Articles by Chris Erskine Page 2

PERSONALLYERSONALLY, I find this whole parenting thing to be hugely overrated. Read more

SO WE SAY O WE SAY an Ave Maria and send the little guy off to school for the very first time. Read more

LIFE IS IFE IS a luggage carousel. Read more

Chicago DEAR SON, Since you are only 5, I thought you might appreciate a written record of your recent vacation. Read more

“It’s nice to know there are still some quaint and out-of-the-way places even in the O.C. The location offers good access to lots of iconic SoCal sites,” says reader Caitlin Tusher of Placentia, in her nomination letter. Read more

CLEANING UP a 5-year-old is a cinch. Read more

RANDOM thoughts, while waiting for my shipment of 100,000 Manny Ramirez wigs to arrive from Shanghai: – I really hope L.A. can get a handle on its paparazzi crisis. Read more

SO, POSH canceled last week’s attempt at a ceiling fan installation when she realized it was just a giant, spinning aphrodisiac, and our summer of love ended in the third week of July. Read more

Seward, Alaska The Alaska Railroad slices up the middle of the state like a bolt of blue and yellow lightning, into the belly of a place that is camera-ready and bountiful beyond belief. Read more