Muni Graffiti: Options 1 and 2
Photo by laughing spinning dancing
Can one really be done without the other?
Category: Funny: Muni LOLs
Time for Muni Driver Calendar?
Photo by Jeremy W.
Rider Jeremy W. holds the fate of this driver’s fame in his hands…
I captured this shot of streetcar 1075 turning the corner onto Market Street and then got on at the next stop. I’ve seen this operator out a lot, and he’s seen me with my camera…
The first thing he said was “so you’re taking all these pictures of everyone else, when are you going to get one of me into the Market Street Railway Calendar?”
I had to explain to him that not for lack of effort (that’s why he’s seem me out a lot!) I haven’t gotten one in yet, but I am working hard on my submissions for the 2012 calendar 🙂
He laughed and said, well, keep trying!
The calendar Jeremy’s talking about is open to submissions from anyone. See submission details here.
That’s What We Call No Strings Attached
Photo by Lulu Vision
Here in San Francisco, someone corrected the movie’s advertisement on a Muni shelter to reflect a more accurate reality in which Natalie is like, “No strings attached, ok?” and dude is like, “I just did it with Natalie Portman!”
(Thanks for the photo, Lulu Vision!)
Not-Too-Loud American Seeks French Disciplinarian
Photo by Flickr user Lulu Vision
Allie has a strange missed connection of sorts. Read on.
Regardless of the day of the week, she will exclaim across the bus, “It is Sunday, a day of rest! Do not talk so loud!”
We hadn’t seen her in a long time until last week when we were disembarking from the 5 at Baker and she was waiting at the stop… Let’s just say I got a very stern look and lots of hand motions which insinuated that I was being loud and obnoxious. But I was outside and laughing (soberly and not super loud) around noon on a Saturday. Has anyone else run into this librarian-like French woman?
Spotless Spotted on the 49 (not sarcastic)
But, for the first time in nearly three years, I found a spotless 49. Sort of. See the photo I snapped above.
This is the only picture I shot. But every panel within view was just as clean.
A lot of, if not all, of these window-panel thingies was clearly new. Sitting next to one was almost like using a brand-new shopping cart. Or using the new gym shower.
Important note: the rest of the bus was not spotless. There was still some crap on the floor. Poles bestickered, as usual. The windows themselves were clearly not new. It being an articulated 49, the bus was obviously not new, either.
But the panels, folks. Spotless! One step at a time.
Take Muni, Break the Dating Rules
Photo by Jen Di
Perhaps I’m too biased to give an opinion on the matter, but I think taking Muni on a date shows your urban cred. There are a lot of great dates you can go on via Muni, at least according to my quick poll of San Francisco friends:
SFMOMA (half-off Jan. 31 to Feb. 24, open late on Thursday evenings) + Zero Zero: Take the 5, 9, 14, 30, 38, 45, J, KT, L, M, N to SFMOMA. This week you can catch the Henri Cartier-Bresson or the screening of “Voyeurism and Early Cinema.” Hot! Then walk over to Zero Zero for their excellent pizza and very respectable Folsom Street Sour.
F-Market excursion: Take the F-Market to Pier 39 for Trish’s Mini Donuts, digest with a walk on along the Embarcadero, and taste chocolates at TCHO.
Brunch at the Beach: Take the 5, 31, 18, or N to Ocean Beach, have brunch at the Beach Chalet, walk back up through the park, and you can rent paddle boats at Stow Lake.
I’ll throw in one of my own: SF Bookstores Muni tour: take 1, 2, or 38 to Green Apple Books, have lunch at Burma Super Star, then take 1-California all the way downtown, walk through North Beach to City Lights Bookstore, and end your trip upstairs at Vesuvio to talk over your finds.
What other dating rules will you break? Over at the new dating website HowAboutWe.com, there is a Break the Dating Rules contest for San Francisco (voting ends tonight!). People are proposing all kinds of quirky dates, like doing handstands and aerials at the Athletic Playground, performing offensive karaoke songs, and participating in a no-hands pie-eating contest.
One contestant suggested breaking the “don’t eat with your hands” rule by taking a few pounds of Dungeness crab and crawfish from the Boiling Crab and chow down on a dock near the Bay. I think that date should also be accompanied by consuming whiskey-in-paper-bags and throwing crab shells at tourists. Now that’s breaking the rules.