The Next Day: Left Behind on Muni
Via Muni rider Cynthia: “Trick or treat? Guy just hurried out of the back of the #5L and left behind corn. No, seriously, corn.”
Halloween on Muni and BART
Photo by bwinegarner. Robert and Ginger (seen here as a lion) were at our 2012 event at Harvey Milk Photo Center!
Ah, Halloween. Shutting down the annual party in the Castro did nothing to dampen the spirits of San Francisco adults who dress up this day as though they don’t dress up any of the other 364 days each year. Enjoy!
Photo by Brandon Young
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A Flower Grows on Muni
Are you a glass-half-empty type? Of course you are. You live in San Francisco. You ride Muni. You have company.
But even for the most cynical among us, this submission from Muni rider D is cute, fluffy, and vaguely hopeful:
“As I was riding home on an outbound 38 Geary yesterday I glanced out the window and spotted this rather unusual ‘tag.'”
Maybe it was fertilized by, well, never mind.
Haiku, Ukulele, and More: Muni Diaries Live Full Lineup!
Muni stories are best enjoyed over a drink or two with your fellow riders, so come on down to the Elbo Room on Saturday, Nov. 9, for an evening of hilarity and commuter-bonding. Today we’re releasing the full lineup for our 10th show! You’ll hear tales from:
- The righteous and hilarious comedian Nato Green.
- Filmmaker and maestro of the toy piano, H.P. Mendoza
- Culture blogger and Bay Arean extraordinaire Beth Spotswood
- Writer and 22-Fillmore regular Tarin Towers
- Story maven Kay DeMartini
- Muni song by the splendid Female Trouble
- And the third Muni Haiku Competition, with reigning champion James Nestor doing battle audience favorite Jesse James!
We’re also giving the best audience storyteller a gift certificate to Tony’s Pizza Napoletana and merch from local indie favorite Lucky Jesus, so get your stories ready!
If you’ve never been to one of our shows before, check out the recap of MDLs past to get a flavor of Muni Diaries Live.
Grab a ticket now and invite your friends!
Details:
Muni Diaries Live
Sat., Nov. 9, doors: 6:30, show: 7 p.m. Tickets: $12.
Buy advance tickets
Elbo Room
647 Valencia Street, San Francisco
Take Muni there: J-Church, 12, 14, 22, 33, 49, or BART: 16th or 24th St stations
Facebook invitation
Event graphic above by Craig Fowler Design.
Ride adorable old Muni buses this weekend!
Photo courtesy Market Street Railway
What’s that? You didn’t think Muni could be cute? Like, no way in hell?
Think again, curmudgeon. This Saturday and Sunday mark Muni Heritage Weekend. SFMTA and Market Street Railway will operate vintage buses, a special cable car, and a few old streetcars from 10 a.m. to 5 both days, giving the public a chance to see how far we’ve come from the old days [insert your cynical jokes here].
The old buses will leave from the San Francisco Railway Museum on Steuart Street between Market and Mission streets, near the Ferry Building and Embarcadero.
No matter what your plans are this weekend, you should totally do this.
For more info on the vehicles that will return to operation this weekend, visit Market Street Railway.
Muni Metro lines personified
Your Muni route is totally a person. A flawed, wonderful, terrible, smelly person full of flaws and smelly people. But dependable, ultimately. Right?
Julian of Seismogenic has taken that idea hella steps forward. He conjured the characters you see above to represent Muni Metro’s seven lines.
The T-Third and the K-Ingleside. They’re that couple. You know the one. Attached at the hip, refer to themselves as “we” and never “I,” really need to get a room that’s more private than West Portal. The K is spastic and erratic and generally nuts, with a bit of an evil streak. The T is used to dealing with a lot of mayhem, so he can handle the K’s neuroses most of the time. He’s generally pretty chill in the face of everything, unless there is baseball, at which point he flips his shit too.
OMG, they are “that couple.”
Check out the rest of Julian’s descriptions at his Tumblr.