Muni Time Capsule: Tug-Metro Pulls Its Predecessor to Pasture 02.10.12
Image from a video by Jeremy W.
Over at Muni Time Capsule this morning, we bring video and photos of a scene earlier in the week. Using a two-car Breda LRV, Muni tugged one of its few remaining old Boeing streetcars from Mint Yard (behind Safeway on Market) to Metro Yard (near Balboa Park).
Click on over to Muni Time Capsule to learn more of Muni’s past.
Hot Valentine’s Day Contest on our Facebook Page 02.08.12
Photo by David Lytle
Hey you. Yeah, you. The one making come hither eyes at me across the aisle on the J-Church. Muni Diaries is looking for your tales of love and lust aboard public transit. Aside from instant fame and exhibitionism, you could win a goodie bag from Good Vibrations. Yep. Mhm.
Head over to the Muni Diaries Facebook, like us, and let the e-ink spill. Post your best fatal attraction story there, tell your friends to like your story, then hold your breath.
You have until midnight on Feb. 13 to enter. The winner will be announced on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14.
Muni Diaries Live! This Saturday! 01.16.12
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.
And you can win goodies from Timbuk2, Tacolicious, and SFLocal.net.
Advanced tickets are on sale now, so grab one quick before they’re gone. We can’t wait to see you!
The Accordion Files — Cool Things in Muni’s Squishy Part 01.05.12
Photo by Frank Deanrdo
Then, @SF_CableCar offered this suggestion:
Fun! Maybe you should start a section dedicated to unusual happenings in the accordion part of the bus & call it ‘The Accordion Files.’
Cable cars have the best ideas. Ask and ye shall receive.
Forget the back of the bus; sit in the gooey center and tell us what’s happening in it. You, too, might find great shoes or, as Jeff did a few years ago, a guy who rubs his snot on the handrail. Ew!
This idea couldn’t have come at a better time. On the 38 recently, I sat in the accordion and wondered what would happen if I and the three others had to make like Sandra Bullock and save the bus or even the world. Indeed, what if I, the lady praying her rosary, the girl with 80 shopping bags in the aisle, and the impeccably dressed older gentleman were humanity’s only hope? The accordion does wacky things to a lone rider with a dead phone.
Though we may never see that level of excitement, we still want to hear about it. Email us, tweet us @munidiaries, or chat us up on the Muni Diaries Facebook Page.
TEP Environmental Review Meetings Today and Tomorrow 12.06.11
SFMTA has announced that it has prepared its Transit Effectiveness Project (TEP) for environmental review. It is holding public meetings this evening and tomorrow so you can get a sense of the proposal as it exists today.
Details:
One South Van Ness Ave., Floor 2
6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, December 6, and Wednesday, December 7
More info on the meetings here. More on TEP here.
Art Show Tonight, Starring Muni 12.01.11
You can see her show all December. The opening party starts at 5:30 p.m. tonight.
Reuse, Recycle, Refurbish
Opening reception on Thursday, December 1st, 5:30-7:30 pm
625 Sutter Street Gallery
625 Sutter Street, San Francisco
Take Muni there: 2, 3, 38, 76, or the cable car if you feel fancy
Photographers Wanted: Step Up to Shoot for ‘I Live Here: SF’ 11.29.11
Photo: Julie Michelle/tangobaby
As big believers in the shared urban experience, as well as the idea that everyone has a story to tell, we’re all peas in a curious pod.
Now, Julie turns the lens inward as she navigates troubled waters, sharing a little about herself:
I love this city. I love it for all of the things that make it visually and emotionally beautiful. I even love the unpleasant things about the city, in a way. Because no thing shines as brightly without a shadow somewhere in the picture.
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I realize now that this project is not just mine, but part of the bigger community here: the one that has encouraged and supported me, and also one that wanted to share and be discovered.
There are people who have written stories and are waiting on me to photograph them, and I simply cannot say when that will happen again. But I want their stories and images to be shared here, and perhaps some of you would like to join in.
Photographers: if this sounds like you, let Julie know you’re interested in stepping up to the plate for an installment of I Live Here: SF. Here’s contact info for Julie Michelle, plus additional details, toward the bottom of her post.
Black Friday Sale: Fast-Pass Card Holders, T-Shirts 25% Off! 11.25.11
No, really, why don’t people just buy stuff online for this “holiday,” with jammies and heater on? Good thing your favorite website allows you to do just that.
So, the great news for you, your favorite San Franciscan, transit-lover, or all of the above:
Support local artists and show your uber-San Francisconess this holiday season. Our Muni Diaries T-shirt is designed by New Skool’s Nate1, bearing an important message: long live the Fast Pass! Clipper Card holders — each featuring a 100-percent-real Fast Pass – are crafted by Heather L at Heathered.
Because as much as we all love to bag on Muni, we do love us some San Francisco.
Fast Pass Shirts Are Back! 10.13.11
Dudes: your beloved Fast Pass shirts are back in stock at the Muni Diaries Etsy store! This design is by Nate1 at New Skool — more shirts in more women’s sizes are also available at Secession Art and Design on Mission and 30th Street.
Grab one and show your San Francisco local pride!
Fast Pass Clipper Card Holders Are Back! 10.05.11
They’re back! Our second-generation Clipper card holders are once again available now in the Muni Diaries Etsy store. They were lovingly crafted by Heather L. — with tough vinyl to protect the real Fast Passes on the cover, and your Clipper Card (or whatever you wish) inside these cool wallets.
Each Fast Pass Clipper Card holder features an image of an old Muni map on the inside and back. Take another look.
The Clipper Card wallets are only $20, and I’ll wrap it up all pretty for you.
So, dress up your plain old Clipper Card. Get one of our Muni Diaries Fast Pass Clipper Card Holders on Etsy!
Ride Muni like a boss. Our Fast Pass Clipper card holders and Muni Diaries T-shirts are all on sale 
