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One chapter in the ongoing Muni saga is devoted entirely to haiku. Here’s Dave’s latest contribution:
Three 27s:
shiny silver splendorous
Market Street mirage.
Well done, Dave. If you’re in the mood for more 17-syllable shenanigans, check out the Muni Haiku showdown from late 2012.
We last visited Muni’s grazing goats in October 2012. Turns out they’re not purely nocturnal creatures.
Lindsey spotted these guys scarfing away at the Muni barn at Geary and Presidio. Just in case you wondered whether they were still around. Yes, they are still around.
NOM NOM NOM!
Are you guys going to any Giants games? Tickets are hella cheap, finally. Anyone? Anyone?
And other goings-on over the sun-soaked weekend … enjoy it!
Giants Baseball
Beginning Thursday and through Wednesday, the San Francisco Giants will play seven home games at AT&T Park:
· Four games against Arizona Diamondbacks:
o 7:15 p.m., Thursday
o 7:15 p.m., Friday
o 6:15 p.m., Saturday
o 1:05 p.m., Sunday
· Three games against Colorado Rockies:
o 7:15 p.m., Monday
o 7:15 p.m., Tuesday
o 12:45 p.m., Wednesday
The SFMTA advises motorists of the increased congestion in San Francisco and advises commuters to use transit on these dates.
As a reminder to fans and other motorists, the SFMTA will close eastbound King Street between 3rd and 2nd streets beginning in the 7th inning of all Giants home games until the post-game traffic has died down. Drivers on northbound I-280 should avoid taking the King Street exit during this period and use the Sixth Street exit instead. A map showing alternate post-game routes from AT&T parking lots is available on the Giants’ website.
Muni customers may purchase their fare in advance at the Embarcadero Metro Station three hours prior to the start time of each game:
For details about transit service to AT&T Park, including connections from Bay Area transit systems to Muni can be found at www.sfmta.com. Regional transit information for BART, Caltrain and the ferries as well as traffic is available at www.511.org.
Sunset Autumn Moon Festival
On Saturday, the Sunset Autumn Moon Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The following street closures will be required from 3 a.m. to 8 p.m. For event details, please visit www.autumnmoonfestival.org.
The 71 Haight-Noriega Muni route will be affected.
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Photo by Lynn Friedman
Photo by marc.flores
People collect things. It’s one of the things people do. It’s fun, and sometimes borders on sickness.
Grace collects things she overhears in San Francisco. She alerted us to the special room in her house of overheards: Overheard on Muni. Naturally, we bought in.
A sampling:
OH in SF (on the 14L):
Woman: Hey that’s knitting she’s doing! My Dr. says I should learn that cuz it’ll relax my mind, also I need to find an AA meeting.
Photo by backofthebuspodcast
Jesus, you guys. This happened last night, according to SF Appeal:
“A Muni bus driver was stabbed in the leg by a passenger in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood on Wednesday evening, a police spokesman said today.
“The stabbing was reported at 7:08 p.m. near Eddy and Taylor streets, where the driver had pulled over his 31-Balboa bus after a passenger said someone on board had a knife, police spokesman Officer Gordon Shyy said.”
Read the rest of the story at SF Appeal. And be careful out there!