I was staying at an old house in the countryside outside of London. I was visited by two of my cousins who arrived exhausted by their...

I was in Chicago riding a southbound 'L' train heading into downtown when a couple boarded my car. She was a nicely dressed, middle-aged...

We were notified of the imminent end of the world and my mother picked me up and we drove to my grandparents house on Maplewood where it...

I went to a remote camping site in Orgiva, in the Alpujarra mountains in southern Spain with a friend and an acquaintance, a barbershop...

I walked over to our neighborhood launderette to see if I had left a laundered shirt there despite knowing I had picked up all seven of...

I had just arrived at Chicago's O'Hare Airport and my uncle Art picked me up in a convertible and we drove into the city. He decided to...

I was visiting my parents at their high-rise condo on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago's Gold Coast when my mother woke me up early one...

I was driving in Christel's two-seater, convertible sports car as we drove to her villa and parked in a concrete garage at the back of...

I was on my way to my new house when I stopped off to pick up my suitcase at the house I’d been staying at with a young couple. I tried...

I was riding on the southbound 'L' train heading towards Wrigley Field, where I was going to meet my old friend from Valencia, Beny, who...

I was walking to the new primary school in Mexico where my daughters were attending with a wet bath towel I was meant to drop off to be...

I was sleeping in the back bedroom on Washtenaw with Delilah, who had snuggled into bed with me having been awakened by a thunderstorm. I...

I was with my friend Ian on a trip and we were traveling in his large 16-wheel tractor-trailer. We stopped to take a break in the English...

I was about to leave my parent's house in Niles to go my band's rehearsal when my mother asked if I would join the family for lunch...

I looked up towards the sky and saw a plane spinning out of control. Seconds later, I saw another airplane making an emergency landing...

I was a United States congressman and traveled to Spain with a trade delegation. I invited my younger brother Glenn---who was about 13 at...

I’d been staying at the Chateau Marmont on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles where an old friend had recently been hired as the new general...

It was my first day as a member of a minor league baseball team. Not expecting to play, I was nervously surprised when the manager walked...

I had just arrived at the airport with my grandfather after a long-haul flight to Asia. We were walking through the terminal when my...

I decided to throw caution to the wind and drive out of town to the university campus where the actor Adam Driver had his office. I...