I had returned to the hair salon where my barbershop was located after having been on an extended vacation. I immediately noticed that...

I was overbooked and overwhelmed at my new barbershop on the grounds of an Italian villa I had recently purchased. My evening appointment...

I had recently moved back to Spain where I purchased a small but stately apartment above one of Madrid's finest Michelin-starred...

I had recently moved back to my old neighborhood in Chicago and decided to go to the kosher deli for lunch. When I got there, I was...

I was talking to someone outside of the children's hospital in Chicago when a taxi pulled up and out jumped my childhood pediatrician,...

I had recently moved back to Chicago and rented an apartment in high rise building where I had just brought the last of my things over. I...

After closing their flagship restaurant in Chicago, the Moy family opened up a Chinese restaurant in Valencia, Spain. Going back there to...

I was at a seaside resort in Mexico with my father’s family when my cousin Chris suddenly remembered it was his mother’s birthday. Chris...

An old friend of mine, whose father had passed away ten years earlier, called and invited me to stay the night at his house in the...

I was incarcerated in an over-crowded, rat-infested prison in Latin America. I was alone in my cell, which was very nicely appointed with...

I was playing baseball for the Chicago Cubs—picked up mid-season as a replacement player for one of their Triple-A teams—and during a...

I had just finished performing with my band when my old friend Robert came back stage accompanied by a security guard. Thrilled to see my...

I had moved back to Spain and ran into Simone, a former student of mine, in the metro station. She was so overcome with joy in seeing me...

I was in Valencia and on my way to the university where I was to begin my first day of work. I ran into an old friend who insisted I join...

I was back in Chicago attending a large family reunion that included some of my deceased relatives. I decided to take my children on a...

I was at a seaside resort in the north of the Netherlands and had just come downstairs for supper when a tsunami hit. Everyone began to...

I was in a modernist, white marble apartment building walking down to the carpark on the lower level to retreive my car when I saw a...

I had bought the car of my dreams—a vintage, forest green, Volkswagen Beetle convertible— from an older gentleman I knew as a reputable...

I was walking home after having recently moved back to Los Angeles when I ran into an old friend who was waiting at a car wash. I walked...

I was informed that I would have to return to my old high school where it had been discovered that I was allowed to graduate having been...