The world is going green. From hybrid cars to natural foods, from “An Inconvenient Truth” to carbon footprints, green is “in.” Leonardo di Caprio poses with Knut the baby polar bear on the cover of Vanity Fair, highlighting global warming. Green is everywhere, mainstream and sexy.

We’ve all been there. A beautiful necklace catches your eye in the store window. On impulse, you try it on. How beautiful the sparkling gems are... what gorgeous colors!

Celebrity fever. We all have it. Whether it’s watching the glitz and glamor on the red carpet on Oscar night, defending our favorite sports heroes, or following the latest exploits of Paris and Brangelina in the tabloids, it’s our collective guilty pleasure.

Armand Asher... A passion for pearls