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Seasonal Recipes

We recently sampled the all-natural line of Dry Sodas. The line includes four gourmet flavors: Lavendar, Kumquat, Lemongrass, and Rhubarb. These refreshing spritzers are good for your health and your waistline, ranging from 50 to 70 calories a bottle. You'll find drink recipes online (we recommend Kumquat and Rhubarb for drink mixes -- the two sweeter sodas). Our universal favorite: Lemongrass which pairs well with nearly everything. The website recommends the soda with Asian-inspired dishes (and we agree), but we equally like its light,crisp, refreshing taste with heavier meals, like pizza.

Sexy, full lips can be achieved with or without make-up but in today’s climate, they don’t come without a little tender care. The secret to a great looking pout can be had in three simple steps:

Restoration Home ($29.95), a recent release by Ryland Peters & Small, explores the world of design-duo Mark and Susan Bailey. The Baileys see beauty in what most have come to see as trash: a vintage operating lamp becomes a dining room chandelier; industrial baking racks are repurposed as shoe trolleys; driftwood works as a headboard. For over twenty years, the Baileys have been the go-to team for well-designed rustic interiors for clients like Ralph Lauren, Donna Karen and Paul Smith.

California is a growing hot-bed for green living, but it could be argued that green never looked so lush as it does in Santa Barbara. 

Check out the February issue of Bon Appetit, a celebration of Green (on newsstands now). The current issue features "Earth-Friendly Dinner Parties," "Eco-Eating in Tuscany" and seasonal recipes, including Califlower Steaks with Califlower Puree. You can find additional seasonal recipes at Epicurious.com.

Those three words invoke images of a drill instructor barking orders at a group of women clad only in their two piece to drop in the sand and shell out endless sit ups. Before sunrise. In the pouring rain. But that image couldn't be further from the truth. Bikini Boot Camp is one of the many programs offered at Amansala (translation: "tranquil waters"). This solar-powered resort in Tulum, Mexico is all about massages, Mayan clay treatments, and yes, power exercise classes – but the kind that incorporate stretching, meditation, and yoga.

Natalie Portman has moved from actress to designer, launching a new shoe collection. Hitting the Te Casan NYC boutique in February, these shoes will run about $200 a pair. Can’t wait that long to check them out? No problem. You can pre-order the Natalie Portman Collection online starting today!

The Haute Idea: Expect zero fur, leather, or feathers on these shoes. Vegan Portman shares luxe, stylish looks that are cruelty-free.

From ambient to task lighting, we’re always on the look out for new ways to illuminate our space. We found three designers that are lighting up the natural world by bring the outdoors inside in a fresh, modern way:

Eating these mammals could be bittersweet -- their heads served up on sugary plaques -- but perhaps that’s the point behind Walteria Livings’ boxed chocolates ($49.50). Walteria’s set of three vanishing creatures depicts animals that, while once hunted as trophies, are -- today -- being wiped out due to the increased threat of deforestation.