"When love is not madness, it is not love. ~Pedro Calderon de la Barca" February 2011
 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 Drai's Hollywood in the W Hotel. We have features on Old & New Hollywood, new food items, health specials in health minded, Valentine drink recipe in Sips, lots of Tinseltown Tidbits, and the Luce Spa at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel. The stars are out at the 26th Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Visit www.sbiff.org for information. Epicurean Events covers the 2011 Tasty Awards in Hollywood. Sense of Style has a bevy of cultural updates, and we are running travel news on cost saving trips being offered. Special promotion ideas from our travel associates and car news in "wheels" and recommendations for romantic dinners and destinations for Valentines Day weekend. The 14th is a Monday, so that means the weekend of 12-13 will be your time for memorable dinners or travel. Teen Times with Cody Hilton has movie news this month, and book bites covers some newly released books for your enjoyment. Please join me in praying for our troops fighting in foreign lands, and for all men and women who serve our great country. Cordially, 
Bonnie Carroll Publisher/Editor/Photographer LBN Staff 2010 Bonnie Carroll, Publisher/Editor writebc@aol.com Rosalie Frances, Contributor, tolifebites.com Mary Hilton, Content Contributor/Marketing Director Maryhilton2000@aol.com Cody Chandler, Teen Times Columnist tolifebites@aol.com Natasha Melikoff, Montreal Reporter tolifebites@aol.com Mike O’Connell, Photo/Video Director/Contributor tolifebites@aol.com Isabella D'Angelo, Rome Correspondent tolifebites@aol.com Additional contributing writers are included on an individual issue basis. Please contact the editor with questions regarding journalist assignments. Email: tolifebites@aol.com LBN Offices 2115 De La Vina Street, Ste 31 Santa Barbara, CA 93105 805-845-9976 Email contact preferred please
See SIPS Page for a Valentine Drink
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