January 2009

PUBLISHERS LETTER    

Dear Life Bites News Readers,

We hope you will join us in this New Year to savor the wonders of the Emerald Isle, as well as everything delicious and inviting in the travel, food and health sectors. Our "Best of 2008" List can be viewed by clicking the icon below. We congratulate all the winners, and appreciate their outstanding contribution to the enjolyment of our readers and travelers.

We invite you continue to enjoy your visits to Italy and US destinations, and we look forward to bringing you lifestyle news from around the world. Our January issue will feature pleasures of California. This month you will find some close to home features, as well as holiday destinations of intererst. Watch for updates on the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Sips has some tasty holiday drink ideas, as well as wine news.

Entertainment news has details on upcoming film festivals and fun gossip, and Sense of Style has cultural updates. We are running travel news on cost saving trips being offered throughout the world, and assisting our tourism and travel freinds with their promotions during this stressful economic period. Use the tourism board offices for help. We have them listed on our links and archive page. They all have special offers for winter travel, which is the best time to be anywhere there is snow if you ski or enjoy snow sports.

We have some great recipes, and recommendations for where to eat out if you are not cooking this holiday season. Health minded is filled with new and unique tips. We also have a bevy of chef happenings for you; lots of changes and openings.

Our staff wishes you a healthy and prosperous New Year that is filled with love and an abundance of God's grace. 

HAPPY NEW Year From the LBN Team!!!  

Cordially,

 

Be sure to watch the video clip in Travel Adventures this month!
You can click here to watch it as well.

	Best of 2010 Best American Chef Jamie West, Ojai Valley Inn & Spa Best International Chef  Claudio d’ Bernardo, Grand Rimini Best International Hotel Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin Best American Hotel Spa Spa Luce, Renaissance Hollywood Best Beach Destination  Grand Rimini Hotel, Italy Best U.S. Hotel Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Marina del Rey Best Bed & Breakfast Lavender Inn, Ojai, California Best Cocktail     Marmalade Café Jam Martini Best Steak House     Rib n’ Reef, Montreal, Canada Best Int'l Luxury Resort Villa d'Este, Como, Italy Best US Luxury Spa Resort Ojai Valley Inn & Spa, Ojai, California Best Spa Skin Products Kinara Spa, Los Angeles Best Chocolate Exerience Sacher Hotel Spa, Vienna,Austria Best Hotel View Le Meridien Hotel, Rimini, Italy Best Restaurant View La Rocca, Verucchio, Italy Best Sunday Brunch Four Seasons, Santa Barbara Best Int’l Vacation Hotel Slieve Donard Resort & Spa, Belfast Best Int’l Business Hotel W Hotel, Montreal, Canada Best Authentic Menu Balloo House, Danny Millar, Belfast Best Museum & Restaurant Writers Museum, Dublin, Ireland Best Museum & Café US Santa Barbara Museum of Art Best Castle Tour Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny, Ireland Best Ocean Destination Kaanapali Beach, Maui, Hawaii Best International Flights Air Canada, Aer Lingus Best US Flight JetBlue, Southwest, American Eagle Best Epicurean Event Monterey Aquarium Sustainable Gala Best French Luncheon Crepes  Jarden Nelson, Montreal, Canada Best Dessert Fitzwilliam Hotel, Dublin, Ireland Best Wine List  Wine Cask, Santa Barbara, California Best Business Traveler Hotel Four Seasons, Beverly Hills, California Best Hospitality   Hilton Hotel, Belfast, Ireland Best Historic Hotel Queen Mary, Long Beach, Best Book  Food Festivals of Italy, Leonardo Curti Best Kid/Family Activity   Whale Watching SB Condor Express   Congratulations - You're the Best!!!