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Photo by Flickr user bsii
This post on SF Gate about changes in management and oversight of TransLink got us wondering: How is the mostly universal transit-payment system working out for you?
We’ve yet to take the plunge and get cards for ourselves, so please, let us know in comments.
Photo by Flickr user bsii
This post on SF Gate about changes in management and oversight of TransLink got us wondering: How is the mostly universal transit-payment system working out for you?
We’ve yet to take the plunge and get cards for ourselves, so please, let us know in comments.
Photo by Flickr user Kanaka’s Paradise Life
Ah, Missed Connections. How we love thee. We peruse thy pages with flight and fancy, and come away bemused or enthralled (throttled, even, perhaps), filled with blush and bluster, enamored and amused.
Our picks for Muni-related missed connections of the past week:
Thanks for helping me find the N this morning (Sunday) – m4w (downtown / civic / van ness)
I wasn’t trying to hit on you this morning in the civic center muni station, but after I talked to you I realized that I should have been. I think you’re beautiful and would love to know what you do when you’re not running races or marathons. I was the guy in the white shirt, trying to think of something good to say to you while waiting to see if the N line was still running.
Ha! “wasn’t trying to hit on you” is, like, the oldest one in the book. Go, bro!
Blonde girl on the muni, got off at Montgomery! – m4w – 26
What’s up!
Saw you on Muni; you wore a white v-neck shirt with jeans at about 1:30 PM – we rode a few stops together and got off at Montgomery station together. I didn’t notice how awesome you looked until we both got off and started walking upstairs!
Me: fit Hawaiian kid with orange long-sleeve shirt and black jeans with black sunglasses
Just wanna chat over coffee 😉
Okay, two things here: Nice unintentional (I think) double-meaning in the title, dude. And the enthusiastic, “What’s up!” is really endearing.
I see you everywhere in your sweatshirt and shorts – m4m – 24 (nob hill)
It’s hilarious at this point how many times I’ve seen you all over the city– Duboce Triangle, Nob Hill, downtown, muni.
We both clearly enjoy the flirtation of it all, but I have to ask when it’s going to happen.
Let me know. 🙂
Hmm. Sweatshirt and shorts, huh. This could be anybody!
Send us your Muni Missed Connections. And stay tuned as we pick out the best Missed Connections of the week.
BART rider John sent us this photo of a cyclist and his bike taking up four seats. I have a feeling that our dear Muni Manner ladies would have something to say about this! Cyclists and riders, what’s the appropriate etiquette for bringing the velo on BART?
Photo by Flickr user pusspaw
This summer we received a couple of interesting pictures:
Exhibit A: a cherry condom and a cherry cough drop nestled in the corner of the door of the 21.
Exhibit B: a used (we think) love glove hanging off of the ceiling (!) of the 47.
Exhibit C: lonely Jimmy Hat chillin’ across the seat on the T-Third (via plug1).
These pictures beg the question: How did this used condom get on the bus? I hope this question aroused your interest and got your creative writing juices flowing because we are having our first short fiction contest!
(My apologies — bad double entendres cannot be avoided in writing this post)
What: Muni Diaries Erotic Short Fiction Contest — How did the condom end up on the bus?
Rules: Answer the question: “How did the used condom get on the bus?” in 250 words or less.
Mistress says: Give it to us by Wednesday, Oct. 28. (Deadline extended!)
Money shot: The winner will receive a goodie bag from Good Vibrations!!! We will read our favorites at our next spoken-word party, Muni Diaries Live! Under the Influence, on Oct. 30.
Photo by Flickr user Bo-Alex
A month or so ago, we announced a call for obituaries to honor the lines that Muni plans to take out of service this fall. We set the deadline for submissions at Sept. 30.
Since then, a reputable source has indicated that the date of discontinuation of the routes listed below is mid-November, a bit later than originally scheduled (yay?).
So …
We’ve decided to give you a little leeway in penning your fitting tribute to the line or lines of your choice. The new deadline is Sunday, October 18. Oh, and no one seems to know what the 53-Southern Heights is or what it does. Any lovers of this poor soul of a Muni bus route care to step up to speak on its behalf, we welcome you.
So here are the lines that’ve been given a few weeks’ reprieve:
* 4-Sutter
* 7-Haight
* 16AX-Noriega “A” Express
* 20-Columbus
* 26-Valencia
* 53-Southern Heights
* 74X-CultureBus
* 89-Laguna Honda