Bonnie Carroll's Life Bites

2021 has been yet another year filled with adverse challenges for all Americans and people throughout the world. The Coronavirus Pandemic has taken a horrible toll on all of us, but the new vaccines being provided offer great hope and are being given to people throughout the world as I write this. See Health Minded for recent updated information. Please protect yourself and your loved ones and get vaccinated.

Huge congratulations to President Joseph Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris who began their time in office on January 20th at the Whitehouse. I'm proud of them for the manner in which they have handles such unexpected and serious challenges this year. I pray for them and for the world leaders who must strive for pease on earth. Let's all pray God will give our leaders wisdom, strength, cooperation and overall support to take America through some troubled seas and into the light. Rock on Joe and Kamala!

Prayers for Citizens and families who are suffering due to illness and financial insecurity during the holidays. Be safe, stay home, wear your mask, get vaccinated, wash your hands and stay separated - the life you save may be your own!

We hope you continue to enjoy visits to great hotels, restaurants, and travel destinations complying with state restrictions and those that appear in our monthly online magazine. Our profile this month is a holiday breakfast visit to the Revere Room in the Rosewood Miramar Beach Resort in Montecito.

Special thanks to AWC-SB for an amazing awards and holiday celebration honoring two deserving members. Congratulations to Randy Rowse, who was elected the new Mayor of Santa Barbara, and thank you to Cathy Murillo for all her hard work for Santa Barbara. Kudos to the board for a great job!

Tinsel Town Tidbits. Don't miss the Golden Globes being presented on 2022. For the list of nominees and additional information visit www.goldenglobes.com or Tinsel Town Tidbits in LBN. The Santa Barbara International Film Festival will be held in April, check their site for details, with an amazing lineup of films and celebrity appearances. Visit www.sbiff.org for details or ticket purchase.

Oscars are around the corner, and this year includes a lineup of amazing films, glitzy but compliant events, and awards to be presented that are magical. The stars will be out at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival in April and Bonnie Carroll's Life Bites News will be there getting you all the fun and fantastic details. Hope you enjoy our annual Life Bites News "Best of 2021" list below, and we warmly congratulate those being honored despite the pandemic restrictions in travel.

We have some interesting travel news, new food related stories, health minded section along with chef/restaurant updates and recipes are holiday helpful. Look for news on the January 1 issue of Center for Successful Aging, a quarterly newspaper that I am now the Editor of and let me know how you like it. 10,000 copies are available for seniors from Isla Vista to Carpinteria.

Our BookBites section has details on special new releases, and AWC-SB news, Photographer Rolf Rolle exhibition in Santa Barbara, hot new reads and art news. Look for details on upcoming LA Times Travel Show in upcoming LBN issues.

Please join me in praying for our troops fighting in foreign lands, and for all our men and women who serve our great country. Prayer works . . . pray for world peace.

January 1 is the birthday of my late mother Rosaleen Joyce and January 19 the birthday of my late cousin (who was like a sister to me) Joyce Stein Justin - I miss them so much, and will be thinking of them often during this month of January 2022; my own birthday is January 9.

Bonnie Carroll's Life Bites News will be celebrating its 17th birthday January 1. We thank you so much for your support and hope you keep coming back. For advertising information or story submissions please contact us at writebc@aol.com.

Due to the CoronaVirus/Pandemic 2020-21 awards are primarilly focused on local area