If I’d held a casting call for the ideal cabbie to drive my last taxi adventure in Buenos Aires, I couldn’t have found anyone to play the part more convincingly than Julio Verón.
After 18 years driving a bus and 26 years as a taxista, the sweater-vested sixty-something oozed urban wisdom – and his instincts
Six months ago, taxista Walter was shot four times while he was changing a flat tire in Wilde, in the southern suburbs of Buenos Aires.
After forty days in the hospital, Walter dragged himself home, lay in bed, and waited for his wounds to heal.
Friday night, for the first time since the shooting, he got
“I wish I could eat with you,” said Jorge the taxista, “But I really can’t. My wife would kill me.”
“You’re right,” I agreed, “You can’t.”
“Yep, it’s just too dangerous. I’m a handsome guy. My wife doesn’t let me go out alone. When I get fixed up, you better watch out.”
“I can imagine.”
We were
TG Cities
Tips and Extras
Watch the Sizzle Reel
NY Cabbie Restaurant Map
Layne's Favorite Food Finds
Fearless Foragers
Home | About | Contact | In the News | Sponsor
Copyright © 2012 Layne Mosler. All Rights Reserved. DMCA Copyright Policy
TAXI GOURMET® is a trademark of Layne Mosler. Taxi Gourmet logo by Shawn LaPaix. Powered by WordPress.
