Dinner in the impeccably sober brownstones of Old New York, as the author Edith Wharton termed it, was a solemn affair.

1956 Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta

The SL models from Mercedes-Benz have consistently offered drivers technical innovation, blue-chip styling, and reliable performance since the carmaker introduced the series nearly six d

Though Darlings Danama is the 130th vessel to launch from CRN’s shipyard in Ancona, Italy, and the sixth yacht in the builder’s 197-foot series, this sleek new charter vessel is unquesti

The Intercontinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort opened in June on central Vietnam’s lush Son Tra Peninsula, not far from the former R&R facility (nicknamed I&I, for Intoxication

Okinawa has been a favored tropical destination for generations of Japanese.

In 1939, King George VI became the first reigning British monarch to make a royal tour of Canada.

Antisocial audio purists and late-night listeners were until recently the primary users of headphones, but the popularity of iPods and other portable devices and the prevalence of stream

On October 9, 1992, thousands of people along the United States’ Eastern Seaboard watched a chunk of cosmic debris dart across the sky on its way to landing in Peekskill, N.Y., where it

The current CEO of the Geneva-based watch brand Romain Jerome, Manuel Emch, describes his company in the years before he was hired as "some kind of design-and-marketing laboratory." Unde

Defying mechanical convention is a point of pride among Switzerland’s boutique watchmakers, and in this spirit, newcomer HYT is staking out the field of liquid mechanics as its métier.

Fiart Mare has launched 132 different models since producing its first vessel, in 1960.

The Italian pen maker Omas honors its country’s capital with the inaugural release from its La Citte collection, which celebrates significant cities throughout the world.

For fall, Saks Fifth Avenue recently debuted Bark knitwear (www.bark-italy.it), the Italian fashion brand’s collec

The bracelet, ring, and earring designs in Brazilian jeweler H.

Entrepreneur Michael Polenske has a gift for discovering the sublime.

Once upon a decadent time, around 1670, Pierre Pérignon, a young Benedictine monk and cellar master at the Abbaye d’Hautvillers, near the town of Épernay in northern France, applied his

José Andrés may be one of the most innovative chefs in America, but he came up through the profession in the conventional way.

As one of the original chefs to combine French techniques with local and seasonal ingredients—a practice that results in dazzling dishes with robust flavor—Charlie Palmer is one of the most influe