"An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding." Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, (1929-1924) American Former First Lady and editor.

LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER 

August 2011       

See Travel Page for London Riot Updates!  

Dear Life Bites Readers,

This month we have some great travel recaps, and stories from Mallorca, Spain. We feature the stunning Melia De Mar hotel property in Mallorca, share travel ideas on flying with Airberlin to experience the sights of Mallorca in Travel section. Dining in one of the world's finest and most beautiful restaurants in Epicurean Adventures, and a shot-by-shot report on the Santa Barbara International Film Festival "3rd Annual Silver Screen Bash" at Fess Parker Double Tree Resort. Culinary coup has some great recipes for summer, and BookBites is filled with healthy dining options.

Wine events and food festivals are in full swing throughout the nation and we have news for our grape lovers in Sips. See new culinary coup updates and Teen Times news.  Sense of Style feature is on "Arts & Antiques" Elizabeth Scott radio show host, an expert on knowing what your treasures are worth. Butterflies Alive is in full swing at The Santa Barbara Natural History Museum.

Summer and the sea are welcoming us right now. The harbor's are brimming with beautiful yachts and the ocean is crawling with surfers waiting to catch a wave. If you live near the water take advantage of this time...go for a sail boat ride or just enjoy a dinner while watching the waves break. Water is healing and we all need to feel its peace.

The Fund for Santa Barbara will again hold their "Bread & Roses" dinner and auction on September 17, 2011 at the QAD Headquarters in Summerland. For tickets and information visit www.fundforsantabarbara.org or call 962-9164.

I hope you all will join me in remembering our soldiers  fighting in other countries, and pray for their safe return to their families. God bless them, and God bless America in these difficult times; may the spirit of democracy reign now and forever, and my our citizens here at home find more prosperous times ahead for their families. Pray that our US citizens are not robbed of their social security or medicare assistance. Current US seniors and their ancestors have paid for this care and they deserve it.

Cordially,