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Driving Bay to Breakers

Posted on May 21, 2008 by kfarr

This weekend the City hosted its annual Bay to Breakers run. Bay to Breakers (B2B) is a 7 mile run through the heart of San Francisco. B2B starts from the east (bay) side of the City at the Embarcadero and … Continue reading →

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Driving

Posted on May 9, 2008 by kfarr

Sunday was a busy day in the City, Monday was busy enough as usual, but Tuesday early morning was dead. It was very difficult to get orders and I was afraid I would go home with less than $100 take-home … Continue reading →

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Driving highlights

Posted on May 2, 2008 by kfarr

I had a beautiful set of days to drive a cab in the City. Sunny and 60s is the perfect weather. Above 60s and the greenhouse effect of the car windows makes it a bit too warm. I picked up … Continue reading →

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An addendum to driving this past weekend

Posted on April 25, 2008 by kfarr

Taking a much needed break from work, I attempt to finish the earlier post. Now that tourists are back in town, I have a ‘last hope’ of finding a fare if the City is empty everywhere else: Fisherman’s Wharf, affectionately … Continue reading →

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Driving highlights

Posted on April 2, 2008 by kfarr

It was a tough weekend. It was slow Monday and Tuesday in the City. I am learning, albeit slowly, to let go of the natural feelings of elated success or critical failure that come from a high or low earning … Continue reading →

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Driving highlights

Posted on March 30, 2008 by kfarr

(Last week) I picked up an attractive young lady from a hospital out in the Richmond and took her back toward work downtown. She was (and my best guess says she still is) British and we chatted about about how … Continue reading →

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Driving the holidays.

Posted on December 18, 2007 by kfarr

During my Sunday (day shift) and Monday (night/morning) shifts I took a couple Mexican guys home from the Tenderloin area to the Mission Sunday night. They were in a (drunk) chatty mood, but didn’t speak much English. I tried what … Continue reading →

Posted in taxi, work | Tagged bars, cab, cabbie, driver, driving, drunk, drunkies, night, night shift, san francisco, sf, sleep, taxi, weekend, weeknight | 2 Comments

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