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Eugenia Chien has been eavesdropping on the 47, 49, or 1 lines since the mid-90's. She lives by the adage, "Anything can happen on Muni" (and also, "That's not water.")

Tagger Can’t Stand NextBus Lies

July 13, 2012 eugenia 9 comments

Photo by roxannedemaria

As frustrated as you might be with NextBus “predictions,” covering it up with spray paint doesn’t really help matters, does it?

Photo by roxannedemaria on Instagram.

Category: Photos

Taking Your Clipper Card and All Your Song Dedications

July 12, 2012 eugenia Leave a comment

Photo by torbakhopper

Sometimes you gotta whistle a tune to make the day go by. To wit, rider @KristinCanWrite heard on it the bus:

First, “Somewhere Over The Rainbow.” “Now, The Lion Sleeps Tonight…” I wonder if my whistling bus driver takes requests.

Got your own 140-character observations of life on public transit? Follow us @munidiaries, @bartdiaries, and @caltraindiaries!

Category: 100 Muni Stories, diaries, Funny: Muni LOLs

Photo Diary: Learn Your Bay Area Literature on BART

July 12, 2012 eugenia 2 comments

Photo by Jeremy Anderson

Rider Jeremy Anderson noticed this new poster at Glen Park BART station and dropped it in our Flickr pool. It’s a part of the poster series by Owen Smith commissioned by BART.

The series “Literary Journeys” depicts BART riders immersed in books by Dashiell Hammett, Jack London and Amy Tan, with scenes from the books coming to life in their imaginations.

There are 60 posters in all, placed in stations throughout the BART system, so there’s a good chance that you might see one of these surreal posters on your commute. Do you know the book referenced by the poster Jeremy saw?

Category: BART, diaries, Photos

Mysterious 100 Pounds of Rice on Muni

July 11, 2012 eugenia 5 comments

Say you find yourself with 100 pounds of rice to haul home. What are you gonna do, right? Rider Rhonda sent in this photo taken on the inbound K/T around 20th Street.

What other strange cargo have we seen on Muni? Let’s count the ways.

We’ve seen…

What strange things happened on your commute today? Share it with your fellow riders.

Category: diaries, Funny: Muni LOLs

Photo Diary: Tenderloin, San Francisco

July 5, 2012 eugenia One comment

Photo by Troy Holden

Every time I turn around, photographer Troy Holden’s got something beautiful on his Tumblr blog or Instagram. Here’s a little afternoon refresher for you.

Got more photos? Tag us on Instagram (@munidiaries), Flickr, or just pop it in the ole email.

Category: diaries, Photos

I Know What You’re Reading

July 5, 2012 eugenia 2 comments

Photo by Heather

Think you’re being clever with your less-than-high-brow novel? @genaweave is on to you.

Woman on #sfmuni is reading her book upside down. There is a 95% chance that she’s secretly reading#50shadesofgray. – @genaweave

Oh snap.

Side story: When I saw 50 Shades of Grey at Green Apple Books, at first I thought it was a book about being black in America. Another friend thought it was a book about aging gracefully. How wrong we were.