Worth Noting

De Beers based its 2017 high-jewelry collection on the various stages of a lotus flower. Here, a white diamond necklace resembles a blooming lotus, with three pear-shaped diamonds forming petals surrounded by marquis- and baguette-cut diamonds on a pendant that also can be detached and worn as a brooch. Price upon request, 212.906.0001, debeers.com

White River Junction, Vt. Heirloom pieces that confound as much as entertain. If you visit a Relais & Châteaux–affiliated hotel in the Northeast, you may encounter these unusually intricate hand-cut wooden puzzles in the lobby or parlor. Relais & Châteaux and Stave Puzzles don’t have a commercial partnership, but they do share the same clientele—affluent […]

An interview with the man who hopes to lead California—and offer a progressive vision of America.

PLACE OF BIRTH: HYDERABAD, INDIA TITLE: CEO, MICROSOFT IMPACT: SATYA NADELLA GREW UP IN INDIA, WHERE HE RECEIVED HIS UNDERGRAD DEGREE BEFORE MOVING TO THE U.S. to pursue an MS in computer science from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. After graduating in 1990, he joined Sun Microsystems but left for Microsoft in 1992. For the next […]