Muni moments to inspire us all

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Sometimes on your way, between points A and B, you see things that make you grateful to be alive. Here are some examples:

  • There are a couple of kids singing “We are the World” on the 5 Muni this morning. What year did I wake up in?
  • saw one rider offer another some hand sanitizer to clean his hands. There is hope!
  • on 14x listening to a play by play of the @BurgerKing menu in the cathartic cadence of a baseball announcer. #haveityourway
  • dude next to me on #SFMuni negotiating drug deal without a care in the world. Whatever it’s probly a legal deal anyway.
  • I love that two little girls on the bus are playing a hand clap game right now

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Video: SF native Yayne Abeba shares Muni life lessons

Did you know there was a movie theater on 17th Ave. and Geary that used to play lots of children’s films? That was just one of the destinations that this Muni Diaries Live storyteller would see on her Muni journeys growing up in San Francisco. Comedian and native San Franciscan Yayne Abeba started riding Muni by herself when she was 7, along with all her relatives ages 1 to 6.

“Muni was our baby sitter, and I learned a lot of life lessons on it,” she says. As a child, you could find Yayne dancing and singing her way around San Francisco with the San Francisco Children’s Opera. In 1995, she began studying with Jean Shelton at the Jean Shelton actor’s lab. She was bitten by the comedy bug in 1999 at Tony Spark’s Luggage Store.
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With a little help from my friends on Muni

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Sometimes taking the bus is just a good reality check that even strangers have your back. Here are a couple of people bringing the real world to you on Muni:

  • Super nice guy on #SFMuni pointed out MAC pop up shop as we passed cuz he noticed I was putting on MAC makeup. What a doll
  • Guy leaning into the 71: “Everyone on this bus needs to quit their job and freak out.” O.o
  • All it takes is one #SFMuni ride to raise your level of compassion or to erase it completely.
  • OH on #SFMuni: an older woman asking people, “can you give me some advice? What should I do for the rest of my life?”

This week’s Things on Muni is brought to you by @katlovee, @NgLouiseSF, @BarbeauMark, and @rachelalonso. Follow and tag  Muni Diaries on Twitter to see your own tweet featured on the site every Friday.

Photo by Insa Keilbach

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