Click for Part I. Click for Part II. Click for Part III. Click for Part IV. The concert pianist dutifully greeted his audience at the doors of the auditorium...

Click for Part I. Click for Part II. Click for Part III. I hauled both 50 pound suitcases, my fiddle, and a backpack around the Sydney airport, much to my co...

"Locker room talk" was the latest hot topic in the news, to a reeling nation that had no idea what horrors and embarrassments were in store for the immediate...

Click for Part I. Click for Part II. Withdrawal from anti-depressants or not, my concert pianist was always passionate about enjoying the best coffee. We'd ...

(Image is from Baz Luhrmann's Broadway production of La Boheme from 2002, I do not own any rights.) As the main stream world decorates, shops, and bakes for ...

Click here for Part I. Oysters on the half shell were a mutual obsession of ours, and according to my concert pianist, the best in the world were served at C...

...and all of the people, with nothing to do, nothing to lose... I was a kid of the '90's, yet completely missed being part of the MTV generation. I was rai...

Going to Australia while suffering the trauma of a decimated career (read that saga here) was not the condition I wanted to be in, to be reunited with my con...

Click for Part I. Click for Part II. Click for Part III. Click for Part IV. Click for Part V. Click for Part VI. Click for Part VII. "Jessika, might we reque...

Click for Part I. Click for Part II. Click for Part III. Click for Part IV. Click for Part V. Click for Part VI. One more voyage until I went on my first pai...

I've been cheated by you since I don't know when... Another voyage, another new set of passengers, another opening formal night performance of our ABBA show....

It was pitch black in my cabin on the second deck, well below the water line on our tiny ship. I was sound asleep, when SUDDENLY THERE WAS POUNDING ON MY DO...

I got an email from my college voice teacher one afternoon -- she was wondering if she could refer me to a local composer, as he was seeking someone of my vo...

**adult language and content** "The Entertainer" ringtone sang out from my LG flip phone in July of 2007, as I finished up my summer jobs in preparation for ...

We docked in Bangkok, Thailand, and eagerly rushed to the shuttle bus that would take us downtown -- away from the protests that were happening at the time, ...

Click for Part I. Click for Part II. Click for Part III. Click for Part IV. Click for Part V. I returned to my cabin after rehearsal, to find a note stuck in...

"I've signed you up a new student for Thursday morning," my boss Bart phoned me. "He's an adult, he seems a little bit...off...but harmless." "What does tha...

Singapore has two cruise ship terminals. The old one is connected to a shopping mall, is in a more centralized location, has better wifi, and is more widely...

Click for Part I. Click for Part II. Click for Part III. Click for Part IV. The show "Maestro" was finally put to rest. No more Victorian hat to fall off my...

Upon losing my job during what was easily the worst year of my life, (read that story here), I had decided the best way to move forward was to pick a new cit...