05/03/2021
Hey,
It is Victor here … I know I am breaking the "third wall"/kayfabe but hey, I was up since 05:00 thinking how to write this, so just wrote in my voice….
Today is March 5th – it is one more day closer to spring and one less day in this lockdown….
In recent weeks — my wife, Györgyi, and I have been thinking about the impact of covid on BAOBAB … The financial impact is obvious but others are
far more relevant.... In short, BAOBAB is not going back to its pre-covid form, the world has changed and so have we….
A friend of mine said the recovery from covid will not be V-shaped but Y-shaped…. In the case of the economy, some businesses are unable to return to what they did before, it is simply hard to do
for some — employees would have gotten different jobs, some may have completely changed their business models. We are going to recover by branching out into new constructs…
The BAOBAB was planted in #soldinerkiez 3yrs ago in December 2017, its intention was not to be a café – the café was a ploy to gather people together …. It didn’t workout as we expected.... Covid is giving us the opportunity to correct that…. BAOBAB is no longer going to be a café … Don’t get me wrong, the kitchen is staying — you can still get your espresso or BAOBAB’s strudel or the “holy" Jollof Rice, you know it is holy…. You can still call us BAOBAB Café but like I call my 37yr old cousin “little cuz” it will be a term of affection.... BAOBAB is growing up….
The website will be a focal point from here on in for the gastronomic side of BAOBAB — we have some exciting updates coming that will make you and your body happy. However, the physical space will take a different direction, art/creativity being central to its theme.... We always wanted to develop BAOBAB into a space that inspired people in the kiez, covid might be finally presenting this chance to us.... More words on this can be found here (baobab.berlin/words) and some from my colleague, artist and magic stick collector @antoanettamarinov....
Much power to you!
~victor
#covidrecoveryisyshaped #meetmebythebaobabtree
Hey,
It is Victor here … I know I am breaking the "third wall"/kayfabe but hey, I was up since 05:00 thinking how to write this, so just wrote in my voice….
Today is March 5th – it is one more day closer to spring and one less day in this lockdown….
In recent weeks — my wife, Györgyi, and I have been thinking about the impact of covid on BAOBAB … The financial impact is obvious but others are
far more relevant.... In short, BAOBAB is not going back to its pre-covid form, the world has changed and so have we….
A friend of mine said the recovery from covid will not be V-shaped but Y-shaped…. In the case of the economy, some businesses are unable to return to what they did before, it is simply hard to do
for some — employees would have gotten different jobs, some may have completely changed their business models. We are going to recover by branching out into new constructs…
The BAOBAB was planted in #soldinerkiez 3yrs ago in December 2017, its intention was not to be a café – the café was a ploy to gather people together …. It didn’t workout as we expected.... Covid is giving us the opportunity to correct that…. BAOBAB is no longer going to be a café … Don’t get me wrong, the kitchen is staying — you can still get your espresso or BAOBAB’s strudel or the “holy" Jollof Rice, you know it is holy…. You can still call us BAOBAB Café but like I call my 37yr old cousin “little cuz” it will be a term of affection.... BAOBAB is growing up….
The website will be a focal point from here on in for the gastronomic side of BAOBAB — we have some exciting updates coming that will make you and your body happy. However, the physical space will take a different direction, art/creativity being central to its theme.... We always wanted to develop BAOBAB into a space that inspired people in the kiez, covid might be finally presenting this chance to us.... More words on this can be found here (baobab.berlin/words) and some from my colleague, artist and magic stick collector @antoanettamarinov....
Much power to you!
~victor
#covidrecoveryisyshaped #meetmebythebaobabtree
