When in Rome, This Taxi Driver Does Not Need GPS

The New York Times profiles 50-year vet Alberto Tomassi.

At age 75, Rome cab driver Alberto Tomassi is finally getting ready to retire. But not before taking International New York Times reporter Elisabetta Povoledo for a delightful spin down Corsia di Memoria (Memory Lane).

The article has not a single ounce of click-bait in it. It’s also a reminder of the sort of subject-matter expanse that only a few outlets today can still afford to cover. From Povoledo’s piece:

Then as now, celebrities were fodder for the gossip-hungry public, and paparazzi buzzed the streets on swerving scooters scouting nightclubs – like Milleluci and the Grotte del Piccione, long since closed – for their prey.

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