"When love is not madness, it is not love.  ~Pedro Calderon de la Barca"

February 2012     

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY! 

Life Bites News

PUBLISHER'S LETTER    

Dear Life Bites News Readers,

We hope you continue to enjoy your visits to great hotels, restaurants, and travel destinations that appear in our web magazine. Our profile this month is newly opened Melia Hotel in Rome. We have features on Hollywood, new food items, health specials in health minded, Valentine beverages in Sips, lots of Tinseltown Tidbits on Golden Globes - Oscars - and the Santa Barbara Film Festival. The stars are out at the 27th Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Visit www.sbiff.org for information.

Epicurean Events includes a great story on  "Pretty Old" a heart warming film about the Ms. Senior Sweetheart Beauty Pageant. Follow three of them as they 'do' lunch in Santa Barbara following the premiere of their film. Sense of style covers the 2012 TasteTV Awards at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, as well as a bevy of cultural updates, and we are running travel news on winter destination trips being offered. Get promotion ideas from our travel associates and Train vacation news in "wheels" as well as recommendations for romantic dinners and destinations for Valentines Day weekend. Coming soon Travel Adventure Show news and updates from the LA Times Travel Show. 

BookBites covers some newly released books for cooking single or couples enjoyment. Try the great recipes from POM Wonderful in Culinary coup, as well as new restaurant venues Mimosa Cafe and Scarlett Begonia in Santa Barbara.

Please join me in praying for our troops coming home from foreign lands, and for all men and women who serve our great country.  

 Cordially,