Few restaurateurs have made as refined an imprint on New York’s dining scene as Drew Nieporent. In 1985 he put Tribeca—then a bleak neighborhood—on the culinary map with Montrachet, which after a long, fabled run morphed into the ambitious Corton. Now the hallowed dining room is home to Bâtard (batard?tribeca.com), a collaboration between Nieporent; Daniel Boulud’s longtime maître d’, John Winter­man; and the Austrian chef Marcus Glocker, a Gordon Ramsay alum. The results are no less exquisite. At the petite b…

From bags to sneakers to jeans, we have compiled a list of this summer’s top white accessories. You are sure to stand out at the backyard barbecue or evening soiree when you show up with one of these sleek pieces.

The Icon Aircraft A5 sport seaplane has successfully completed an official FAA audit and is now ready to start customer deliveries. The first hand-off to a customer will take place in July at the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh aviation event in Wisconsin. The two-seat airplane features folding wings to make it easy to transport on a trailer or fit in a garage, and a cockpit design reminiscent of a luxury automobile’s. It can operate from either land or water, and can fly 345 miles at speeds of up to 120 mph. It als…

Surf, sand, and sparkling tide pools have inspired a refreshing wave of jewelry that centers on sea life. From sea stars to coral, top brands like Tiffany & Co., Mish New York, and Temple St. Clair are taking a closer look at the vibrant world thriving beneath the water’s surface. Here are seven of our most recent favorite designs.

A hard-edge version of the seventh-generation Corvette Stingray that was introduced in 2014, the Chevrolet Corvette Z06 (chevrolet.com) delivers performance comparable to that of sports cars built by Lamborghini, Ferrari, McLaren, and Porsche. And with a starting price of $79,000, it does so at a fraction of the cost. “America’s supercar,” as General Motors calls the Z06, is powered by a 6.2-liter supercharged aluminum V-8 that generates 650 hp and 650 ft lbs of torque. The engine can be pair…

The Mayakoba resort community, an eco-friendly getaway in Mexico’s Rivera Maya, is situated on 1,581 acres of rain forest that give way to pristine beaches and emerald ocean vistas. The community—which includes Rosewood, Fairmont, and Banyan Tree resorts—is connected by 6 miles of freshwater lagoons. Guests can travel by boat to various properties through specially crafted canals; consequently, the area has been called the Venice of the Yucatán.

Obrascón Huarte Lain, an international construction group, rec…

Lightweight aluminum construction enables the Riva 122 Mythos (riva-yacht.com), the latest and largest model in the Riva range, to reach a top speed of 27 knots and cruise at 25 knots. The first model, which debuted at the Fort Lauderdale Inter­na­tional Boat Show last fall, features a three-cabin layout; the standard Mythos layout, however, includes four cabins and the option to add a fifth.

The yacht’s saloon is furnished with three white-leather sofas and a 55-inch TV that drops down from the ceiling. Th…

The Pilatus PC-24 twinjet completed its first flight on May 11, taking off from Buochs Airport in Switzerland. It is the first jet built by the company, and the first-ever Swiss-built business jet. According to a company representative, the 55-minute flight “went exactly as planned with no problems whatsoever.” With two pilots onboard, the jet took off using less than 2,000 feet of runway, and climbed to 10,000 feet in about 3 minutes. The company’s turboprops have long been popular for business and persona…

Creator of the first compact camera to shoot 35 mm cinema film, Leica expands on its legacy with the new Leica Q. Measuring in at a pint-size 5 inches by 3 inches, the German-made compact manages to pack quite a photographic payload, including a 24-megapixel, full-frame CMOS sensor, and the fastest autofocus in its class. That speed comes in handy when using the burst setting, which shoots 10 frames per second. And once the moment is immortalized, images can be instantly uploaded to your favorite social media …

Yamaha’s overhaul of the YZF-R1M (and the base-model YZF-R1) added innovations from the brand’s YZR-M1 race bike. Among them is a slide-control system that is the first of its kind for a Yamaha production motorcycle. The system works in conjunction with another novel feature, an Inertial Measure­ment Unit. The IMU is essentially a six-axis gyrometer that makes 125 readings per second to monitor the bike’s lean angle, yaw angle, front-to-rear pitch, and tire slide.

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