Lešić Dimitri Palace hotel in Korčula, Croatia.

Anna Sui Crochet Kimono.

Light, as artist, draws lattice lace on me as I lounge. My hideaway, a limestone palace built in the 15th century beside the (disputed) birthplace of Marco Polo, inspires a reading list rooted in the Dalmatian Coast of Croatia (and a crocheted kimono as intricate as the mashrabiya screens). “I have not told half of what I saw,” the Silk Road explorer said. Oh to see more than you can say.