Karaoke Cab Featured on the Today Show
This summer Joel Orbina Laguidao, the Red Top Cab driver who keeps a portable karaoke machine in his taxi, gained regional notoriety thanks to local media coverage.
Now, the ‘Karaoke Cab’ has gone national, thanks to a feature story on this morning’s Today Show.
As part of the five-minute segment, Today Show co-host Savannah Guthrie took a musical ride around Arlington in the Karaoke Cab with Joel. As Arlington landmarks like Whitlow’s passed by in the background, Guthrie was joined in the cab by a number of random taxi passengers and by one not-so-random Arlington resident: NBC News White House Correspondent Chuck Todd.
Guthrie called the cab “a new innovative way of getting around the D.C. area” that “gives a whole new meaning to ‘traffic jam.’”
The segment was filmed on Friday, Sept. 16, with the cooperation of Clarendon-based Red Top Cab.
Photos: Shirlington Oktoberfest
Thousands jammed the streets of Shirlington on Saturday for the annual Oktoberfest celebration, which features beers from dozens of breweries and food from a number of local restaurants..
While the ID check/ticket lines seemed even longer than usual, the lines for beer seemed more manageable.
Despite the more readily-accessible beer, firefighters told us they responded to fewer intoxication-related medical calls than in previous years.
Happy Columbus Day
In observance of Columbus Day (and the fact that most of our readers have the day off) ARLnow.com will be on a limited publishing schedule today.
Don’t worry, we’ll be here if any big news happens.
Flickr pool photo by Chris Reed Photography
