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Into the Driver’s Seat: From Mind-numbing Map Reading to Mind-blowing Baklava

November 18, 2009
Into the Driver’s Seat: From Mind-numbing Map Reading to Mind-blowing Baklava No, I’m not going to subject you to the details of all that I learned on the first day of taxi school. There were some fun moments, though. I especially liked the tremendously corny video “I AM New York: Becoming a Professional Taxi Driver,” in which a wise man in the rear view mirror shows

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Into the Driver’s Seat: Taxi School & Street Meat

November 16, 2009
Into the Driver’s Seat: Taxi School & Street Meat Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world. - Arthur Schopenhauer (quoted on the N train to Queens) First, the good news: the New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission (TLC) accepted my yellow cab application today and gave me a ticket to taxi school. But not

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Into the Driver’s Seat: Tips from a Veteran

October 27, 2009
Into the Driver’s Seat: Tips from a Veteran The march toward my yellow cab license continues – just one more trip to the DMV, finger printing, notarizing, and four hours at the Taxi & Limousine Commission (TLC) to process my application. Then (hopefully) the TLC will give me a ticket to taxi school, where I’ll spend 24 hours studying the fine points of

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Into the Driver’s Seat?

October 16, 2009
Into the Driver’s Seat? For those of you who read this blog on a regular basis, please forgive me. I know I’ve been inconsistent about posting recently – and I know this is a huge no-no among those who dictate the rules of the blogosphere. But I’ve got an excuse that just might make up for the lack

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