Japanese design magazines

This funny little stand mixer that’s actually affordable

$79.99

Getting afternoon tea and a scone at a museum cafe in Britain

IKEA’s genius cat scratching mat

Getting flight snacks at the airport’s konbini for your trip home from Japan

An extraordinary Egyptian weaving cooperative a stone’s throw from the Pyramids of Giza

Smitten Kitchen’s cornmeal griddle cakes

TUC crackers

All-Clad’s saucier

Turkish breakfast

Komeda’s Coffee, a delightful chain of diners in Japan

Saul’s in Berkeley, California

Kosugiyu, a sento in the Koenji neighborhood of Tokyo

The Gatliff Hostels in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides

An architectural gem of a guesthouse in Kathmandu, Nepal

This grungy and delightful hostel near the base of Mt. Fuji, Japan

Pinyon in Ojai, California

Antonello da Messina’s “Saint Jerome in his Study” at the National Gallery in London

Seeing puffins on the Isle of Lunga, Inner Hebrides, Scotland

Taking a kintsugi class in Japan

Decoupaging IKEA’s mushroom lamp

Georgia O’Keeffe’s home in New Mexico

Stay on one of the islands in Stockholm’s Archipelago

Norwegian waffles in Oslo (or at home, if you need a steady fix)