The time call was for 11:30pm, so I pulled up to the country club at 10:50pm. I had never been there before and I wasn't sure what to expect in the way of parking. Valet parking was set up and several young men were waiting to assist. A black limo had just pulled up and the driver was looking in the trunk. A huge charter bus was parked on one side so I found a spot to park along the curb to the other.
As I was checking out my cab to make sure the back seats looked clean and no debris had been left about on the floor, the limo driver was rolling out a red carpet. He then scattered it with red rose petals. He began to go through musical selections: At Last - by Etta James, and then . ... Can I just have one a more moondance with you, my love Can I just make some more romance with a-you, my love ...Moondance by Van Morrison, and several others. He finally settled on Moondance. Made me happy!
Guests began to come out and set the Valet-boys scurrying for cars. I heard it before I saw it...A really beautiful silver Porsche. The Valet got out, took one look at the owner and refused to give him the keys. They talked for a bit before the owner went back into the club.
It was getting close to 11:30 and the Limo driver was getting antsy. His impatience was becoming verbal, "I was to pick up at eleven!" The owner of the silver Porsche walked back out with his sober looking wife, as the Limo driver marched inside almost tripping over the red carpet.
The band was still playing and through the window I could see that guests were dancing. Standing there hearing the words to the song made me laugh. Who would choose this song to play at a wedding? "Love The One You're With!
Love the one your with
Don't be angry
Don't be sad
Don't sit cryin' for good times you had
There's a girl right next to you
And she's waiting for something to do...Do it- Do it- Do it...
More guests appeared. Some doing a good job to remain standing, and some not so good. A few ending up in the bushes on their way to the charter bus. Giving one more useless look at his watch the Limo driver returned to stand by his car.
Around midnight someone must have given the signal because the driver reached into the car and the night was filled with...'Well, its a marvelous night for a moondance...' The bride came on to the rose strewn red carpet looking like a princes. She smiled and waved to her remaining guests, said a few words to her father and with her husbands help got into the limo. The now smiling driver gathered up his carpet and off they sped into the night.
The mother and father of the bride eventually came out to my cab. I didn't mind the long wait. They were generous with what was most likely the last of their bank account so I was paid well. To top it off I also made away with flowers. Score one for the cabbie.
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?
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Ah, wedding songs. My brother and his wife had "On My Own" from Les Miserables playing at their ceremony -- I DON'T GET IT! LOL
I love him
But when the night is over
He is gone, the river's just a river
Without him the world around me changes
The trees are bare and everywhere
The streets are full of strangers
I love him
But every day I'm learning
All my life I've only been pretending
Without me his world will go on turning
A world that's full of happiness
That I have never known!
I love him
I love him
I love him
But only on my own.
Posted by Madley | Sunday, July 8, 2007 6:33 PM
Posted on July 8, 2007 6:33 PM
Must update your link.
Posted by John Dublin taxi | Monday, July 9, 2007 11:26 AM
Posted on July 9, 2007 11:26 AM
Ah....LOL! Very Pretty flowers !! Done a few weddings too, waited and waited some more too!!
Posted by Susan Puig | Tuesday, July 17, 2007 9:04 AM
Posted on July 17, 2007 9:04 AM
A friend of mine played, "Like a Virgin" at his wedding reception. I was mortified while the bride and groom boogie'd down.
Posted by Jerry | Tuesday, July 17, 2007 10:25 PM
Posted on July 17, 2007 10:25 PM