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Continued from March… We have counted the months, the weeks, the days and the minutes till October 1998 – and the day we are to meet in person is finally here. Sam and I were going to meet face to face… 6 October 1998 – 13 October 1998 We have counted the months, weeks and days, but now it is just hours to the moment when we will be meeting in person. Sam and I are going to meet face to face. We have spoken on the phone everyday since first meeting online and we can just talk forever. I’ve fallen in love with this wonderful man before ever laying eyes on him and I am hoping he feels the same about me. He said he did, he said he loved me so much that it hurt. When we speak on the phone, it is just so hard to hang up at the end, I just miss him so much afterwards. I feel so close to him while we speak but after we hang up I always know he is, in reality just so far away from me, even though I always keep him very near to me - right inside my heart. I know it's hard to believe that you can fall in love like this, but it has happened to me and I think it has happened to him as well. I fell in love with Stephen's soul, with his laughter, his soft voice and sexy accent, his great sense of humour, with the way he loved me across the miles, but especially with the way he makes me feel. I always feel so happy when I speak with him – even though I am living in California and he is driving a taxi for Dial-a-Cab in London, England. But now the day we have both waited for so long is here... watch out New York, here we come! It is around 6pm, 6 October 1998 and my plane had just	This is the true love story of a Dial-a-Cab driver and a Californian beauty who met and fell in love on the Internet in 1998. Sam lived in London and drove for DaC, while Jenny lived on the USA west coast. Call Sign is publishing Jenny’s story exactly as she sent it and with her permission. For obvious reasons, their names have been changed, but any photos are genuine… LOVE ON THE INTERNET
	Jenny knows Sam is just minutes away as she tries to calm her nerves with a glass of wine landed at JFK. I am so nervous! I'm supposed to meet Sam here. I called a cab and asked the driver to just drive around the air terminal to where Stephen was supposed to have arrived just a few minutes before me. I look around but can't see him anywhere. I'm trying to find a guy with a red sports jacket he told me he would be wearing, but I can't see him anywhere. After walking up and down the terminal area and not being able to see him, I return to the cab and ask the driver to take me to the hotel we’ve booked. I don't know what's happened, I just hope he has arrived safely. As the cab went through the streets of New York City, I called The Modern hotel from my cell phone. The hotel operator answered the phone and let me know that Stephen had just rang and that he is on his way to the hotel as well. I breathe a sigh of relief. He’s here and in a few more minutes we are going to meet. I feel so excited! My heart is beating so fast. Oh God! Is this happening for real…	Meeting at The Modern…I arrive at the hotel first, get a relaxing glass of wine and chat with the lady at the front desk telling her all about our story. Then a yellow New York cab pulls up in front of the hotel. I think I'm going to die! My heart feels like it is going to jump out of my chest as I see a man in a red jacket get out of the cab. Oh my God, it's him! Without even collecting his luggage, he briskly walks into the hotel lobby and towards me. I can't take my eyes off him and I just can't believe the moment we have waited for so long is actually here. He stops in front of me, takes me in his arms and hugs me very tightly. Oh God, what a hug! I feel like I’ve died and gone to heaven. I can also feel how nervous he is. "Hello Sam," I said. He just responded in kind, smiles at me and then goes back outside to where the cab is waiting, gets his case and almost runs back into the hotel. We have decided to share a room, after all and even though we have never met in person, we have shared many wonderful times online or on the phone. We have talked to each other every night for the past four months. An hour or more every night. We’ve gotten to know each other so well, even though we are so far away and have wanted so long for this moment to arrive. Now it's here and we’re face to face. This is our moment in time. They show us to our room… Continued next month…

EVERY MONDAY IS LEON TAXI DAY!

The Leon Restaurant at Spitalfields Market

LEON is the award-winning group serving fresh, seasonal and naturally fast food with five restaurants currently located in London and more branches opening later this year.
LEON food is boldly flavoured with herbs and spices instead of additives and none of the bad fats, carbs and high GI levels of conventional fast food.
   Expect to see on the menu Moroccan meatballs, grilled free-range chicken served with Leon-made sauces and baked sweet potato falafels.
   Beat Monday morning blues with free LEON coffee or tea all day (including refills on personal hot cups) for taxi drivers.
   Tired and hungry taxi drivers will also be able to pick up a bacon sarnie for brekkie (8-11am) or hot soup for lunch (11.30am - close) with any purchase of a smoothie so long as your badge or bill is produced.
LEON restaurants are located at:
   136 Brompton Road, Knightsbridge (020 7589 7330)
   35 Great Marlborough Street (020 7437 5280)
   12 Ludgate Circus (020 7489 1580)
   3 Crispin Place, Spitalfields Market (020 7247 4369)
   73-76 Strand (0207 240 3070)
You can take a peep at their menus at www.leonrestaurants.co.uk

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