I had just returned home from Los Angeles and was jet-lagged and hungry. There was nothing to eat at home, so I decided to go out and...

My family had been living in a luxury hotel in Bucharest for over a year in a witness protection program after I inadvertently became...

I arrived at the airport thirty minutes prior to my scheduled start time as I was advised there was a special security arrangement in...

My band had just performed on a college campus in a majestic, cathedral-like building and my childhood friend Howard had come backstage...

I had been visiting one of my former college professors in Zürich for a few days before having to meet my wife and children in Vienna....

I had just checked into a luxury hotel and was waiting for the key to my room which was being cleaned. I walked over to the hotel's...

My great-grandfather and I stood in a long, tearful embrace following an intense argument and struggle over a brown leather satchel he...

My grandmother and I were leaving the house and she realized she had forgotten to buy dinner and seeing it was ten to eight, she asked me...

I stopped a police officer in a square in Amsterdam to ask directions and he started off speaking to me English. When he couldn’t place...

Latino pop stars Diego Torres and Juanes were outside of my Las Vegas hotel window arguing. Diego was on the left—actually hanging on to...

I had come home to the luxury high rise where I was living to change my shoes because I felt self-conscious that they did not go with the...

I finished work and was offered a ride home by my ex-wife who offered to drive me to my great-grandfather's community center where I had...

My great-grandfather was on his deathbed and family and friends had gathered to pay their final respects. Typically quite shy and aloof,...

I was looking after seven puppies, one of which was a bit problematic, demanding and who insisted I took the entire litter outside to...

I was driving home and witnessed three passenger airplanes collide in the sky above me and crash behind some mid-rise apartments on...

I was with a group of family members at a harbor in Los Angeles when my grandfather noticed a homely young woman wearing a necklace and...

I had met Chicago Cubs relief pitcher Tyler Chatwood at a charity event and he was quite inebriated. Chatwood told me that the Cubs had...

I was on a plane and couldn’t remember where I was going until I heard a man speaking with a South African accent. I was sitting in a row...

I was attending a family wedding at a posh hotel in Beverly Hills. I was sitting in the back seat of a car with my youngest daughter; the...

I saw my friend Marilda standing in front of some old houses in the Cabanyal neighborhood—Valencia's old maritime quarter—sketching the...