Video Diary: Morning Commute
@CoryMoll sent us this video, and it reminds me: Sometimes it’s remarkable when nothing happens on Muni.
Was your morning commute this peaceful today? The rest of city sure is mellowing out ahead of Thanksgiving.
The Great Muni Shelter Giveaway (Update)
Photo by Alyssa Jones
(Update) Vote for who gets to take this Muni shelter home! Poll closes at 11:59 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 29. Winner will be announced at the I Live Here:SF closing reception on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 5-7 p.m. at SOMArts, 934 Brannan Street.
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You know that awesome Muni shelter that we’ve been talking about at SOMArts? The one that you’ve been covering with your stories and cartoon captions?
Well, it can be yours. Yes, seriously.
We are having perhaps our biggest give-away ever. The truth is that the Muni shelter at SOMArts needs a home in less than two weeks. And if you can haul it, it’s yours.
Think of the possibilities: BBQ under a real bus stop in your backyard. Bartend on the playa under a bonafide 30-Stockton bus stop. Dine al fresco on your front lawn, protected from the elements under the bus shelter. The shelter comes with a two-sided advertising space that actually works, and you can put anything you want in these huge light boxes. Currently photos of I Live Here:SF subjects Chloe and myself are in the advertising space.
Send us an email if you are interested in the bus shelter. But do it soon — we have until Dec. 2 to find the Muni shelter a new home.
Photo by Dan McKinley
Photo by annieinseattle
‘We can do this’ on the N-Judah
P.S. We know you’re not really working this week, so adjust the volume, put on the headphones, and enjoy Derek’s hilarious and possibly uplifting tale.
Time Running Out to Cover This Muni Shelter with Stories
You might already know that we scored a real Muni bus shelter for Julie Michelle’s I Live Here:SF exhibit at SOMArts this month, thanks to the generosity of the SFMTA. You can see photos of the bus shelter being delivered over at I Know Alyssa Jones.
On the bus shelter, we’ve provided some blank story cards so you can write your own Muni story and post it (yes, on real paper!). You can also caption some fun Muni cartoons by Michael Capozzola, who draws “Surveillance Caricatures” in the San Francisco Chronicle’s 96 Hours section.
We’ll be posting some of the stories and cartoon captions from the gallery here on Muni Diaries. I already saw some funny anecdotes and captions when I was at SOMArts this Saturday. So get over to the exhibit for Julie Michelle’s amazing photography, Chris Rusak‘s text-based art, and Rick Prelinger‘s Lost Landscapes film, and partake on a little Muni fun.
SOMArts (934 Brannan between 8th and 9th Streets) will be open this Tuesday and Wednesday from noon to 7 p.m., and then Tuesday, Nov. 30, for the closing night reception.
Muni bus shelter videogames
Roshan alerted us to this post on Funcheap SF about a Yahoo-sponsored “bus stop derby.” Here’s Johnny FC’s details:
And the best part?
At the end of the two-month derby (which ends January 28, 2011) the neighborhood with the most points earns a free concert with OK Go at a local [sic] avenue.
For more details and an active scoreboard, check out Yahoo’s Bus Stop Derby page. They’ve also got a map of participating bus stop shelters.
We expect nothing short of a flurry of reports on your game-playing prowess. We also welcome your comments of power outages, delays, urination, and other Muni-rific goings on in and around the games.
Play hard!
Weekend Photos: Shades of Black
Photo by Nick Fisher
- O’Shaughnessy’s Map Now Available at Market Street Railway Museum (Market Street Railway)
- Buses, bikes and businesses battle to be king of the road (SF Examiner)
- Busted vehicles dragging Muni down (SF Examiner)
- George Luong, Accused of Knifing Cable Car Operator, To Be Arraigned (SF Weekly)
- Muni board discussing contract to rehabilitate escalators (SF Examiner)
- Cause of Wednesday Night Derailment near Balboa Park Under Investigation (SF Examiner)
- “Sunday FunDay” — $2 All-Day Muni Pass on Sundays in December (FunCheap SF)
- Buses loaded: Giants’ playoff run costs Muni (SF Examiner)
Also, SF Public Press unveiled a set of Muni stories this week:
- Drivers take the heat for discontent of Muni riders
- Reporters’ Notebook: En route: 28-19th Avenue often off schedule
- Finding the slow buses
- Muni planners say speed to come from untangling messy streetscape
- Muni: In elusive quest for 85% on-time performance, computers are displacing eyes on the street (Video)
We’ve received a couple of great pictures of fashionable Muni riders, but in case you didn’t know about Fashion Friday and the great prize sponsored by Secession Art and Design, we’re extending the deadline for Fashion Friday until the first Friday of December. So keep the submissions coming!
Enjoy these black and white photographs and your weekend.
Photo by Brandon Doran
Photo by Jaymi Heimbuch
Photo by Mason Keeling