Salvador Dalí‘s largest-ever painting—conceived in 1939 as the stage set for a Surrealist ballet at New York’s Metropolitan Opera—has sold for €254,400 ($293,240) at auction. Its new owner? The Dalí ...

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CARIBBEAN—On sea days, cruise lines turn ships into floating classrooms, offering a buffet of educational seminars that can satisfy any lifetime learner like me. I absolutely ...

My mother had a thing for blazers. Smart, tailored jackets with sharp shoulders—they became her signature in the late ’70s and early ’80s when she was a newscaster on TV. The other day, I wore one ...