Why Don't You Open Up That Door? (let me in) (Taxi Vignettes)

Why Don't You Open Up That Door? (let me in)

Thanks to a heads-up from one of my flickr buddies, I heard that there would be a press conference at San José City Hall regarding the San José 2007 Grand Prix. Since my taxi is wrapped with an ad for the race I figured I should attend.

Not knowing that it was by invitation, I found the doors to the City Hall Rotunda locked. If you remember, I don't let locked doors stop me. I knocked on one of the side doors until a woman opened it just a crack. She said, "Yes?" I told her that I was a Yellow cab driver and could I come in? What she said next floored me, "Are you Joann?"

I am the only woman driving a wrapped billboard for the race, so I guess I shouldn't have been all that surprised that she guessed who I was. She gave me a press kit and I took a place behind the guys with the really big cameras.

Rahal

Graham Rahal, the youngest driver in Champ Car history to earn a podium finish, spoke with the media. The 18-year old graduated from High School last Tuesday.

I got a few photos, and talked with race officials about the possibility of, scoring a press pass for the race. Keeping my fingers crossed!

Posted on Monday, June 11, 2007 at 9:33 PM in Blogging

Comments (3)

Tuff:

Wow Joann, you are quite famous now in your own right! Your blog is always so interesting, the places you go - the people you see! Thanks for sharing!

Posted by Tuff | Tuesday, June 12, 2007 5:16 AM

Posted on June 12, 2007 5:16 AM

Shawn Kielty:

Nice, Joanne. I love it when that stuff happens ...

Posted by Shawn Kielty | Wednesday, June 13, 2007 1:23 AM

Posted on June 13, 2007 1:23 AM

Susan Puig:

That's pretty cool Joann !!

Posted by Susan Puig | Monday, June 25, 2007 5:32 PM

Posted on June 25, 2007 5:32 PM

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I got my first computer early in the Summer of 2004, and began blogging almost immediately. Thanks to blogging I have been a part of several newspapers and online blogs. By that August I was featured in the lead story of the Tech Section in the San José Mercury News. Then what a pleasant surprise it was to find that my blog, "Taxi Vignettes" was the reason I was chosen as the best local blogger of the year (2006) by the Metro Newspaper. Fall of '06, I was contacted by a reporter, asking if I would be willing to be the topic of her next story in The Willow Glen Resident. It was a cool two pages including photos. Am I having fun yet?
-Joann joann.landers{at}gmail{dot}com