IN OUR SIGN OF THE TIMES ESSAY this month, our columnist Andrew O'Hagan takes on the notion that "good" is often really good enough, particularly when it comes to travel. In this age of bucket lists and extreme travel, in which we seek the extraordinary, the unique, the rare — longing to rocket into space or plummet beneath the sea — O'Hagan wonders if we've forgotten that the real value of travel is simply pleasure and inspiration. He makes the case that "the Ultimate Experience now poses a threat to the kind of small revelations that make us happy." These we often find if we are looking where we might not expect.
Michael Kimmelman, the chief architecture critic for The Times, revels in a Marseille that despite its fancy new architectural face-lift remains the stubborn, seedy, sunny, ethnically diverse melting pot he has long adored.
Sara Ruffin Costello, a contributing editor for T, pens a love letter to her adopted new home, New Orleans, finding an aesthete's paradise in this hyper-creative, mixed-up, problem-ridden city with its decrepit beauty and fierce spirit.
And Sarah Nicole Prickett, in her first piece for T, writes about the Rodarte girls Laura and Kate Mulleavy's endless delight in the romantic weirdness of their childhood home Santa Cruz — the ticky-tacky boardwalk, suburban split-levels and backyard forests — the influence of which can be felt emotionally in the clothes they design.
These writers and their subjects delight in aspects of places tourists might overlook and thrill seekers would likely never see. They seem to be looking between the cracks rather than at the marquee attractions.
About five years ago, the writer Gretchen Rubin, who has made a career out of studying happiness, made a short video. In it, she makes the point that a lot of the really important moments in our lives are the ones we're often rushing to get through on our way to the other ones that we think will be special. She refers to the mad morning dash to get her daughter out of the house and to school. Who really looks forward to the journey on the subway? Or walking a child to the bus? A bucket list mistakes the destination for the experience, and values the end over the means. Life happens in the means.
A version of this article appears in print on 10/06/2013, on page M216 of the NewYork edition with the headline: The Journey.
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