"Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission."  - Eleanor Roosevelt

PUBLISHERS LETTER 

January 2010

HAPPY NEW YEAR!   

Dear Life Bites News Readers,

We welcome you to travel with us again to New York City, where everything goes so fast, and great food is everywhere. The art and fashion scene in the 'big apple' can be such fun, and the tourism destinations and theatre choices are endless. This issue includes more restaurant news, and a review of Todd English's Olives Restaurant in the W Hotel Union Square, and includes a recipe from his exciting new book "The Olives Table." We will also take a longer look at Lady Liberty and Ellis Island.

We have included information on the convenience of Hilton airport hotels in NYC, as well as what's going on in January for tourist visiting the city. Our travel section is filled with get-a-way destination information, and we have all the entertainment event news in TinselTown Tidbits. Sips has fun holiday beverage ideas, and easy to prepare drink recipes. If you are traveling visit our links page to find airline web addresses and phone contact numbers.

As a mother of four and grandmother of three, I urge you to write to your congressman/woman and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to request they work for the release of Amanda Knox, an American girl from Seattle who has been, in my opinion as well as many professionals, wrongfully imprisioned in Italy following her trial in December. After following this trial for two years I really could not believe the outcome or the outrage I felt, and presently I would not even suggest American parents send their kids to Italy for school or educational trips...they are so obviously not safe there, and could lose their lives in a far worse scenario than their literal death. Our readers know that I have always had a special place in my heart for Italy, and have dedicated much of the material in this magazine to promoting Italy, however, this obvious anti-American trial makes it difficult for me to continue my "Italy is Wonderful" agenda.

On a more pleasant note: The Food Network has some exciting new programs, and hot new chefs lined up for 2010 viewing, and recipes that will make your New Year outstanding. visit: www.foodnetwork.com.

We wish you a very HAPPY NEW YEAR, and hope you will join us in praying for world peace. We offer prayers for the young men and women who are fighting in distant lands, and for their families waiting patiently for them to come home. This January issue of Life Bites News marks the 5th Anniversary of Life Bites News Magazine, and we thank you so much for your continued support.

Cordially,