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Month: November 2022

RIP, Parade Magazine

RIP, Parade Magazine

Did you hear that they no longer publish Parade Magazine, America’s greatest guilty pleasure since 1941? Feels like a bigger loss than it probably should.

Posted on November 30, 2022November 29, 2022 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Food, Millennials, Parents, Uncategorized19 Comments

Life is Nasty, Life is Great

Life is Nasty, Life is Great

My buddies boost me, understand me, inspire me, disappointment me. It’s like owning a Welsh rugby club.

Posted on November 26, 2022November 25, 2022 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Food, Parents, Uncategorized, White Fang10 Comments

Wishbones and Funnybones

Wishbones and Funnybones

My buddy believes that the most-satisfying scene in movie history is the one of Steve Martin and John Candy lugging that trunk down a snowy street. Cheers to all that -- and more.

Posted on November 23, 2022November 23, 2022 by chriserskinelaPosted in Uncategorized29 Comments

Some Kids are Hurricanes

Some Kids are Hurricanes

Call it Cupidity, a system of beliefs, kind of a pedagogy, that encourages kind gestures.

Posted on November 19, 2022November 18, 2022 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Food, Gin, Parents, Uncategorized19 Comments

Where Does the Light Go?

Where Does the Light Go?

Is L.A. the loneliest and most brutal of American cities? Kerouac thought so. What do you think?

Posted on November 16, 2022 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Food, Parents, Uncategorized9 Comments

Cheeseburgers in Paradise

Cheeseburgers in Paradise

Finding love in L.A. is like finding iridium in rocks, quite rare but it happens. Iridium comes to Earth in meteorites. So does love. Be careful is all I’m saying.

Posted on November 12, 2022November 12, 2022 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Food, Gin, Millennials, Parents, Uncategorized20 Comments

Bless the Beasts & the Children

Bless the Beasts & the Children

For Halloween, my granddaughter dressed like Frida Kahlo, inspired by her own passion for Mexican Cubist painting. Or perhaps Catty Cakes just liked the pom-pon hat.

Posted on November 9, 2022November 8, 2022 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Food, Happy Hour Hiking Club, Parents, Uncategorized8 Comments

My Exhaustion Chair

My Exhaustion Chair

Look at me in the Ditka sweater vest I wore for Halloween. I look like a giant tube of testosterone, no? OK, no.

Posted on November 5, 2022November 5, 2022 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Food, Gin, Millennials, Uncategorized17 Comments

We Love What We Love

We Love What We Love

I love my granddaughter. I love goal-line stands. I love Karen Carpenter. Love is love.

Posted on November 2, 2022November 2, 2022 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Food, Gin, Parents, Uncategorized33 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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