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Road Trip to Lake Austin be reason enough to plan a holiday stay, but here���s something even tastier: the fare. After more than two decades, Lake Austin���s former chef retired. An exhaustive search for the right replacement led the powers that be to French chef Stephane Beaucamp. If you���re thinking cooking sans butter and cream is an impossible feat for a Gallic soul, think again. Beaucamp is schooled in healthful (even gluten-free) cooking. He came to Lake Austin by way of Los Angeles, where he planned such f��tes as Elton John���s Oscar-party dinner ��� and we all know how those California celebs eat mean and lean. Previously, Beaucamp paid his dues in his native France, rising through the ranks at Hotel Plaza Ath��n��e and Buddha Bar in Paris. Here in Austin, Beaucamp has embraced the resort���s lavish gardens, rotating the crops from pretty flowers to flavorsome homegrown vegetables and herbs he can incorporate into every meal. ���About 80 percent of what I cook is from the garden,��� Beaucamp says. ���It���s quite a commitment. I didn���t want to create a new menu and start using produce from a commercial supplier. I wanted to work differently and incorporate items we could grow ourselves.��� Breakfast, lunch and dinner, while healthful, never feel like an exercise in deprivation ��� quite the opposite, in fact. Patrons are encouraged to eat as many dishes and courses as they like, with judicious calorie counts provided alongside each dish on the menu. A typical dinner SPA RESORT Laurann Claridge Unwinds Where the Wilderness Meets the Water���s Edge I t���s the destination spa that���s Stephane Beaucamp been hailed in nearly every major travel and beauty publication (including this one) ��� and lucky for you, Lake Austin Spa Resort is just a few hours away. This luxe 40-room lakefront getaway feels like a sanctuary tucked in the woods, with all the rustic appeal of a wellheeled relation���s country retreat. Floating fitness classes at the water���s edge, an Olympic-sized indoor lap pool and revitalizing spa treatments (such as the lemongrass bamboo massage and Refreshing Skin Soothie��� facial) may Palomaa Turns Over TIFFANY & CO. New Leaf Paloma Picasso���s collection for Tiffany & Co., Paloma���s Olive Leaf, is inspired by the olive branch, a universal symbol of peace and abundance ��� and one she is reminded of every day at her home in Morocco, where olive tree orchards abound. The intricately patterned delicate leaves cast in both gold and silver, are embedded with colorful gemstones ��� think tsavorites, peridot, rubellite and diamonds crafted into cocktail rings, necklaces, cuff bracelets, pendants and earrings. If a dove delivered the dazzling Olive Leaf bib necklace, we���d be filled with peace and tranquility forever. At Tiffany & Co. Kate Stukenberg Billy Fong Sez ... Celine Luggage tote T rust me when I say that quite a bit of research goes into my fashion columns.��As much as I want to be a gypsy psychic (could finally score my own TLC reality show) or wittily off-the-cuff, I usually spend hours on YouTube checking out the runway shows. I then pull out the latest magazines and do a Rorschach-like test with my brilliant stylist, Josh Cesal, the hairdresser extraordinaire in Atlanta that I fly to see once a month for a cut. We flip through fashion rags quickly, and he gives me his immediate response. We can tear through an entire September issue in 15 minutes. The winner of Most En Pointe this season is Louis Vuitton. The brilliant graphic checkerboard brown/white and black/white offerings were pitch perfect. Remind me: Has Marc Jacobs dried out again and on the wagon? If so, let���s all pray that he doesn���t fall off again anytime soon, since this collection was breathtaking. His namesake line is also quite spectacular but definitely for a certain age group ��� 20-somethings, rejoice! For the current social swirl of fund-raiser lunches and black-tie events, I suggest the following: Chanel Gucci trench Thom Browne Penelope Tree Billy���s garden lapel Paloma���s Olive Leaf bib necklace with tsavorites set in gold by Paloma Picasso for Tiffany & Co., $65,000 TIFFANY & CO. Paloma���s Olive Leaf Cabachon rings with diamonds in gold by Paloma Picasso for Tiffany & Co., $15,500 and $26,500 might start with spicy yellowfin tuna tartar (65 calories), then move onto a soup (never pass up any of these complex soups, either hot or cool) and a salad, such as warm goat-cheese-stuffed dates with bitter greens, orange and pomegranate (175 calories). Entree selections are as varied as grilled filet mignon (305 calories) and blackened Atlantic salmon (305 calories). And as for dessert, try to pass up the lime pie. I dare you. Want to take a little of Beaucamp���s savoir faire home with you? Be sure to join one of his cooking classes, which are held several times each week (in keeping with the resort���s daily schedule of exercise classes and lectures). Stroll your way around the property���s lush gardens where you���ll spy the mise en place that will soon find its way onto your plate to bring the entire experience full circle. Lake Austin Spa Resort, 1705 S. Quinlan Park Road, Austin, 800.847.5637; lakeaustin.com. Louis Vuitton ��� Toned-down hair. I generally am a fan of big tresses, but this season, go with something severe. Think Penelope Tree the next time you are at Fekkai. ��� For lunches, I definitely want to see lots from Louis Vuitton and statement trenches from Gucci and Thom Browne.�� ��� A garden on your lapel. Coordinate three or four Chanel flower pins on your jacket, paired with slim cigarette pants and Blahnik kitten heels, and you are the epitome of girl-on-the-go. ��� A simple C��line Luggage bag or an old-school Chanel quilted bag should be your go-to option in March and April.�� As always, I generally have a soundtrack when writing ��� along with my cocktail. (Right now, I am favoring the new Dreamy Time Water paired with Tanqueray ��� makes me sleepyhappy like Prince NyQuil used to back in the day.) When getting dressed for upcoming functions, you should listen to Peter Gabriel���s ���Big Time.��� Remember these words as inspiration: ���So much larger than life��� and ���My heaven will be a big heaven.��� Scream them as you put on the finishing touches and text Uber for a car. Billy Fong, billy@papercitymag.com