One month ago I stepped onto a plane for the first since COVID hit back in March 2020. Destination, Vancouver. Beautiful British Columbia. This trip was squeezed into a small window in the calendar. It was tight, but it worked. With the kids back to school and before a scheduled surgery, the timing was …
Continuing on with Vancouver, it had a bohemian feel to it. In 1992 when I arrived, the Grunge scene was coming into its own. Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Mother Love Bone, Soundgarden, all this great music and no Internet to distract. The winter months in Vancouver were wet, dreary, and overcast. The perfect setting for coffeehouses …
It was a typical migration, the one that many an Ontario student embarked upon after high school – Go west young man. Usually it was to Whistler, or maybe Tofino, but mine was into the heart of Vancouver. I hadn’t yet discovered my love of skiing, or mountain biking, and surfing eluded me then as …
So how do I find myself walking away from the stability of a steady paycheck and walking towards the risky prospects of a start-up? This Experience story-line is where I will share my tales and overall experiences with coffee; those stories spanning the past 25+ years that have nurtured my love of the coffeehouse experience. …
