Your place to share stories on and off the bus.
I’m gonna venture a guess here and propose that playing a cello on a moving bus is not all that easy. That it in fact requires levels of skill that you and I don’t have. Most of us, anyway.
And of course now I want audio of this.
Via chriztmettel: “Only in San Francisco.”
The night you get to commiserate with your fellow Muni riders and remember again why you love San Francisco all over again is back! Twice a year, we turn Muni Diaries into a live show where writers, comedians, poets, and everyday riders tell stories that are so good, they can only happen on Muni.
On Saturday, April 5, come to the Elbo Room to celebrate everything unexpected that can happen from point A to point B on just one bus ride.
We are bringing back our new Muni Haiku champion, Jesse James, in his first battle to defend his crown. You’ll also hear stories from SFGate’s Peter Hartlaub, science writer Annalee Newitz, comedian Kate Willett, and TMI Storytelling‘s own Gina Gold. For this show we’re inviting a surprise Muni insider whose story you’ve gotta hear! We’ll announce the full lineup soon, so grab your tickets now!
Plus, bring your own 2-minute Muni story for a chance to win some awesome prizes from local businesses.
Muni Diaries Live
Buy Advance Tickets
Sat., Apr. 5, doors: 6 p.m., show: 7 p.m.
Elbo Room
647 Valencia Street, San Francisco
Take Muni there: J-Church, 12, 14, 22, 33, 49, or BART: 16th or 24th St. stations
St. Patrick’s Day Parade
On Saturday, the St. Patrick’s Day Parade will be held on Market Street.
Starting at 10 a.m. the parade units will gather along 2nd Street between Market and Brannan streets. At 11:30 a.m. the parade will move west along Market Street to McAllister Street and proceed west to Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place and south to Grove Street where the parade will disband.
To ensure traffic flows on Mission, Howard, Folsom, Harrison, Bryant and Brannan streets, cross traffic will be allowed along the staging area of 2nd Street until the parade begins. Traffic along these streets will resume as soon as the parade units pass.
Market Street between 1st Street and Van Ness Avenue will be closed to traffic beginning at 11 a.m. There will be no cross traffic along Market Street during the parade which should end by 3 p.m. Streets will reopen as the marchers pass and the streets are cleaned. The reviewing stand will be on Carlton B. Goodlett Place.
The following Muni lines and routes will be affected by the parade as early as 10 a.m.:
F Market
2 Clement
5 Fulton
6 Parnassus
8X Bayshore Express
9 San Bruno
10 Townsend
12 Folsom Pacific
19 Polk
21 Hayes
27 Bryant
30 Stockton
31 Balboa
38/38L Geary
45 Union-Stockton
71 Haight-Noriega
Muni customers wishing to see the parade or who otherwise want to go downtown are advised to take Muni Metro.
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Photo by string_bass_dave
SFMTA’s plan to triple the cost of riding F-Market streetcars was a pesky one. It died a swift death this afternoon, and there was much rejoicing (“yey”). SFGate has the story.
Photo by Jeremy Brooks
Last week, we learned that “#sfmuni” and “#muni” were the two most popular hashtags around here. I recently went through the @munidiaries archives, and discovered that you guys’ favorite Muni topic was—surprise!—what it smells like.
To honor you, Muni’s smell-reporting set, we bring you the week in Muni smells.
#munismells, anyone?
This week’s roundup brought to you @faithy, @privildeged, @ImekaSF, and @hollyleach. Contribute your Muni stories, smells or other, to @munidiaries. You won’t be sorry.
Photo by SJL