“You can defer Wimbledon until next year, but the Summer Games in Rio won’t happen again in your lifetime,” says Duane Penner, vice president of sales at Roadtrips. The Canadian company specializes in securing the best tickets and experiences at sporting events worldwide, and it recently announced the Roadtrips 2016 Summer Games Packages.

Now that the official schedule for Rio has been released and the event is less than a year away, the company is encouraging clients to organize their Summer Games trips. “…

A stunning 1933 Chrysler Custom Imperial Phaeton won Best in Show at the 14th annual Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival and Concours d’Elegance, which took place October 23 to November 1. The event brought hundreds of collectible vehicles to the Port Royal Golf Club and the roads of South Carolina’s Low Country.

The Imperial, belonging to Joseph and Margie Cassini of West Orange, N.J., brought additional limelight to Chrysler, which was also this year’s featured marque. The custom Phaeton features a long …

A St. Barts icon has been reborn. The legendary hillside hideaway Hôtel Le Toiny emerged in November from a three-month makeover. Located on the southern coast of the French West Indies island, the Relais & Châteaux resort unveiled its new look with the debut of the Toiny Beach Club, a waterfront restaurant set within two 18th-century cottages. The property’s 15 villas—famous for the red flags guests raise to request in-room service—have been redesigned as well, eschewing their former French-colonial style…

Since moving its storefront to Greenwich, Conn., in 1952, Betteridge has become the premier destination for the East Coast elite to buy high-end watches and jewelry. In August, the fourth-generation, family-owned business set up shop in a new location to accommodate its growing footprint. Now stationed at 239 Greenwich Ave. (a prestigious corner located near other flagship stores from the likes of Ralph Lauren and Hermès), the 12,000-square-foot building is more than four times the size of Betteridge’s previou…

For the Ermenegildo Zegna Couture Made in Japan capsule collection, the Italian fashion house partnered with Japanese craftsmen to create a series of casual tailored apparel. Made entirely in the Land of the Rising Sun from Japanese fabrics, the collection comprises sporty trousers, coats, shirts, and shoes. Based on the idea of the broken suit (in which suit jackets and trousers only partially match) the laid-back denim and plaid items range from $795 to $1,950. The collection was launched in September at Zeg…

Originally published in the November issue of Robb Report as “V Is for Velocity”

Cadillac’s high-performance sedan sets new benchmarks for the brand.

The new CTS-V is the fastest and most powerful Cadillac ever. Equipped with a 640 hp supercharged V-8, the car clocks a zero-to-60-mph time of 3.7 seconds and reaches a top speed of 200 mph. It is only a tenth of a second slower than the 2014 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG and much quicker than the BMW M5, which reaches 60 mph in 4.2 seconds. 

This is the th…

Originally published in the November issue of Robb Report as “Red Alert”

Christian Louboutin brings his signature style to men’s bench-made dress shoes.

Fashionable women worldwide know Christian Louboutin. The French designer’s sexy sti­lettos, adorned with his trademark red-­lacquered soles, are expertly collected and widely coveted. Less known, perhaps, is Louboutin’s own penchant for collecting: His assemblage numbers nearly 400 pairs of men’s shoes, which he stores in his homes in Paris, Lisbon, and…

Originally published in the Fall 2015 issue of Robb Report Health & Wellness as “Ohm. Oomph. Aha!”

Five strategies—from meditation to exercise to psychotherapy—for managing stress.

When we lament that we feel stressed, we have a Czech biochemist to thank. Around 1950, Hans Selye was the first to use the term “stress,” borrowed from metallurgy, to refer to the mental and physical pressures that tie the stomach in knots and thwart the mind from slumber. Since then, scientists’ understanding of the mech…

Lürssen’s 404-foot Golden Odyssey was spotted navigating the river Weser after leaving the Lürssen shipyard in Lemwerder, Germany, on its way to the North Sea, somewhere between late May and early June.

Getting to peek inside the world’s largest and most exclusive yachts—often referred to as superyachts or gigayachts, for especially large examples—reveals the epitome of luxury living, but with these floating estates come hefty privacy agreements between owners and shipyards, making it notoriously diffi…

On November 10, Christie’s International will sell a cushion-shaped Fancy Vivid Pink Diamond at its Geneva Magnificent Jewels sale. The 16.08-carat diamond—the largest of its kind ever to be offered at auction—is set in a ring, with a double row of pavé white diamonds encircling the main stone and a row of tiny circular-cut diamonds trellising the platinum band. The diamond is classified as Fancy Vivid (a distinction only one in 100,000 diamonds achieve) due to both its solid pink hue and even color distributi…