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If for whatever you reason you missed Muni Diaries Live in November, well, two things: Our next show is right around the corner, on April 18 (tickets!).
Secondly, and the reason we’re all gathered here today, you missed out on one of the smartest, funniest comedians this side of the M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I: Dhaya Lakshminarayanan. It was Dhaya whose dad become all of our collective hero when he misheard the Muni intercom to say, “Exit through the weirdos.” Yes, exactly, Mr. Lakshminarayanan.
Dhaya and some other funny ladies will dish out the laughs tomorrow night at Oakland’s XOXO Nightclub. You should totally go and laugh so hard you cry and cough stuff up.
But don’t just take our word for it. Read what the East Bay Express had to say about Dhaya, Karinda Dobbins, and Aundré Herron, and other’s comedy.
XOXO Nightclub (Tickets)
201 Broadway (Map)
Oakland
8:00 PM
$10 in advance/$12 day of the show
Who said Muni doesn’t fix itself? Oh, we probably said it. But never mind that!
On April 25, the changes you see above will take effect. Some involve increased service on certain lines, while the others are a shift in Muni’s nomenclature. From SFMTA’s Muni Forward website:
This April, 2015, the SFMTA is adopting the term “Rapid” for Muni’s Limited-stop routes, currently called Limited or “L” routes. The new Rapid routes will encompass all the benefits of the Limited lines, but will see significant increases in frequency and reliability in the coming months as the routes receive additional investment in transit priority improvements.
The Rapid Network
Muni Rapid bus and rail lines form the backbone of the Muni system, and include the following corridors:
J Church
L Taraval
N Judah
5 Fulton
9 San Bruno
14 Mission
28 19th Avenue
38 Geary
71 Haight Noriega
K Ingleside
M Ocean View
SFMTA is also changing the names of several routes, including the one with the BEST VIEWS of San Francisco. The 33-Stanyan will be re-christened the more-apt 33-Ashbury/18th.
So there you have it. Muni is gonna fix itself, y’all. Baby steps. Baby steps.
Photo above by Muni rider Olympia. Photo on home page by Michela
Photo by Benedicto de Jesus
Because we observe the ancient adage that what cannot be unseen by one must be shared on social media/the Internet with all, we bring you the above. Toe shoes are one thing*; paired with fuchsia leg warmers, they are another thing entirely.
h/t Muni rider Genevieve
* A big, big “No.”
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