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Month: October 2022

A Big Party Pillow

A Big Party Pillow

It is homecoming weekend here at the University of Trees. Love that word: Homecoming. It’s the season for such things.

Posted on October 29, 2022October 28, 2022 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Food, Millennials, Parents, Road trips, Uncategorized4 Comments

Trick or Treat!

Trick or Treat!

I want to apologize for the Mike Ditka costume I’ll be wearing this weekend. You may have no idea who Mike Ditka is. In short, he is the greatest man who ever lived.

Posted on October 26, 2022October 26, 2022 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Food, Gin, Parents, Uncategorized9 Comments

Fall, Football and That Dodger Goose

Fall, Football and That Dodger Goose

If martinis and red meat are so bad, how come steakhouses are so full of old people?

Posted on October 22, 2022October 20, 2022 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Food, Millennials, Parents, Uncategorized31 Comments

Wistful? Me?

Wistful? Me?

I now wake my teen son for school by tossing dog treats in his bed and turning White Fang loose to roust him. Tell you what, it works.

Posted on October 19, 2022October 18, 2022 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Food, Parents, Uncategorized, White Fang9 Comments

Tap a Keg. Hug a Pal.

Tap a Keg. Hug a Pal.

Wait till you see this tailgate, in the gauzy Brigadoon that surrounds the Rose Bowl, a pre-game party that is coming together like a Harold Pinter play.

Posted on October 15, 2022October 14, 2022 by chriserskinelaPosted in Food, Gin, Millennials, Parents, Uncategorized9 Comments

Autumn’s Eternal Flame

Autumn’s Eternal Flame

I got my very first awkward kiss, from a slinky actress in the lot behind the high school. Terri was a tad taller than me, with twisty legs of licorice.

Posted on October 12, 2022October 12, 2022 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Food, Millennials, Parents, Uncategorized, White Fang7 Comments

We’re All Just Star Dust

We’re All Just Star Dust

We’re all star dust, remember? No matter who we are, how successful, how short, how strong, how naked, at the end of the day we’re all merely cosmic dust (hydrogen, lithium, merlot…)

Posted on October 8, 2022October 7, 2022 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Food, Millennials, Parents, Uncategorized, White Fang9 Comments

Tech, Get Off My Lawn!

Tech, Get Off My Lawn!

True story: Cervantes once took a civil service job with the Spanish Armada, messed up the money, went to prison, and got a really great book out of it. Sometimes, even when you lose, you win.

Posted on October 5, 2022October 4, 2022 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Food, Millennials, Parents, Uncategorized11 Comments

Teardrops in the Driveway

Teardrops in the Driveway

I remember dropping Smartacus off to college a year ago. For a week, I could barely breathe. Doctors thought I’d died.

Posted on October 1, 2022September 30, 2022 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Food, Parents, Road trips, Uncategorized5 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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