Comments on: A Café Crawl in Whitehorse – Part I / Alpine Organic Bakery http://convergingonconfusion.wordpress.com/2007/11/13/a-cafe-crawl-in-whitehorse-%e2%80%93-part-1-alpine-organic-bakery/ creative writings and reflections Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:22:47 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: mekyla http://convergingonconfusion.wordpress.com/2007/11/13/a-cafe-crawl-in-whitehorse-%e2%80%93-part-1-alpine-organic-bakery/#comment-44 mekyla Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:22:47 +0000 http://convergingonconfusion.wordpress.com/2007/11/13/a-cafe-crawl-in-whitehorse-%e2%80%93-part-1-alpine-organic-bakery/#comment-44 I think you're right, for the most part. I've actually lived in Whitehorse for about a year now and I do consider it one of the most beautiful places in Canada, and now my home as well. My comment about the nightlife is highly subjective, and I took much creative license in my description of it (perhaps too much :) ). I was looking for a particular kind of pub/night cafe that I was used to in Peterborough - a small, intimate setting with some live music that doesn't interrupt conversation - a place where it's okay to grab a coffee and a cookie instead of a beer. So my description was misleading in that I was more interested in a licensed cafe than a pub/bar per se. Since living in Whitehorse (and since writing this post), I have discovered numerous other cafes - and I have been delighted with their food, atmosphere, and people. But I still wish they wouldn't close so early :). I actually wonder if the revised liquor laws will help things. Thanks for your comments! I think you’re right, for the most part. I’ve actually lived in Whitehorse for about a year now and I do consider it one of the most beautiful places in Canada, and now my home as well. My comment about the nightlife is highly subjective, and I took much creative license in my description of it (perhaps too much :) ). I was looking for a particular kind of pub/night cafe that I was used to in Peterborough – a small, intimate setting with some live music that doesn’t interrupt conversation – a place where it’s okay to grab a coffee and a cookie instead of a beer. So my description was misleading in that I was more interested in a licensed cafe than a pub/bar per se.

Since living in Whitehorse (and since writing this post), I have discovered numerous other cafes – and I have been delighted with their food, atmosphere, and people. But I still wish they wouldn’t close so early :). I actually wonder if the revised liquor laws will help things.

Thanks for your comments!

]]> By: astrid grawehr http://convergingonconfusion.wordpress.com/2007/11/13/a-cafe-crawl-in-whitehorse-%e2%80%93-part-1-alpine-organic-bakery/#comment-43 astrid grawehr Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:26:50 +0000 http://convergingonconfusion.wordpress.com/2007/11/13/a-cafe-crawl-in-whitehorse-%e2%80%93-part-1-alpine-organic-bakery/#comment-43 as a yukon-er, and more specifically, a whitehorsian, born and raised, i was more than a little shocked to find someone calling the 'horse's night life "uninteresting" ...not to mention the people?! hmmmmm..... for the town in the country with the highest per capita bar to person ratio, you'd assume this not to be the case! you needn't walk more than 5 minutes in either direction of the corner of 1st and main and you'll stumble upon bar after bar after bar after....bar, each with their own charm. from open mic wednesdays at flippers to live local dancin' tunes saturday nights at the gold rush, or even, if you dig it, the club-esque style of coasters bar, there is, if one wishes to find 'em, a wide selection of nightlife to be experienced in the capital city (population 20,000, need i remind you). as for the "uninteresting people" goes, well, anyone who chooses to spend their life north of the 60th parallel where the sun goes down at 3:30pm and doesn't rise again until 10am for months out of the long , cold winter, and barely sets for the remainder of the year, must have at least one or maybe even two interesting stories to tell, if you'd take the time to sit down, relax, tune into the slower, less caught up, more personal pace of 'yukon time' and listen. i can't imagine a place so beautiful, wild and inspiring could not, even in the slightest, rub off on the inhabitants. as for the alpine bakery, i'm in much agreement that the beautiful breads and other goodies including homemade chocolates, hearty soups and fantastic smoothies blended with locally picked cranberries, is indeed a jewel for the spirit and the taste buds. if you're ever back in the 'horse, i offer to take you out, show you around and introduce you to the people who make me so proud to call whitehorse my home. :-) as a yukon-er, and more specifically, a whitehorsian, born and raised, i was more than a little shocked to find someone calling the ‘horse’s night life “uninteresting” …not to mention the people?!
hmmmmm….. for the town in the country with the highest per capita bar to person ratio, you’d assume this not to be the case!
you needn’t walk more than 5 minutes in either direction of the corner of 1st and main and you’ll stumble upon bar after bar after bar after….bar, each with their own charm. from open mic wednesdays at flippers to live local dancin’ tunes saturday nights at the gold rush, or even, if you dig it, the club-esque style of coasters bar, there is, if one wishes to find ‘em, a wide selection of nightlife to be experienced in the capital city (population 20,000, need i remind you).
as for the “uninteresting people” goes, well, anyone who chooses to spend their life north of the 60th parallel where the sun goes down at 3:30pm and doesn’t rise again until 10am for months out of the long , cold winter, and barely sets for the remainder of the year, must have at least one or maybe even two interesting stories to tell, if you’d take the time to sit down, relax, tune into the slower, less caught up, more personal pace of ‘yukon time’ and listen.
i can’t imagine a place so beautiful, wild and inspiring could not, even in the slightest, rub off on the inhabitants.
as for the alpine bakery, i’m in much agreement that the beautiful breads and other goodies including homemade chocolates, hearty soups and fantastic smoothies blended with locally picked cranberries, is indeed a jewel for the spirit and the taste buds.
if you’re ever back in the ‘horse, i offer to take you out, show you around and introduce you to the people who make me so proud to call whitehorse my home.
:-)

]]> By: hoganfe handmade handbag originals http://convergingonconfusion.wordpress.com/2007/11/13/a-cafe-crawl-in-whitehorse-%e2%80%93-part-1-alpine-organic-bakery/#comment-8 hoganfe handmade handbag originals Wed, 14 Nov 2007 04:58:59 +0000 http://convergingonconfusion.wordpress.com/2007/11/13/a-cafe-crawl-in-whitehorse-%e2%80%93-part-1-alpine-organic-bakery/#comment-8 I didn't know about that bakery ... I will be sure to stop in next time I go thru Whitehorse. I didn’t know about that bakery … I will be sure to stop in next time I go thru Whitehorse.

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