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Category: Road trips

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

Snoopy Has a Hangover

Snoopy Has a Hangover

I recommend this red wine as a cure-all for insomnia, disenchantment, athlete’s foot, hair loss, gout. This isn’t Gatorade they’re pouring. It’s more like a bloody steak. Yum.

Posted on March 5, 2022March 5, 2022 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Food, Millennials, Parents, Road trips, Uncategorized, weddings7 Comments

Cabernet Sunsets

Cabernet Sunsets

I’m spending Mardi Gras with my own personal Bacchus (Bittner) up here amid the grapes. “Sonoma,” they call it. Rhymes with coma.

Posted on March 2, 2022March 2, 2022 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Food, Parents, Road trips, Uncategorized13 Comments

Welcome to LA

Welcome to LA

Welcome, Super Bowl visitors. We have a river that’s not actually a river -- your icemaker probably has more juice. And in Pasadena, there’s a Lake Street but no lake.

Posted on February 5, 2022February 5, 2022 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Food, Parents, Road trips, Uncategorized13 Comments

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

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

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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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