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Category: Road trips

The Cosmos in a Cup

The Cosmos in a Cup

I’m really hoping JPL might hire me as its resident poet, where I might knit together space travel, technology, distant nebulae, and Shakespeare’s best sonnets.

Posted on January 25, 2023January 24, 2023 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Food, Happy Hour Hiking Club, Millennials, Parents, Road trips, Uncategorized16 Comments

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

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

And…They’re Off!

And…They’re Off!

I lost my entire fortune in the Great Depression of 2022. Yet, like most tycoons, I plan to start over again. At the race track.

Posted on September 14, 2022September 13, 2022 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Food, Gin, Happy Hour Hiking Club, Parents, Road trips, Uncategorized, White Fang6 Comments

Waba! Waba!

Waba! Waba!

Toss these babies on the little grill to meld, weld, fester, ferment, gurgle, kiss, cuddle and waba-waba, till they become the finest beach dessert you ever had.

Posted on July 9, 2022July 8, 2022 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Food, Happy Hour Hiking Club, Parents, Road trips, Uncategorized17 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

On the Road Again

On the Road Again

By the end of this roadtrip, I'm quite smitten with your basic, garden-variety giraffe.

Posted on May 25, 2022May 24, 2022 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Food, Gin, Happy Hour Hiking Club, Road trips, Uncategorized10 Comments

Skip the Ruskie Vodka

Skip the Ruskie Vodka

Soon, the clocks will change. Pollen will coat the window sills. The sun will blast the flowers, turn them into hard candy. Boy and girls will drop easy pop flies.

Posted on March 9, 2022March 9, 2022 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Food, Happy Hour Hiking Club, Millennials, Road trips, Uncategorized, White Fang7 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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