After paying for my ticket again, I drove out of the parking garage and had to make a right turn to merge into the flow of traffic. I still had no idea how to get to the hotel by car, but I knew it was about five minutes away on foot. (groan!)

Suddenly, a eureka moment struck me in my face like a cream pie. I had a handy little device called a GPS at my fingertips. DUH! So I parked on the side of the street to fire it up. After ...