Did I schedule this to publish because I will actually be on the road, bound for 36 hours in Moab, my first time in the desert since 2020? Maybe!
1. Who wants to go to Tokyo and go to the food halls in the basements of the big department stores? I do! (Via Japan Or Die, a wonderfully specific newsletter) (this week’s edition was about squeaky “nightingale” floors!).
2. Speaking of wonderfully specific, a designer saw a McDonald’s mural in rural Washington and went ALL IN on researching the artist.
3. A little something for taking some time off: 