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TOKYO 2024! 1-5: Reversible Destiny Lofts Mitaka — in Memory of Helen Keller: I SO wanted to see this. This is one of the works/pieces of architecture made by Shusaku Arakawa and Madeline Gins, pre-Fluxus artists who essentially thought you could live forever if your environment was deeply uncomfortable. “Reversible Destiny” is one of their surviving projects, and you can stay here via airbnb (about 50 minutes outside central Tokyo). 6-7: Capybaras! 8: The tableside wagashi service at Yakumo Saryo. It’s chestnut season, so there was a lot of chestnut-flavored pastry. 9: Breakfast at the Peninsula Tokyo. The fish selection changed daily. 10: An amazing home store: Casica. The onsite cafe serves an incredible Ayurvedic-inspired chicken curry. 11: It was also snow crab season, which means there were crab dishes almost everywhere we went, including Ginza Sushi Aoki, where the 13-course crab-based dinner began with strips of leg meat served over a miso-and-brain pudding. 12: Extruding chestnut paste for wagashi at Ginza Sushi Aoki. 13: Tuna head at Cignale Enoteca. 14: One of the crab dishes — barely-grilled legs with a side of brain — at Cignale Enoteca. This meal was the best we had in Tokyo...and, we agreed, one of the best we’ve had in recent memory. 15: Not-for-sale vinyl at Beams Japan, my favorite of the Beams stores (this is the Shinjuku location). 16: Udon with chrysanthemum petals, grated daikon, and eggplant at Toraya, the famous sweet shop. Portions here are small so you have room for wagashi after. 17: Narihira is a temple famous for its Jizo (a Bodhisattva known to protect children and travelers) that’s been completely tied with ropes. After making an offering, you make a wish and tie a straw rope around the Jizo; once your wish comes true, you return and remove it. 18-19: Matsuchiyama Shoden is a temple dedicated to the daikon, or turnip, a symbol of purity and harmony. At the front of the temple are baskets of purified daikon; you pay 300 yen and leave one as an offering inside the main hall; as you exit, you can take a desanctified (presumably) daikon to eat later on. 20: Morning swim at the Peninsula Tokyo.

We don’t often cover celebrities in @tmagazine, both because we can rarely agree on people (a recent suggestion of mine was brutally shot down in our last edit meeting), and because the celebrities themselves have been asked so many stupid questions over the years that they reflexively clam up, making them dull subjects. But we all agreed on #RobertPattinson, who proved to be both delightful and weird. The terrific piece, by @nickkharamis, is up at tmagazine.com now and in your @nytimes this Sunday. The equally terrific photos are by @collierschorrstudio, and the styling by @jaymassacret. #tmagazine

I never thought I’d get to see Luna Luna, and am so lucky I did. Up now @theshedny through at least February of 2025. @lunaluna

For @tmagazine’s Winter Travel issue, we take a look at flowers. Every country, every culture, values flowers and has a meaningful relationship with them. Depending on where you are, they’re icons, food, a source of income, a religious symbol...and, always, decoration. We traveled to Sri Lanka, India, Peru, Japan, and Oman to see not just what their flowers look like—but what they mean. The issue, anchored by a fantastic essay about the lotus in Sri Lanka by @aatishalitaseer, is up on tmagazine.com now and in your @nytimes this Sunday. The two covers are by Keerthana Kunnath (@kee_kunnath) and @rinkokawauchi. #tmagazine

What time of year is it? It’s @tmagazine’s Greats time of year! This year, we honor four people who did whatever they wanted in their respective fields. Doing what you want, as opposed to what you ought, may be the hardest thing for artists to do. But no artist becomes great without doing so. Our class of 2024 is: @florence Welch, written by @legroff, shot by @luisalbertorodriguezstudio, and styled by @vanessareidofficial; @theastergates, written by @siddharthamitter, and shot by @whoisdamaster; @jonathan.anderson, written by @nickkharamis, shot by @johnnydufort, and styled by @suzannekoller; and @lornasimpson, written by #DeanBaquet, and shot by @mingsmithphoto. Online now and in your @nytimes on Sunday. #tmagazine #TGreatsIssue

Yes, it was amazing, and yes, I got sick (again). I’m so lucky to be able to do these fashion weeks with the best team around.

I’ve wanted to see this apartment ever since @deborahneedleman made me edit a cover story on Renzo Mongiardino in 2016. Thank you, @martinamondadori @cabanamagazine for the privilege—I was hyperventilating throughout the visit! 🥵

For all of us whose dream house is Delia Deetz’s from “Beetlejuice,” there’s @tmagazine’s Design issue cover story: Espace Aygo, a derelict townhouse in Brussels transformed by a collective of young art-school graduates into a space that’s part laboratory, part dormitory. Almost everything here has been made by them, including the beds, tables, plates, and lights, often out of salvaged material. In other words, ideal. The story and accompanying video (last slide) are up now at tmagazine.com and in your @nytimes on Sept 29. Thank you, @espaceaygo, and @ellie_pithers, @philippebraquenier, @studio.mimesis, and @meglova. #tmagazine

A summer of pasta! 1-5, all @hotelilpellicano: with sardines and sun-dried tomatoes; amatriciana; aglio e olio; vongole; alla Norma. 6, vegetable clean out @deborahneedleman’s. 7-8, @ritasodi: pomodoro; fettuccine with nettles. 9, breakfast @bvlgarihotels Milano: vongole. 10, @etthemstockholm: agnolotti with chard and goat cheese. 11, trofie al pesto @ubarba. 🍝

Season 4 @hotelilpellicano 🌞. Pasta every day!

@tmagazine’s men’s fashion issue cover shoot was inspired by Peter Hujar’s Tompkins Square Park series (see final image). It was shot on a 90-degree night at 3am…and the perfect story to usher in my favorite season. Thank you for a gorgeous story, @jaymassacret and @ilya_lipkin. #tmagazine #tmensissue

Working from Honolulu: a swim every morning, a mango every afternoon. Stuffed cats made by my mother/leis made by my mother/handbag made by my mother/parents and Fred/obon dance at the Palolo Hongwanji/@kawamotoorchids/the best pho at Pho To Chau/@kccfarmersmarket, every Saturday/maile lei from @cindysleishoppe/na panini o ka Punahou @punahouschool