Sublime

In Berlin, Kyoto, and Reykjavík, I searched for coffee shops, and quickly scrolled through Yelp’s list, which was sorted by the cafés’ star rating—a reflection of how much the app’s other users had liked each spot.

“Unpacking My Library,”

human tastemakers,

As I lowered the beam from my headlamp, it struck me that people in SoHo go through a lot more toilet paper than those up in the Bronx.