I met with a very nice Star photographer named Charla (Sharla?) this morning and spent 30 minutes biking around Bay & King Streets while she took what seemed like hundreds of photos of me (whenever I rode by her I heard the shutter noise constantly) for an article on BikeFriday planned for Thursday's GTA section.I should've taken my camera to get shots of her shooting me. It was kind of cool.
What wasn't caught on film, though (I don't think...) was that I came the closest I have to "winning the door prize".
I had passed Charla going southbound at Bay towards Wellington (Charla was facing north on the side of the road), and a cab had stopped in the line at the red light, 3 cars back. It wasn't pulled over to the side or anything, and there was plenty of room between the cab and the curb, so I went up the right.
I was very lucky I was just coasting along, because one of the 4 (!) passengers threw open their door suddenly and I braked quickly (almost without thinking... instincts rock!), coming to a stop just as I would've hit the door.
After the passenger apologized and I asked him good-naturedly to check for cyclists next time, we both merrily went on our way.
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