Chris Erskine: A crazy beach party aglow with bonfires and tradition
by Chris Erskine, Los Angeles Times
Aug 30, 2019
4 minutes
We've saluted SoCal's brassy highlights all season: the glint of a mountain campfire, some flaming race cars, the wink of a French horn in the morning sun.
Now we're at the bonfire beach, L.A.'s candelabra by the sea. What a way to wrap our summer series.
"Just shut up and light the fire," you say?
OK, fine. You surfer types are so stoic sometimes. The ocean does that to a person; the beach repairs us. It fills any need we might have for mysticism and poetry.
"But summer out here lasts till Christmas Eve," you add.
Oh, don't be such a killjoy. On a practical
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