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SUMMARY:Books\, Booze & Banter - A Virtual Book Launch with Local Author Chris Erskine!
DESCRIPTION:LCF Chamber hosts:\n\nBooks\, Booze & Banter\n\n \n\nEvent featuring Chris Erskine in an informal sharing of stories\, insights\, and observations during the quarantine.\n\n\n\nChris Erskine has invited us to his living room (via Zoom) to celebrate the publication of his fourth book fresh out of the factory. It's called "Lavender in Your Lemonade\," a collection of his daily posts during the height of the COVID pandemic.\n\n\n\nThree takeaways: Where there is humor\, there is hope. Where there is gin\, there is tonic. And better times are always just ahead.\n\n \n\nWe invite you to join us from the comfort of your home on\n\nThursday\, October 1\, 2020\n\n6:30pm\n\n \n\nTo get into the spirit of the event\, we encourage you to grab your favorite quarantine beverage to enjoy while listening to the banter!\n\n\n\nLavender Lemonade Ingredients\n\n\n\nLavender Simple Syrup\n\n1 cup of sugar\n\n2 TB dried lavender petals\, culinary grade\n\nLemonade:\n\n6-8 lemons (approx 1 cup fresh juice)\n\nPlus one more for garnish (sliced\, deseeded)\n\n4 cups of water\n\n \n\nInstructions\n\n1. Make simple syrup by adding sugar\, lavender\, 1 cup water to a small saucepan. Bring to a boil\, then simmer about 5 minutes. Pour syrup through a mesh sieve into a measuring cup and allow to cool.\n\n2. Meanwhile\, juice lemons until you have 1 cup of juice. Pour juice into pitcher\, add 4 cups of water.\n\n3. Add half the cooled syrup\, and taste the lemonade\, add the remaining syrup if desired. Tip: Store any leftover syrup in a sealed container for up to a year.\n\n4. Serve in pitcher\, or glasses filled with ice. Garnish with fresh mint.\n\n5. If serving hard\, add GIN to pitcher\, or add to individual glasses as serving.\n\n \n\n \n\nOpportunity Drawings too!\n\n \n\nChris Erskine has been chronicling life in Los Angeles for more than 25 years. As a columnist for the Los Angeles Times\, he wrote for the sports\, travel\, entertainment\, and lifestyle sections. Best known for his characterizations of suburban family life\, he is the author of three other books of essays: Surviving Suburbia\, Man of the House and Daditude. The Chicago native has also worked for papers in Miami and New Orleans. He has been a La Ca ada Flintridge resident for 27 years. Follow his work at ChrisErskineLA.com\n\n \n\n\n\nA fundraiser benefiting the LCF Chamber of Commerce
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<span style="language:en-US\;"><span style="color:#660099\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:18.0pt\;">LCF Chamber hosts:</span></span></span></span><br />\n<span style="font-weight:bold\;language:en-US\;"><span style="color:#660099\;"><span style="font-family:curlz mt\;"><span style="font-size:36.0pt\;">Books\, Booze&nbsp\;</span></span></span></span><span style="font-weight:bold\;language:en-US\;"><span style="color:#660099\;"><span style="font-family:curlz mt\;"><span style="font-size:36.0pt\;">&amp\; Banter</span></span></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="letter-spacing:.4pt\;"><span style="font-family:helvetica\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">Event featuring Chris Erskine in an informal sharing of stories\, insights\, and observations during the quarantine.<br />\n<br />\nChris Erskine has invited us to his living room (via Zoom) to celebrate the publication of his fourth book fresh out of the factory. It&rsquo\;s called&nbsp\;&ldquo\;<strong>Lavender in Your Lemonade\,</strong>&rdquo\; </span></span></span><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">a collection of his daily posts during the height of the COVID pandemic.<br />\n<br />\nThree takeaways: Where there is humor\, there is hope. Where there is gin\, there is tonic. And better times are always just ahead.</span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="letter-spacing:.4pt\;"><span style="font-family:helvetica\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">We invite you to join us from the comfort of your home on</span></span></span><br />\n<span style="letter-spacing:.4pt\;"><span style="font-family:helvetica\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">Thursday\, October 1\, 2020</span></span></span><br />\n<span style="letter-spacing:.4pt\;"><span style="font-family:helvetica\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">6:30pm</span></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="letter-spacing:.4pt\;"><span style="font-family:helvetica\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">To get into the spirit of the event\, we encourage you to grab your favorite quarantine beverage to enjoy while listening to the banter!</span></span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-weight:bold\;language:en-US\;"><span style="color:#660099\;"><span style="font-family:lato\;">Lavender Lemonade Ingredients</span></span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-weight:bold\;language:en-US\;"><span style="color:#660099\;"><span style="font-family:lato\;">Lavender Simple Syrup</span></span></span><br />\n<span style="font-weight:bold\;language:en-US\;"><span style="color:#3399FF\;"><span style="font-family:lato\;">1 cup of sugar</span></span></span><br />\n<span style="font-weight:bold\;language:en-US\;"><span style="color:#3399FF\;"><span style="font-family:lato\;">2 TB dried lavender petals\, culinary grade</span></span></span><br />\n<span style="font-weight:bold\;language:en-US\;"><span style="color:#660099\;"><span style="font-family:lato\;">Lemonade:</span></span></span><br />\n<span style="font-weight:bold\;language:en-US\;"><span style="color:#3399FF\;"><span style="font-family:lato\;">6-8 lemons (approx 1 cup fresh juice)</span></span></span><br />\n<span style="font-weight:bold\;language:en-US\;"><span style="color:#3399FF\;"><span style="font-family:lato\;">Plus one more for garnish (sliced\, deseeded)</span></span></span><br />\n<span style="font-weight:bold\;language:en-US\;"><span style="color:#3399FF\;"><span style="font-family:lato\;">4 cups of water</span></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="font-weight:bold\;language:en-US\;"><span style="color:#660099\;"><span style="font-family:lato\;">Instructions</span></span></span><br />\n<span style="font-weight:bold\;language:en-US\;"><span style="color:#3399FF\;"><span style="font-family:lato\;">1. Make simple syrup by adding sugar\, lavender\, 1 cup water to a small saucepan. Bring to a boil\, then simmer about 5 minutes. Pour syrup through a mesh sieve into a measuring cup and allow to cool.</span></span></span><br />\n<span style="font-weight:bold\;language:en-US\;"><span style="color:#3399FF\;"><span style="font-family:lato\;">2. Meanwhile\, juice lemons until you have 1 cup of juice. Pour juice into pitcher\, add 4 cups of water.</span></span></span><br />\n<span style="font-weight:bold\;language:en-US\;"><span style="color:#3399FF\;"><span style="font-family:lato\;">3. Add half the cooled syrup\, and taste the lemonade\, add the remaining syrup if desired. Tip: Store any leftover syrup in a sealed container for up to a year.</span></span></span><br />\n<span style="font-weight:bold\;language:en-US\;"><span style="color:#3399FF\;"><span style="font-family:lato\;">4. Serve in pitcher\, or glasses filled with </span></span></span><span style="font-weight:bold\;language:en-US\;"><span style="color:#3399FF\;"><span style="font-family:lato\;">ice. </span></span></span><span style="font-weight:bold\;language:en-US\;"><span style="color:#3399FF\;"><span style="font-family:lato\;">Garnish with fresh mint.</span></span></span><br />\n<span style="font-weight:bold\;language:en-US\;"><span style="color:#3399FF\;"><span style="font-family:lato\;">5. If serving hard\, add GIN to pitcher\, or add to individual glasses as serving.</span></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;</span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="font-weight:bold\;language:en-US\;"><span style="color:#660099\;"><span style="font-family:curlz mt\;"><span style="font-size:22.0pt\;">Opportunity Drawings too!</span></span></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-weight:bold\;language:en-US\;"><span style="color:#650248\;"><span style="font-family:lato\;">Chris Erskine has been chronicling life in Los Angeles for more than 25 years. As a columnist for the Los Angeles Times\, he wrote for the sports\, travel\, entertainment\, and lifestyle sections. Best known for his characterizations of suburban family life\, he is the author of three other books of essays: Surviving Suburbia\, Man of the House and Daditude. The Chicago native has also worked for papers in Miami and New Orleans. He has been a La Ca&ntilde\;ada Flintridge resident for 27 years. Follow his work at ChrisErskineLA.com</span></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;</span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:14px\;"><em>A fundraiser benefiting the LCF Chamber of Commerce</em></span><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n&nbsp\;
LOCATION:Via ZOOM\, link will be emailed the day of event
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