Tweet Your Ride to the Giants game, Get a Beer Holster 06.23.11
Photo by Keoki Seu
Include an #sfgiants hashtag, and @munidiaries, @bartdiaries, or @caltraindiaries at the end of your tweet to make sure we put your name in the hat, and follow us on Twitter to find out the winner.
Again, to recap:
I mean, seriously, all you gotta do is tweet at us about your ride and you get this:
If you want a more children-friendly prize, we also have an adorable Muni Diaries baby onesie and a gift bag of Chronicle Books to give away to two more winners who tweet their Giants ride to us.
Fine print: anyone who tweets their Giants ride at @munidiaries, @bartdiaries, and @caltraindiaries is eligible. We won’t be able to retweet all of you because we’ll be too busy woo-hooing our beloved World Series champions at the game, but rest assured that your name will be in the hat for the three prizes. We’ll announce the winner here and on Twitter on Saturday.
So keep your eyes peeled and ears open for great fan photos, overheard shenanigans, and other happenings on your ride to AT&T Park, and share what you see.
Mr. Eric Sir’s idea about Nat Ford’s severance 06.22.11
Local internet wunderdude, Mr. Eric Sir, has a right splendid idea for how Nat Ford’s now-approved $384,000 severance package should be paid out. Read more at Mr. Eric Sir’s site.
Muni and the literature it spawns 06.22.11
Photo by Heather Champ
My fave:
Riding the Geary express
A lady cried out in distress
“A man in this seat
Was stroking his meat!
T’was impressive, but I digress”
And who can forget the lovable Muni Haiku Project?
Ahead of yesterday’s SFMTA board meeting that, among other things, concerned itself with outgoing chief Nat Ford’s severance package, former Rescue Muni member Herbert J. Weiner sent us this tome:
Nat Ford
Your Run is OverSuccess and Failure
Failure:
You have left
MTA worse thanyou found it Transit
First: Riders motorists
bus and taxi drivers
frail and elderly lastSuccess: You threw so
many under the wheels
Perhaps the most
skillful driver youweaved in and out of
critics City Hall and
improvements that
could have been madebringing quiet peaceful
streets to an end
cutting and eliminating
runs so crucial tothe frail and sick
So many thrown under
the wheels Now the
wheels welcome youbut not the victims
Your bus has finally
crashed Your run is
over You must leaveby the rear doors
With luck they won’t
slam on you
There’s even a site dedicated to what people are reading while riding Muni. Check out Between the Lines. And earlier this month, we told you about Raymond, the Muni poet laureate.
Are you aware of other intersections of Muni and literature? Let us know!
Write a job description for the next Nat Ford 06.22.11
Photo by Bryan
So, if you had to write a job description for the next No.1 and No.2 at SFMTA, what would it be?
Commenter Susan had some ideas:
Criteria:
1- has to ride muni (and pay the $2 fee to get their fastpass loaded on clipper)
2 – has to buy a $100/year parking permit, and pay all their parking tickets
3 – has to take taxis (if they aren’t on strike) 1 time a week – probably when Muni fails – to realize how difficult it is to get a taxi.
“You too shall feel our pain,” right?
What do you think? Write us your job description for the next Nat Ford!
Muni Time Capsule: Old Streetcars of SF 06.21.11
Photo courtesy Bernal History Project
Over on Muni Time Capsule today, we posted a couple photos of old streetcars and cable cars that used to run up and down the hills of San Francisco. Check it out over at Muni Time Capsule.
Thanks, Bernalwood.
Muni News: Cameras on Muni, More Nat Ford, NX-Judah Express Bus 06.21.11
- Can Muni Drivers Make You Stow Your Camera Phone? (SF Appeal, hint: NO)
- Nathaniel Ford’s severance likely to be approved today (SF Examiner)
- Pay Nat Ford His Money and Get Him Out of Here (SF Weekly)
- BART plan to run wee-hour Saturday trains in doubt (SFGate)
- Despite Growing Unrest, Nat Ford’s Golden Parachute Is All But Assured (SF Appeal)
- First week of N-Judah Express bus called a success by Muni officials (SF Examiner)
- Muni’s No. 2 in charge resigns (City Insider)
Getting hitched? Let Muni be your limo 06.21.11
Photo by Stacy Horner
Photo by Stacy Horne
We’ve seen our share of sweet wedding moments on Muni. Did you meet a special someone on the bus? Let us know.
Get Yourself to “Art Is Getting (T)Here” 06.20.11
In the curator’s own words, the show focuses on “themes of transportation, journey, process, destination, road less traveled; whatever transporting means to you.”
At the show you can find great photography, mixed media work, installation art, and just generally really well-curated art by local artists. And we’ve set up a small Muni Diaries station for you to share your own tales of transportation!
A little sneak peek for you:
by Faern
by David Fullarton
by Gianluca Franzese
Art I.S. getting (t)here will be taking over the gallery space at Everybody Bikes from June 18 to August 13. Follow the show on Twitter @artinnersunset.
Details:
Art I.S. getting (t)here
1288 15th Ave (and Irving)
The gallery is open every weekend. If you want to see the show during the week, contact Tanya or Faern on the Art I.S. getting (t)here website.
Featuring artists:
Kris Engel
Faern
David Fullarton
Gianluca Franzese
Devin Keller
Victoria Kartashova
Lauren Crabbe
Christopher Macolino
Anna Marie Panlilio
Cristina Isabel Rivera
Frank Rodriguez
Adam Smith
Tanya Marie Vlach
Do you BART SF? 06.20.11
Photo by Jeffrey Doker
Bernalwood alerts us to a new shirt that celebrates our public transportation system: “I BART SF”!
They are also available as mugs, hoodies, or children’s shirts.
Pretty cool stuff.
Inside Muni Mission Control 06.20.11
Hmmm yeah.
Totally kidding, of course. Telstar Logistics photochopped this picture from NASA’s Space Shuttle mission control facility. But I like his wishful thinking.
Ride Muni like a boss. Our Fast Pass Clipper card holders and Muni Diaries T-shirts are all on sale 
