Best Photo Diary of 2010: Every Day Is Caturday

My choice for favorite photo diary of 2010 goes to Jaymi Heimbuch. The original post featuring this photo and one other is here: Screw Monday: Every Day Is Caturday

Much to Jeff’s chagrin, I love cats. But I probably love cats on Muni even more. Every cat I’ve ever known hated being moved, be it in a bag, a car, or just about anything that wasn’t self-propelled. Cat on a leash? Forget it. Given all that, I was struck by how calm and collected this one looks. All in all, I found it impossible not to smile at this one.

The cute internet (or, rather, teh cute internets) has us all by the balls, it’s true.

This week, the editors of Muni Diaries will be sharing our picks for favorite diaries and photos of 2010. Diaries will run in the mornings, and photos in the afternoon. We also want you to tell us your favorites from this year. Feel free to use the archive drop-down over on the right to peruse the offerings. Let us know in the comments or via email. We’ll share reader favorites all day on Friday.

Best of 2010: Letter From an Operator’s Wife

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Photo by bhautik joshi

This week, the editors of Muni Diaries will be sharing our picks for favorite diaries and photos of 2010. Diaries will run in the mornings, and photos in the afternoon. We also want you to tell us your favorites from this year. Feel free to use the archive drop-down over on the right to peruse the offerings. You’ll see, like we did, that it’s not always easy, but it’s definitely always entertaining.

Let us know in the comments or via email. We’ll share reader favorites all day on Friday.

And without further ado, Tara gets the first editor’s favorite diary: Letter No. 2 From a Muni Operator’s Wife. Here’s what she had to say about this post from May 12:

It’s not all poop stories here on Muni Diaries, nor is it even just a showcase for the silly, weird, and gross that forces brings us together (aww). Sometimes, it serves a purpose beyond entertainment, like opening the lines of communication between the angry public and the drivers we bag on. The post comprised a letter from a Muni driver’s wife and 22 comments back and forth. Sure, comments on contentious issues can trend toward personal and passionate, and we keep a pretty careful eye on it to ensure it doesn’t devolve into YouTube or, ahem, SFGate. Even so, this post provided a perspective we don’t often, if ever, get to see on the site, and I was glad to have it.

Tell us your favorite diary and photo of 2010 in the comments, or share a new tale of life aboard Muni.

At Least It’s Not Snow

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Phoot by Alexandra Jones

Think our recent spat of rain is bad? At least we’re not snowed in inside a subway tunnel like these poor New Yorkers. They reportedly waited for hours in the tunnel with out heat or food. Rueters reports via SFGate:

“Passengers have been stuck for several hours on two New York City subway trains stalled in snow drifts near Kennedy Airport.

NYC Transit spokesman Charles Seaton says that snow drifts and ice on the third rail have stalled trains at two stops in Queens, north and south of Kennedy Airport.”

Yipes.

Holiday Photos: The Goods

Santas & A Christmas Carol at Castro muni station
Photo by Steve Rhodes

We still kinda can’t believe it’s already Christmastime. We at Muni Diaries wish you a merry one! Keep your Muni stories coming! Next week, we’ll be sharing our favorite diaries and photos of the year, and asking you to let us know your favorites. Stay tuned.

This (short) week in Muni news:

  • 14-Year-Old Girl Robbed at Gunpoint While Waiting for Muni (BCN via SF Appeal)
  • How Can San Francisco Spend $829K on Two Kiosks? Here’s How. (SF Weekly)
  • Muni pickpocketing might ease (SF Examiner)

And don’t forget to check out this week’s Muni Time Capsule post, which takes a look back at the magical post-war year of 1947.

1818 Merry Christmas
Photo by Brandon Doran

Retro by Christo
Photo by Telstar Logistics

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