My World Café – insights & experiences from my travels, café visits and daily life.
Business & Career Mentor, Photographer, Aviator
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
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
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
I am sick of covid as an Excuse for bad Service We're currently travelling in the Okanagan, a premier wine region in British Columbia. It is truly amazing how covid splits prevailing attitudes: Many are slacking off, hiding behind covid; while others go the extra mile and perform at their best. They both still have… Continue reading Covid – an Excuse for everything or an Incentive to do better?
A Rainy Day Fund Anyone? It is important these days to distinguish the truly distressed from the whiners. Many will have to close their business permanently and look for entry-level employment. When 911 hit, we had to close our air charter and tour business, and I had to start off washing cars (later becoming the… Continue reading Saving our Way through this Crisis
Bad News first Printing Money has a huge delayed Cost Governments' massive stimulus packages will eventually have to be paid for. But how and by whom? One undesirable scenario is hyperinflation - inflating the debt away. With the incredible amounts of money being printed now, inflation is kept artificially low. The other - more likely… Continue reading Our post-Corona Future
Today’s Anti-Heroes Media people who use the crisis for self-aggrandizing, with voices that portray themselves as the victims. Their alarmist and sensational language makes them energy-vampires. Telecoms who try to push through new subsidies, disguised as help for customers in crisis. Price-gougers Today’s Heroes Dr. Brian Goldman (White Coat - Black Art radio show): This… Continue reading About Self-reliance, Common Sense and Hope
Spring breakup does not necessarily mean that the ice is breaking up! ......our long winters can put a strain on relationships. Long stretches in the house can cause cabin fever. It's a fact that some couples break up in spring. This year winter ended three weeks early - plus 10 degrees Celsius and brilliant sunshine… Continue reading What Spring means for Atlin Lake
Giovane Café at The Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel in Vancouver Giovane is a vibrant café - bistro where you always get fresh fare with an italian culinary touch. Early breakfasts and late lunches are best. Their flower arrangements are beautiful, and Giovane has an ambiance where you just want to sit and enjoy yourself. The… Continue reading Canada has cool Cafés too!
My World Café - insights & experiences from my travels, café visits and daily life. 