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Month: January 2022

Starry, Starry Nights

Starry, Starry Nights

It's all the simple stuff, really -- the walks, the moonlit nights, the pancakes. When you inhale up here, it’s so much better. When you exhale, it smells like pine.

Posted on January 29, 2022January 29, 2022 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Food, Millennials, Parents, Road trips, Uncategorized26 Comments

A Steamy Soup

A Steamy Soup

I see soups as tiny prayers. Were I a Campbell’s exec, I’d create new genres of soup. Soups for lovers. Soups for sports fans. Christmas soups. Summer soups. Soups for a crisp autumn day.

Posted on January 26, 2022January 25, 2022 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Food, Parents, Uncategorized7 Comments

Hidden Punchlines

Hidden Punchlines

As you may know, I come from very humble beginnings. I was born in a DMV line in Woodstock, Illinois.

Posted on January 22, 2022January 21, 2022 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Food, Millennials, Road trips, Uncategorized10 Comments

Hey, Skiing: I Quit

Hey, Skiing: I Quit

Farewell, you painful, overpriced sport. I'd rather be tied to a horse and dragged through the Century City Mall than put on one more pair of rental ski boots.

Posted on January 19, 2022January 18, 2022 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Millennials, Parents, Road trips, Uncategorized17 Comments

California’s Magic Castle

California’s Magic Castle

These mountains always fluff me up. I come out of the Eastern Sierra like a big load of cotton sheets, warm and smelling of French butter.

Posted on January 15, 2022January 15, 2022 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Food, Millennials, Parents, Road trips, Uncategorized24 Comments

The Soup Spoon

The Soup Spoon

I'm taking the tree trunk to my pal Serdar, who turns Christmas stumps into soup spoons and other keepsakes -- ornaments, baseball bats, pestles, nose rings, whatever.

Posted on January 12, 2022January 11, 2022 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Food, Gin, Millennials, Parents, Uncategorized, White Fang14 Comments

When You’re Smiling…

When You’re Smiling…

With Christmas, as with LA, there’s such a fine line between good and evil. Like some sort of cotton candy fence.

Posted on January 8, 2022January 7, 2022 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Food, Millennials, Parents, Uncategorized, White Fang13 Comments

Storybook Kingdoms

Storybook Kingdoms

College football's brand should be based right here, in the shadow of these stained-glass mountains, where every Jan. 1 the drum lines flail and the angels cheer.

Posted on January 5, 2022January 5, 2022 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Food, Gin, Millennials, Parents, Uncategorized4 Comments

The Year in Review

The Year in Review

Psssssst, here’s America’s dirty little secret: There is no record of anyone ever keeping a New Year’s resolution.

Posted on January 1, 2022December 31, 2021 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Food, Gin, Millennials, Parents, Uncategorized, weddings, White Fang13 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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