Dearest internet friends,

Welcome to this week's instalment of what’s hot in life & leisure.

Much love ☼
Marty

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☼ After having the great fortune to spend a few weeks in Kyoto both this and last year, Alyssa & I have firmly come to the conclusion that it's our favourite place in the world. The sun’s out this week and everyone’s having picnics by the river that flows through the middle of town. Everywhere you look feels like a frame from a quaint anime movie. Kyoto has some kind of magic in that it’s unmistakably a city, but it’s as if someone turned the volume down by 50%. The pace is softer. Quieter. We ride our bikes around the empty streets every night, hopping from ramen spots to izakayas. I see perfectly restored vintage Porsche 911s and ‘80s Land Cruisers driving by daily. It’s perfect. We can’t stop dreaming about owning a home here some day. Imagine living here? Or here?

☼ I'm going to have to buy this stackable magazine stool to store all the ‘80s 'Summer Boy' Popeye Magazine editions I’ve bought out here.

☼ The most beautiful 5 minute video I've watched this year: A filmmaker discovers his late uncle's treasure trove of Super 8 footage & postcards from a trip through South Asia in the early '80s.

☼ “We named this new turntable after the firefly because it illuminates the air with a similar magical glow, inviting listeners to soak up the fleeting experience.” The new Hotaru turntable makes your vinyl look like it's floating mid-air. The catch? It's $10k and there's only 1,000 available.

☼ Dream car (of the week) - The 1991 Volkswagen Golf Country

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