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A Tara-eye view on the 47
My work friends gave me this orchid because last week was kind of fucked. How nice, right? I got on a bus after work and carried it home on my lap. I tried my best to stare past it and out the window, like I always do sans plant.
Flowers on Muni are kind of like pets on Muni, turns out. I did not know this firsthand until last week.
Photo: @glopdemon on Twitter and Instagram
I, just, I have so many questions. Sometimes, it’s senseless gummy bear death. Sometimes, it’s this.
For the uninitiated, this is a tampon applicator. There used to be a new tampon in this, but there is no longer a tampon (of any kind) in it. As far as I can tell, anyway.
Per @glopdemon on Twitter: “Here’s a cool thing to find in the window of the bus.”
Pic by ce___jeu.
Go ahead and lament your boring blue one now.
Anyway, this special Clipper card is on sale now to commemorate the Golden Gate Bridge’s 75th anniversary year. You can get one at the Golden Gate Customer Service Center in the San Rafael Transit Center, or you can buy one online in the Golden Gate Bridge store for $25. It’s considerably more expensive than the blue ones, but we’re talking about the price of fashion (and local history), folks!
Update: The $25 actually includes $18 of pre-paid transit funds! This is a steal, everyone. Now if only it wasn’t a colossal pain in the ass to trade up.
I ask, simply, why the 38-Geary (and its passengers — note the kids in the front piloting this beast) doesn’t look like this always, forever.
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This Sept. 11 marked 40 years of BART ridership on our beloved BART. Listen to local historian Rick Prelinger tell the story of his BART ride on that very day, in this audio clip from a few years ago.
Happy 40th birthday, BART. The Bay Area would not be the same without you.
Please, for the love of god, don’t tell BART that “40 is the new 30,” because that just makes it angry.