Continuing my visit East, I headed a bit south and to the coast, to see Shanghai. The Paris of the East has 18 million residents, and we could feel it. It’s growing and prospering at an absurd....

As we walked into the lobby of our outside-Agra hotel, I was treated to my own private view of the greatest monument to love ever built. About 1/4 mile from the Taj Mahal and built in Moorish style, ..

So the decadent time on my friend’s massive yacht continues...sheesh, going back to my wave-runner at home is going to seem lame. But that’s not happening today! Au contraire, a few days....

Our colonial-style hotel was in a lively area of Old Havan, and was over 170 years old. While accomodations were austere by American standards, the charm was undeniable! Havana’s history....

My dog is smart, honest! I mean that in the most facetious way, but I love him for it. I've had him for two years now, and I am now beginning to be comfortable with my small, friendly, hirsute roomm....

The room is dark. A single candle burns in a corner. I lead my slave into the room and order him to take off all his clothes. There is a black sheet draped across the bed. The bed is a metal four-..

"I wonder if any of the other men here fantasize about their woman making love to strangers, like you do," I asked Paul between bites of my foie gras. He and I are almost indistinguishable fr...

I don’t mean to sound misanthropic, but I’ve had bad luck with such friendly travelers. I’m never seated next to some gorgeous man who tells me something interesting or exciting, a ....

This past weekend I ventured to one of my balconies overlooking the ocean. It was one of those beautiful days--a day that is absolutely perfect in every way. The temperature was a toasty 80 degrees....

My very first job, when I was 15, was working as a clerk at a drugstore in my teenage hometown. I don’t remember how I got the job. I really wanted to work at the neighborhood coffee house (cu...