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Category: Father’s Day

A Cozy Contentment

A Cozy Contentment

When you achieve hygge (pronounced hoo-ga), you’ve found a cozy contentment in life’s simple pleasures: friends, family, warm blankets, candlelight.

Posted on January 21, 2023January 20, 2023 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Father's Day, Food, Gin, Millennials, Parents, Uncategorized11 Comments

Sorry About the PJs

Sorry About the PJs

We’re back in California, that Greek myth, a state that flew too close to the sun.

Posted on June 22, 2022June 21, 2022 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Father's Day, Food, Happy Hour Hiking Club, Parents, Road trips, Uncategorized, White Fang12 Comments

IT’S A BOY!!!

IT’S A BOY!!!

After Smartacus left, White Fang became an ironic, super-bored princess -- you know the type. Shaggy manes. Legs like palm trees. Look so great climbing out of a pool.

Posted on June 18, 2022June 17, 2022 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Father's Day, Food, Gin, Happy Hour Hiking Club, Parents, Road trips, Uncategorized, White Fang18 Comments

Packing Up Freshman Year

Packing Up Freshman Year

"We're going to the North Pole," I tell her. Actually, we're off to fetch Smartacus, her cheeky sidekick, her partner in grime.

Posted on June 15, 2022June 14, 2022 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Father's Day, Millennials, Parents, Road trips, Uncategorized, White Fang7 Comments

Know What I Mean, Jelly Bean?

Know What I Mean, Jelly Bean?

This creature … this scion…this legacy. Miss him so much his very first Easter away.

Posted on April 13, 2022April 12, 2022 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Father's Day, Food, Gin, Millennials, Parents, Uncategorized8 Comments

A Summer Splashdown

A Summer Splashdown

LA never wowed me the way it wows some folks. Instead, it hooked me with a thousand little revelations.

Posted on June 23, 2021June 23, 2021 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Father's Day, Food, Gin, Happy Hour Hiking Club, Millennials, Parents, Uncategorized8 Comments

Here’s to Dads

Here’s to Dads

In a world built increasingly of emojis and avatars, dads are the real deal.

Posted on June 19, 2021June 19, 2021 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Father's Day, Millennials, Parents, Uncategorized19 Comments

Tails up. Penalty kicks. Wine.

Tails up. Penalty kicks. Wine.

Good food requires no apologies. Good food is second base.

Posted on June 16, 2021June 15, 2021 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Father's Day, Food, Gin, Parents, Uncategorized7 Comments

Lunch With Papa

Lunch With Papa

Meet Catty Cakes, who drinks her lunch and loves her grandpa.

Posted on June 12, 2021June 11, 2021 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Father's Day, Food, Happy Hour Hiking Club, Millennials, Parents, Uncategorized, White Fang14 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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