Your place to share stories on and off the bus.
Photo by Flickr user bsii
This post on SF Gate about changes in management and oversight of TransLink got us wondering: How is the mostly universal transit-payment system working out for you?
We’ve yet to take the plunge and get cards for ourselves, so please, let us know in comments.
Riders Nick and Lisa were generous enough to share with us the story of how they met…on BART! They were BART commuters who, conveniently (dear readers, you will see the importance of this fact later in the story), parked their cars at the station.
The story goes:
Nick and Lisa both rode the BART train to work everyday. Too shy to say hello or even smile, they continued for months quietly admiring each other without a peep.
Nick told a few close friends about the “BART girl,” while Lisa decided to keep everything about the “BART boy” a secret.
Then one day, as Nick was heading down the escalator, Lisa happened to be walking up the adjoining staircase. Lisa decided to casually look up to catch a glimpse. She found Nick looking back at her with the cutest smile on his face.
Blushing, Lisa smiled back.
After this brief encounter, however, their schedules seemed to conflict, and they did not see each other for several weeks.
Lisa proposed to herself a bold plan sure to capture Nick’s attention. She decided to leave an anonymous note on Nick’s car that read, “YOU ARE A CUTIE. HI.” Simple. Honest. Bold but not scary. She wrote a note and took a chance.
Two days later, as Lisa was walking to her car at the BART station, she noticed Nick sitting in his car. He smiled. He waved. He took off. Lisa got to her car and discovered a note on HER car that read, “No, I think YOU’RE the Cutie. And TAG, You’re IT. 219-0398. Nick. P.S. And if this is the wrong car, please disregard.”
Nick waited patiently for a call from Lisa, hoping she was the one who put the note on his car, and not some crazy stalker.
The conversation lasted four hours that first night. After an amazing first date, a lick of approval from Pixel [the dog], and a wonderful two-year relationship replete with secretly stashed love notes, Nick surprised Lisa by proposing to her on July 8th, their two-year anniversary.
Lisa and Nick got married in August, 2005. They shared the story above in their wedding invitation.
All together now. “Aww! (Sigh!)” More happy BART stories? We heart it ever so much.
Photo by Flickr user Kanaka’s Paradise Life
Ah, Missed Connections. How we love thee. We peruse thy pages with flight and fancy, and come away bemused or enthralled (throttled, even, perhaps), filled with blush and bluster, enamored and amused.
Our picks for Muni-related missed connections of the past week:
Thanks for helping me find the N this morning (Sunday) – m4w (downtown / civic / van ness)
I wasn’t trying to hit on you this morning in the civic center muni station, but after I talked to you I realized that I should have been. I think you’re beautiful and would love to know what you do when you’re not running races or marathons. I was the guy in the white shirt, trying to think of something good to say to you while waiting to see if the N line was still running.
Ha! “wasn’t trying to hit on you” is, like, the oldest one in the book. Go, bro!
Blonde girl on the muni, got off at Montgomery! – m4w – 26
What’s up!
Saw you on Muni; you wore a white v-neck shirt with jeans at about 1:30 PM – we rode a few stops together and got off at Montgomery station together. I didn’t notice how awesome you looked until we both got off and started walking upstairs!
Me: fit Hawaiian kid with orange long-sleeve shirt and black jeans with black sunglasses
Just wanna chat over coffee 😉
Okay, two things here: Nice unintentional (I think) double-meaning in the title, dude. And the enthusiastic, “What’s up!” is really endearing.
I see you everywhere in your sweatshirt and shorts – m4m – 24 (nob hill)
It’s hilarious at this point how many times I’ve seen you all over the city– Duboce Triangle, Nob Hill, downtown, muni.
We both clearly enjoy the flirtation of it all, but I have to ask when it’s going to happen.
Let me know. 🙂
Hmm. Sweatshirt and shorts, huh. This could be anybody!
Send us your Muni Missed Connections. And stay tuned as we pick out the best Missed Connections of the week.
Photo by Twitter user a_w_r
Update: 12:15. Turned out it was a bomb scare, KCBS reports. Phew! Streets are being reopened.
Original post:
KCBS is reporting that streets around the Transbay Terminal are closed and people are being evacuated due to…ready for this? A suspicious package found on a Muni bus.
More from KCBS:
The driver of the bus—now parked in front of the terminal near First and Second Streets—told KCBS reporter Doug Sovern at the scene she noticed an item a passenger had left behind that aroused her suspicions.
She described the item as something bigger than a backpack. An alert was issued to every transit agency in the country last week to be on guard for potential backpack bombs after the terrorism-related arrests in New York and Denver.
SFAppeal has street closure information, which impacts the 5, 6, 10, 14, 38, and 108. At 11:20 a.m., AlertSF posted that people should avoid the area for the next 90 minutes, stay inside and avoice windows and glassed areas.
BART rider John sent us this photo of a cyclist and his bike taking up four seats. I have a feeling that our dear Muni Manner ladies would have something to say about this! Cyclists and riders, what’s the appropriate etiquette for bringing the velo on BART?
Reader @catchfoot sent us this picture of the fire on Kearny near the Broadway-Columbus area this morning and told us that inbound buses are being rerouted. SFAppeal reports that the fire started at the sushi restaurant Matcha and spread up the block. No one appears to be injured.
In other news, a tour bus rear ended the 9X this morning in SOMA but the area has been cleared.