy I read a love story generated by AI. Not more shallow than any of today's junk-books. Authentic enough and quite sweet. My wife read an… Continue reading Sinister Perils are looming behind today’s AI-Hype. Don’t become an “AI-Lemming”!
Winters in Whitehorse are not only cold, but can be grey and long - I found that Vitamin D supplements don't really cut it. So whenever the sun is out, I'm out there exploring ever changing ice- and snow-scapes. Nature's beauty can be fleeting: What may be an exceptional motif now can be gone in… Continue reading Ice Art – my Way of shooting amazing Winter-Scapes
Our 8 Weeks in Korea - a Travel Essay with Photos (all my own) Apple - Awesome! We had just visited the MMCA in Bukchon and were passing three young women at a park bench. They were holding high a red apple, taking pictures of it. In Korean, I loudly commented "Apple - Awesome!". They… Continue reading Part 3: Some cool Anecdotes of Korean Life
Reflections from 8 Weeks in Korea. Essay with Photos (all my own). Seoul's cultural and culinary offerings are second to none. Ticket prices for concerts and museum are very affordable - not like the prohibitive prices we see in Europe and Canada, like $133 for a mediocre seat at a recent ballet performance in Vancouver.… Continue reading Part 2: Cultural Immersion – Korean Style
An Essay with Photos (all my own) Our Statistics of cultural and culinary Immersion After 16 museums, 7 concerts, 3 palaces, 2 temples, 450km of walking, and numerous encounters with cool Koreans, we gained some meaningful insights. And despite enjoying so many Korean delicacies, we lost a few pounds! Mecenatpolis Shopping Mall in Hapjeong, Mapo-gu,… Continue reading Reflections from eight Weeks in Korea – Part 1: The State of Korean Society
This Korean Indie-Band made me realize what that means After 31 months of covid-related cancellations, we finally made it to Korea. We are enjoying deep cultural and culinary immersion, of which an important part is experiencing this special Korean Kindness - "Jeong" (정). I went to a concert of my favourite Korean Indie band, A-FUZZ.… Continue reading A-FUZZ – the Power of Music and Kindness
Two memorable exhibitions in Vancouver highlight the absurdity of war: YOKO ONO: GROWING FREEDOM Yoko Ono to this day remains a peace activist. It's now 42 years since John Lennon was murdered. The videos and photos in the exhibition deeply moved me. In one room, visitors could pin messages to their mothers to the wall… Continue reading If those who decide war had to fight it, would there be less war?
To maintain our sanity and fitness, my wife and I walk the Millennium Trail in Whitehorse almost daily. But this trail is about much more than the five picturesque kilometres along the Yukon River. Ice Photography I have a secret patch along the river that never freezes and generates ever changing wonders of ice. Mother… Continue reading Why the Millennium Trail is the best Covid-Therapy: Critters, Encounters and Ice Wonders
Bears and People The number of bears and people in the Yukon is about the same - roughly 37,000 - in a space about the size of Spain! About 85% are black bears, 15% are grizzlies plus a few polar bears. Most people live in the capital Whitehorse (27,000). Dispelling some Myths about the Yukon… Continue reading Canada’s Yukon – Things You Never Knew
My World Café - insights & experiences from my travels, café visits and daily life. 