Three Bloggers Walk Into BART…
And the journey turns into the best BART ride ever.
From Brokeass Stuart, who always knows how to turn on the fun:
We were all coming back from Allan’s (from MissionMission) birthday in Oakland. Ariel (also from Mission Mission) started doing flips on BART and eventually there were like four people doing them at a time. It was awesome!
See the rest of the acrobatics (and the romantic connection they inspired) at MissionMission.
Conversation Bubble Over Bubble Shoes on Muni
Between one guy asking if they were comfortable (A: yes) and my friend wondering about the traction (A: surprisingly traction-y), the 22 shined as a mix of kind, curious, and fashion-forward. Shoe Gal was also a great sport, entertaining questions from four strangers and granting this photo op.
The deets on the footwear: plastic shoes from Brazilian company Melissa. Its proper name is the Melissa + Gaetano Pesce II Shoe, named for the Italian architect and designer.
Bold statement for sure; hot or not? They didn’t float my boat, personally, but these copper versions are growing on me.
Dude with tuba sousaphone instrument DEFINITELY in the tuba family on Muni, no bigs
Update (7:22 a.m., next day): I love the internet. And I’m a total idiot. That ain’t no tuba. It’s a sousaphone, as pointed out by, oh, hella commenters. Thanks, guys!
Original post: As spotted and tweeted by @emiliecole. On his way to marching band practice, maybe?
Muni Diaries Live Full Lineup
Illustration by Jay Sacher
- Stephen Elliott, author of The Adderall Diaries and editor of The Rumpus.
- Sal Castaneda, longtime KTVU traffic reporter and radio host.
- Glynn Washington, executive producer of NPR’s Snap Judgment.
- Caitlin Gill, comedian and spoken-word artist.
- Chloe Veltman, host and producer of public radio’s VoiceBox.
- Pinched Nerve. San Francisco musician who will be performing his song, “Back Door, Step Down!”
- Jan Richman, author of Thrill-Bent, a new novel about roller coasters and Tourette’s syndrome.
Don’t forget to ready your stories for the audience-participation portion. You might just win a bag from San Francisco’s own Timbuk2, a $50 gift card to Tacolicious, or cool (temporary) tattoos from SFLocal.net.
We’ll have transit goodies for sale by Secession Art and Design, and everyone in our audience gets a special show discount on Muni Diaries shirts and wallets.
This is gonna be good. We can’t wait to see you there.
Muni Diaries Live
Elbo Room
647 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
Take Muni there: J-Church, 12, 14, 22, 33, 49, or BART: 16th or 24th St stations
Sat., Jan. 21, doors: 6:30, show: 7 p.m. Tickets: $12.
Buy advance tickets
Event photography by Right Angle Images.
