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Month: December 2020

My Silly, Ticklish Heart

My Silly, Ticklish Heart

Christmas featured a bit of prayer, a glass or two of vice and the most intense and delicious slab of beef – the size of a small canoe.

Posted on December 30, 2020December 30, 2020 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Food, Gin, Happy Hour Hiking Club, Parents, Uncategorized, White Fang25 Comments

A Christmas Re-Print

A Christmas Re-Print

We live in a wobbly three-bedroom house built by cretins, without a single nail, apparently in half an hour.

Posted on December 28, 2020December 27, 2020 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Food, Parents, Uncategorized, White Fang8 Comments

Oh Chestnuts!

Oh Chestnuts!

Here’s to all the Chardonnay Moms, Cabernet Dads and the dude at the end of the street who always forgets to turn off his outdoor Christmas lights at the end of the night.

Posted on December 25, 2020December 25, 2020 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Food, Gin, Millennials, Parents, Uncategorized, White Fang12 Comments

Live a Little

Live a Little

Proud to announce that the lovely and patient older daughter will become a mom in May, the same month her mother and I were married.

Posted on December 23, 2020December 23, 2020 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Food, Gin, Happy Hour Hiking Club, Millennials, Parents, Uncategorized, White Fang19 Comments

Puppy Breath

Puppy Breath

The lovely and patient older daughter and her husband Finn just got a dog too, a lovely and patient pup named Penny Laine.

Posted on December 19, 2020December 18, 2020 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Food, Gin, Happy Hour Hiking Club, Millennials, Parents, Uncategorized, White Fang17 Comments

Sweet Nuts

Sweet Nuts

Why box up Christmas in January and hide all that in the garage?

Posted on December 16, 2020December 15, 2020 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Food, Gin, Parents, White Fang13 Comments

Candygrams from God

Candygrams from God

What a lovely city LA is, if you’re willing to look past all the pretty people and the Bentleys.

Posted on December 12, 2020December 12, 2020 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Food, Gin, Happy Hour Hiking Club, Parents, Uncategorized13 Comments

A Man Like Me

A Man Like Me

This season is full of tiny hazards, self-reflection being one of them. Herbal non-gluton crackers being another. And beware of those non-dairy non-cheeses.

Posted on December 9, 2020December 8, 2020 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Food, Gin, Parents, Uncategorized, weddings9 Comments

Smartacus Turns 18

Smartacus Turns 18

He is a bonfire, I am the spark who started him.

Posted on December 5, 2020December 5, 2020 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Gin, Happy Hour Hiking Club, Parents, Uncategorized, White Fang26 Comments

Greasy Little Miracles

Greasy Little Miracles

These stuffed mushrooms are guaranteed to turn your life right around.

Posted on December 2, 2020December 2, 2020 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Food, Gin, Parents, Uncategorized, White Fang10 Comments

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As his 30-year run at the Los Angeles Times comes to a close, Chris Erskine is making sure the adventures won’t end. He’ll be here to help you laugh, cry and sigh.

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