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On going slow (and why I stopped counting cities)
A note on the quiet luxury of doing less on a trip — and why the best day I had last year had nothing in it.
July 12, 2026
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Notes from Naoshima — an art island at low tide
A slow twenty-four hours on Japan's small art island, when the day-trippers have left and the museums close their doors.
July 10, 2026
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Kyoto in the rain is better
An unpopular opinion after two spring seasons of watching people fight over the same photo of the same tree.
April 22, 2026
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The long table — a note on the dinners I plan
Why so many of my trips end at a table for twelve in someone's home, and why I think you should say yes.
March 30, 2026