New York Hack
January 24, 2006 12:39 PM Subscribe
"It was another slow shift tonight. And though there weren't many people taking cabs, there were more than enough asshole drivers on the streets." New York Hack, the blog of a NYC female cabbie. "Another girl I drove tonight had an emergency of her own, though of a different caliber. I overheard her on the phone explaining to a friend how she was rushing over to her boyfriend's house to have "make-up sex." It sounded urgent enough to me, so I got her there as quickly as I could." Pictures included.
Wow, the life of a cabbie is actually slightly less boring than I imagined. Color me fascinated!
posted by Pollomacho at 12:55 PM on January 24, 2006
posted by Pollomacho at 12:55 PM on January 24, 2006
News flash: the girl who had to be driven to the emergency room with a sea urchin in her foot has just found the blog, and written back to say she's all right. No word yet from make-up sex girl, though.
posted by purple_frogs at 1:05 PM on January 24, 2006
posted by purple_frogs at 1:05 PM on January 24, 2006
Seven Days, Vermont's weekly alt, has a regular column by a cab driver that is pretty interesting, but much less titillating (or sordid) than one might find in NYC.
posted by terrapin at 1:10 PM on January 24, 2006
posted by terrapin at 1:10 PM on January 24, 2006
Lame.
Hardly! I prefer blogs like this over the average geek and/or record collector and/or soft-core liberal and/or insane conservative ones. The stories are interesting, and she has an engaging writing style. It gets three cheers from me and mine.
posted by ford and the prefects at 1:14 PM on January 24, 2006
Hardly! I prefer blogs like this over the average geek and/or record collector and/or soft-core liberal and/or insane conservative ones. The stories are interesting, and she has an engaging writing style. It gets three cheers from me and mine.
posted by ford and the prefects at 1:14 PM on January 24, 2006
You lookin at me ? You lookin AT ME ?
posted by elpapacito at 1:14 PM on January 24, 2006
posted by elpapacito at 1:14 PM on January 24, 2006
OH yeah, this is good. I've been reading it for a little while now, and it was mentioned on salon.com yesterday.
posted by gaspode at 1:15 PM on January 24, 2006
posted by gaspode at 1:15 PM on January 24, 2006
There are some entries where she says people have recognized her. Is her picture buried anywhere in any of those entries?
posted by spicynuts at 1:16 PM on January 24, 2006
posted by spicynuts at 1:16 PM on January 24, 2006
OH christ that's what I get for not clicking the very first link but going right to the freakin blog. Ignore that last comment.
posted by spicynuts at 1:19 PM on January 24, 2006
posted by spicynuts at 1:19 PM on January 24, 2006
The best thing to happen to cabs in a long time is Cash Cab. Its amazing how much some people know and how quickly other people get tossed into the street.
posted by fenriq at 1:25 PM on January 24, 2006
posted by fenriq at 1:25 PM on January 24, 2006
Larry, you think you found me out, but, actually, I'm the make-up sex girl!
posted by OmieWise at 1:27 PM on January 24, 2006
posted by OmieWise at 1:27 PM on January 24, 2006
Eww. whic is worse? Omie the make-up sex girl, or Omie the Proustian reading fark.
Nevertheless, [this is interesting].
posted by orthogonality at 1:44 PM on January 24, 2006
Nevertheless, [this is interesting].
posted by orthogonality at 1:44 PM on January 24, 2006
"she was rushing over to her boyfriend's house to have "make-up sex." . . . Pictures included"
Ok, that was just misleading.
posted by dgaicun at 2:21 PM on January 24, 2006
Ok, that was just misleading.
posted by dgaicun at 2:21 PM on January 24, 2006
The Night Cabbie had a column in the San Francisco Chronicle from 1996 to 2004. Pretty interesting stuff.
posted by kirkaracha at 3:13 PM on January 24, 2006
posted by kirkaracha at 3:13 PM on January 24, 2006
How do you get sea urchins embedded in your foot and not do anything about it until you get an infection a week later?
The blog is interesting. I'm hoping for some racier stories (a la Taxicab Confessions) as I read on, though.
posted by amro at 4:00 PM on January 24, 2006
The blog is interesting. I'm hoping for some racier stories (a la Taxicab Confessions) as I read on, though.
posted by amro at 4:00 PM on January 24, 2006
C-
The concept is be amusing (I shortly maintained a similar photoessay blog about taking the train to rave reviews from friends and families), but the writing on the site is dull and uninspired. Nothing is redeemed.
Maybe someone with a bit more talent will still the idea and make it a bit more compelling.
posted by psmealey at 4:19 PM on January 24, 2006
The concept is be amusing (I shortly maintained a similar photoessay blog about taking the train to rave reviews from friends and families), but the writing on the site is dull and uninspired. Nothing is redeemed.
Maybe someone with a bit more talent will still the idea and make it a bit more compelling.
posted by psmealey at 4:19 PM on January 24, 2006
Great, another blog I will be reading to the detriment of my work life. Don't think psmealy hit the same link I did.
posted by Ironmouth at 4:23 PM on January 24, 2006
posted by Ironmouth at 4:23 PM on January 24, 2006
The concept is be amusing (I shortly maintained a similar photoessay blog about taking the train to rave reviews from friends and families)
Translation: my mom says I'm cool.
posted by Dark Messiah at 6:13 PM on January 24, 2006
Translation: my mom says I'm cool.
posted by Dark Messiah at 6:13 PM on January 24, 2006
I find that you get the most interesting blogs from the people who are least likely to have one. Great find.
posted by antifuse at 1:57 AM on January 25, 2006
posted by antifuse at 1:57 AM on January 25, 2006
Not as good as the National Lampoon's "Tales from Bernie X", but good in its way.
posted by alumshubby at 5:32 AM on January 25, 2006
posted by alumshubby at 5:32 AM on January 25, 2006
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Intercourse with cosmetics sounds unpleasant and unsanitary.
posted by jonmc at 12:48 PM on January 24, 2006