Bonnie Carroll has been a travel, lifestyle, health writer since 1983, and has reveled in traveling from coast to coast around the world to experience the people, tastes, sights, and sounds of foreign and nearby destinations, many of which she has come to love.
From driving the California coastline to photographing Roskilde Fjord in Denmark or cooking on Kings River in Thailand she delights in sharing it all with joyful enthusiasm. Studying and writing about special places of interest, focusing on local food, art, history, and international lifestyles is her passion, and has been since 1983 when she began authoring articles on beach communities along the California coast. Join her on her savvy senior adventures through stories and photographs she shares on CoastingwithBonnie.com and become inspired to start your own special travel adventures.
The former creator of Bonnie Carroll’s Life Bites News (www.lifebitesnews.com) founded in 2005, she has spent 21 years traveling and writing stories on places of interest in the U.S. and around the world. Life Bites News has received some coveted accolades including Award-Winning Blogger Getting On Travel 2019, 34 Gold List of Best Boomer Travel Blogs to Follow 2022, 45 Ultimate List of Best Boomer Travel Blogs to Follow in 2018, and 15 Most Inspirational Travel Blogs Award 2019. Bonnie is a mother of four, grandmother of three, and GG to her two beloved little guys living in Montreal.
“C.C. Charles” her first children’s book was published in 2004. Another is in progress.
ASSOCIATIONS
- Association for Women in Communication
- AWC Award – 2022 Association for Women in Communications National Clarion Award Recipient
- Bonnie Carroll accepts AWC 2022 Clarion Award from Anita K. Parran, President of Association for Women in Communication in Kansas City.
- AWC Santa Barbara Member of the Year 2019
- 2004 City of Beverly Hills – Mayor’s Recognition Award for reporting as a writer, food columnist, dedicated commitment to the city, and for outstanding contributions to the community of Beverly Hills.
- 2002 – 04 LA Press Club
- 2006 Founding Board Member Santa Barbara Press Club
- 1983 Public Relations Society of America LA
- 1984 Southern California Publicists Association
Radio & TV:
- Bi-weekly Show Host “Life Bites News” with Bonnie Carroll – Cable Radio News 2000-2002
- 2006-2008 Guest Interviews – Around the World Travel with Host Arthur Von Weisenberg Radio & TV guest.
- 2007-2008 Weekly Travel Reporter – TAOS Radio
- Beverly Hills Bureau Chief, Food & Beverage International Magazine 2000-2006
Radio Shows:
2004 City of Beverly Hills Chili Cook-Off Hawaiian Festival
2004 Live from Maui, Hawaii – Show 1
2004 Live from Maui, Hawaii – Show 2
2004 Live from Maui, Hawaii – Show 3
2004 Live from Maui, Hawaii – Show 4
Bonnie Carroll Feature Stories:
- Food & Home Magazine – Clear-View 2008
- Food & Home Magazine – Health & Food Features 2008-12
- Impulse Magazine – Rich and Infamous 2004
- Toque of Los Angeles Column 1996-2004
- Feature Stories & Chef Interviews Food & Beverage Intl 1996-2004
- “Life Bites” with Bonnie Carroll CRN Live Radio Broadcasts 2004 Beverly Hills.
- “Life Bites” with Bonnie Carroll CRN Live Radio Broadcast
- 2004 Maui Hawaii.
- Beverly Hills Times “Setting the Scene” Monthly Column
- Brentwood News – Montreal, by Bonnie Carroll
- Food & Beverage Magazine – Cruising in Costa Rica
- Food & Beverage Magazine – Heart of Hawaii
- Malibu Times – Bonnie Carroll LBN goes on-air
- BH Valentine Bliss, Bonnie Carroll
- Beverly Hills Times – La Quinta Resort & Spa Review
- Las Vegas Magazine- Canyon Ranch Spa Club Cafe
- Crystal Blue – Coastline Quintana Roo
- Toque of LA – Laura Bush Breakfast – Century City Hotel
- Food & Beverage Magazine – Surya Indian Restaurant
- Food & Beverage Magazine – Ojai Valley Inn Review
- France in Beverly Hills by Bonnie Carroll
- Toque of LA – 2000 American Wine & Food Festival
- Toque of LA – Hassler Hotel-Rome Review
- Beverly Hills 90210 – Around Town – 2004-2006
- Beverly Hills News – Columnist 2004
- Beverly Hills Times Magazine – Bacara Resort & Spa Review
- Beverly Hills Times – Simpson House Inn Review
- Beverly Hills Times – Bacara Resort Brunch Review
- Santa Barbara Quarterly Magazine – Resort Style News
- Brentwood Media Group Contributor 2003-2005
- Santa Barbara Daily Sound 2006-2008
- Santa Barbara Quarterly Magazine – Roger Durling Feature
- Contributor – Getting On Travel 2019-2022