Postcards

Mother-and-teen travels, illustrated in blue ink.

Short dispatches from hotel writing desks — the room, the walk from it, the one meal we're still talking about.

Dorp Hotel, Cape Town: A Village of Wonder on Signal Hill

First stop: the oddballs' club in the Bo-Kaap, where the linen is heavy and the concierge quotes Pessoa.

So we took the day train, and it was better. A postcard about giving up the myth for the actual view.

On rooms so good you cancel the plans.