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Positano · Italy
Bougainvillea at Le Sirenuse
A house cut into the cliff. Bougainvillea against limewash. The sea keeping time. Notes on the pale-yellow suite where Diaghilev drafted Firebird.
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Field notes
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Editorial travel dispatches, written by the concierge. Where to arrive early, which suite faces west, and the correct hour for a table at Le Sirenuse.
II · 12 min · Field notes
Kyoto · Japan
The machiya at the end of the wet stone lane
Six tatami. One ceramic cup. A cedar bath filled at midnight. The Kansai in October, when the crowds have gone and the maples have…
III · 9 min · Dispatch
Marrakech · Morocco
Behind the unmarked cedar door
The medina has one hundred and thirty-one entrances. Only three matter. A riad, zellige, water, silence — and the correct address …
IV · 7 min · Editorial
Reykjavík · Iceland
The aurora, arriving on schedule
The Deplar Farm plays it modest. Black timber, sheep in the near meadow, geothermal water in the far one. The northern lights, whe…
V · 10 min · Field notes
Cape Town · South Africa
Table Mountain from a glass house
A modernist villa above Camps Bay. The wind sings against the panes at 4am. A morning drive to Cape Point, three antelope, no traf…
VI · 6 min · Dispatch
Aspen · Colorado
Stone and oak above the tree line
A lodge with two fires and one bathhouse. The Little Nell in shoulder season, when the aspens do their trick and the mountain retu…