Who tells ME ?
Oh, good grief what a site!! You did come back my Honourable Guestsand very dear Staff Members. Virtual Cafe WIM has been sympatheticallyclosed along with all others that have tokeep-up paying the rent without ‘patrons.’ I am just in to let you know that there is a“who tells ME” protest rally against the mask.People carry a yellow ribbon […]
Writer Susan
My good Friends of Cafe WIM times, Letters were written in support of Mr. Girouard’s bill (1881) in regard to the legalization of marriage with a deceased wife’s sister. The letters were dedicated to Members of the Senate and the […]
Cafe WIM food
Hello Most Admirable Guests and Staff Members,I see you are all here. Cool place. Good food.Now U.S.President Trump is in the news: Covid-19 He knows that the food is irrisistable, usually eateneagerly, with zest. Then we all could hear him say:“You don’t have to wear a mask” sure, big surprise. When that cat was out […]
A RESORT IN TOWN
My friendly Guestst and loyal Staff Members, please take a seat.It was cold. Then the planet turned two times and it is Summer.Spring is just a nice word. What to do in Summer? I’ll read from MY BLOG Should I go somewhere? Summer just arrived right here. ThisBRITANNIA VILLAGE is fine. I live here. Fresh […]
THE SOLUTION
Virtual Cafe WIM Guests and Staff Members, welcome to the cafe that gives you the optimum of….contentment, like all and any other cafe on the planet, include the Planet Cafe behind the Ottawa School of Art.., except that this cafe is based on ‘a touch-of-Dutch’, where unexpected happenings took place between June 1979 and February […]
Sun and Joy left
Who smiles to-day? Not me. 2018: NEW FASHION, knee length dresses Not a single mini skirt Long BLACK pants in the sun @ 35C. Beach: 1920 in 2018. BLACK bathing SUITS with pipes. Big towel […]
Be Well: Good Food
Living in Ottawa’s former holiday resort Britannia Village is a quiet enjoyable. The village is land sticking-out in an enormous river basin and connected to the city by one road (a peninsula.) So what happens: riverwater air blows into the village, filtered by a gazillion bushes and trees. Very clean air. One way of feeding […]
gratuity
Coming through world war ii in europe, leaving that but also all good moments, the flight to Canada, finding room to raisea family and find a way to introduce a touch of Dutch. YOU found it. When the rumour of a good cafe spread, thecurious came to 537 Sussex Drive and seeing the longhandwritten boards, pulled […]
Dog-walk clincher
Frost bitten Guests and Staff at Virtual Cafe WIM. Thank you for coming-by. I know you are cold but huddle close together and look over my shoulder. You can peek in my diary, my BLOG as we know it. My notes show that I am interested in manners. How much that matters. Did you do […]
Love on the 14th
The war in Korea rages on, We are in a tiny cafe next to the Binnenhof in The Hague, Holland. It’s a bit misty. Joseph from behind the bar brought a pistacho. The ashtray was pushed around by nervous fingers Smoke was whipped by an old ceiling fan and George Shearing notes. It set the […]