Confessions of a New York Taxi Driver
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Driving a cab for more than 30 years Gene Salomon has collected a remarkable selection of stories. He shares the very best in this unforgettable memoir.Eugene has had everyone in the back of his cab: Lauren Bacall, Leonardo di Caprio, John McEnroe, Sean Penn and Dennis Hopper, Simon and Garfunkel, Robin Williams, Norman Mailer, Diane Keaton and, yes, even Kevin Bacon.He’s taken all sorts of people for a ride: Mafiosi, hookers, the rich and famous, down and outs, young lovers, tourists from every corner of the globe, lifetime New Yorkers, passengers in a rush, and others with no particular place to go.So sit back and enjoy the ride, but remember . . . the meter’s running.
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Eugene Salomon. Confessions of a New York Taxi Driver
CONFESSIONS OF A NEW YORK TAXI DRIVER
Dedication
Contents
INTRODUCTION A conversation with the human race
The taxis
The passengers
The rides
1 The Wildest Ride
Sex and the taxi
Lust, cured
Awkward, defined
Multi-tasking
For old times’ sake
2 Big City Crime
Swallowed
Hounded
The wrong guy
They were hit men
The cab driver who does not speak English
3 Changes
Jackie oh my God
How I brought about the demise of the Checker Motor Company
4 Celebrities
Starlight
Leonardo Di who?
Abbie Hoffman
Paul Simon’s warmth
A Woody Allen story
5 Extreme behavior
Screamer
‘Just drive’
The hooker reconnaissance unit
Dying to get there
While she sleeps
‘I’ll get out here’
6 Fare Beaters
The coat
The slip
‘Don’t mess with the Bronx’
Arrested development
From Zurich, with love
7 Means of Exchange
Here’s looking at you
For a laugh
Having a cow
8 Hustlers, Hustlers, Hustlers
The numbers man
The human garbage bag
On the Bowery
A question of responsibility
Zak
Without a leg to stand on
9 Pedestrians
Child sacrifice
Touchy bastard
Knowing his limits
10 Road Rage
Slow motion bird
Zorba
The cure
11 Karma versus Coincidence
Special delivery
Not a laughing matter
The actress
Mean old hags
12 The Animals of Manhattan
Stranger in a strange land
Rambo
Unconditional love
Whatever you say, buddy
13 In a Rush
Dinner with Doctor K
The race for the nipple
God spits on me
The wisdom of the carrot
14 The Traffic Jam Hall of Fame
A pawn in their game
Bad hair day
After a good meal
15 Solids, Liquids and Gases
What you resist
Bloodhound
The drunk drop
16 ‘Taxi!’
Whistled down
Long distance calling
The sunroof hail
Wisdom
After the opera
17 At Journey’s End
Nonchalance
Chalance
Riding with the American aristocracy
55th between 8th and 9th
57th and 9th
23rd between 6th and 7th
29th between 7th and 8th
91st and Madison
44th and 2nd
104th and Broadway
To JFK
From JFK
89th and WEA
72nd between CPW and Columbus
43rd and Lex
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Copyright
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Eugene Salomon
And to Harry Gongola, Doctor of Chiropractic, former NYC taxi driver and my very first passenger.
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And then we entered the tunnel.
I glanced meekly to my right. Estonia’s eyes were staring down at the area around her feet in a complete non-confront of the situation. Her problem wasn’t only her selfish friend in the back seat. Her problem was me. And my problem was her.
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