Places, Kept

AUTHORITY: SELF-ASSIGNED.

AN INCOMPLETE LIST OF THINGS
THAT ARE BETTER THAN MOST THINGS.

Cities, rooms, restaurants, films, books, institutions, rituals and other things that have earned disproportionate attention.
A Hong Kong tram, a harbour ferry and a lit restaurant interior layered togetherHong KongHong KongAmsterdam canal houses, bridge, bicycle and illuminated canal boatNetherlandsAmsterdamMadrid's Royal Palace gardens and equestrian monumentSpainMadridMilan Cathedral and yellow tram in a restrained editorial compositionItalyMilanZürich waterfront with a tram, church towers and a sailboatSwitzerlandZurichLucerne Chapel Bridge and Water Tower reflected in the lakeSwitzerlandLucerneAlpine chalet and cable car above the snowy slopes of Crans-MontanaSwitzerlandCrans-MontanaA green tram passing cafes on a snowy Helsinki street at duskFinlandHelsinkiIstanbul street at night with a red tram, market stalls and Galata TowerTurkeyIstanbulSeville street with orange trees, cathedral and Giralda towerSpainSevilleWhitewashed Marbella old-town lane with bougainvillea and citrus treesSpainMarbellaPaseo de la Reforma with the Angel of Independence and jacaranda treesMexicoMexico CityMonterrey's Macroplaza with modernist architecture and mountain skylineMexicoMonterreyColorful Oaxaca street with papel picado, agaves and outdoor tablesMexicoOaxacaParroquia de San Miguel Arcángel above the evening plazaMexicoSan Miguel de AllendeCannes festival entrance and red carpet beneath palm trees at duskFranceCannesRainy Paris street with a café, Métro entrance and illuminated apartmentsFranceParisCopenhagen's Round Tower above a rain-lit street with bicycles and cafésDenmarkCopenhagenStockholm old-town lane with warm shop windows and wet cobblestonesSwedenStockholmEdinburgh old-town street with stone buildings and rain-lit shop windowsUnited KingdomEdinburghRainy New York street with fire escapes, corner restaurant and yellow taxisUnited StatesNew YorkMatterhorn landscape with a Swiss mountain railway and lakeside villageSwitzerlandSwitzerlandA steep lantern-lit Chongqing street descending toward the modern skylineChinaChongqingA lantern-lit Chengdu lane with a steaming open kitchenChinaChengduA busy Bangkok night-food lane with cooks, stools and market lightsThailandBangkokA warm evening street in Siem Reap with lanterns, a tuk-tuk and market stallsCambodiaSiem ReapA lived-in Saigon courtyard with scooters, stools and a neighborhood counterVietnamSaigonA rainy Berlin neighborhood street with bicycles, an elevated train and a lit cafeGermanyBerlinA quiet Oslo hillside street with timber houses and warm windows at duskNorwayOsloA lantern-lit cobblestone lane beneath a medieval tower in Tallinn's old townEstoniaTallinnNarrow Tokyo alley at night with lanterns, small counters and bicyclesJapanTokyoAncient columns at Baalbek against Lebanon's mountains at sunsetLebanonLebanonEnsenada waterfront with fishing boats, seafood counter and coastal hillsMexicoValle de Guadalupe and EnsenadaLos Cabos marina with fishing boats and a waterfront seafood counterMexicoLos Cabos
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TelevisionScience Fiction / Mystery / Thriller / Drama

3 Body Problem

David Benioff, D. B. Weiss, Alexander Woo, 2024–present

“In simple terms, a three-body problem exists when three celestial objects (planets, stars, or suns) with similar mass are in close proximity and therefore exerting force on each other. Normally when two objects exert force on each other, it’s easier to predict the objects’ rotation. As soon as you have three bodies or more that are all exerting a force on each other at the same time that system breaks down. There’s no known solutions to the three-body problem.”
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