Author: eugenia

Eugenia Chien has been eavesdropping on the 47, 49, or 1 lines since the mid-90's. She lives by the adage, "Anything can happen on Muni" (and also, "That's not water.")

Hella Hot Again at Muni Diaries Live

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Photo by Flickr user Chipmonkey

More than 100 of you spent Friday night with us, doubling over laughing at BART driver Kelly Beardsley’s impersonation of a hapless German tourist and singing along to McPuzo and Trotsky’s 38 Geary song. For those of you who didn’t make it to the hot Make-Out Room that night (or couldn’t make it in due to capacity reasons – our apologies), let me give you a little taste of the ridiculously fun night.

Our favorite burlesque cheerleading squad, The Cock-Ts, kicked off our third spoken word party at the Make-Out Room with Muni cheers written especially for us. Their misguided counselor, Coach Chester, had a few faux-‘stache malfunctions, but that didn’t faze varsity cheerleaders EZ-Martini, Dizzy Disaster, and Lil Biscuit.


Photo by Flickr user Chipmonkey

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Weekend Photos: See you tonight

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Muni under the ramp 2
Photo by Flickr user kimchidonut

This week was particularly rollercoastery in the Muni news department. Some highlights:

– Over the weekend: Muni bus operator sent to hospital following attack (CBS 5)
– Value of stolen copper wire from Sunset Tunnel: $60-66. (SF Weekly)
– MTC report shows dismal future for transit operators (Streetsblog SF)
– Muni operator becomes second female ‘gripman’ in cable car history (Examiner)
– SFMTA board approves two-year budget by 4-3 vote; Muni cuts extended (Streetsblog SF)
– Pedestrian Dies Following Muni Accident at Mission and Beale (SF Appeal)
– Wall Street Journal asks: What grade would you give NextBus?
– Muni service cuts (see fifth item, above) could be pared back (City Insider)
– Man killed by Muni light-rail vehicle at Castro Station (SF Appeal)

Whew! What a weird, shitty, wonderful week it was. It’ll be capped off by Eugenia and The Poetry Store‘s Silvi on Pirate Cat Radio today at 5, and of course, Muni Diaries Live! Breaking It Down at the Make-Out Room at 7:30. See you there!

Muni Wires Against the Sky
Photo by Flickr user Generik11

Creamed Cheese
Photo by Flickr user Whole Wheat Toast

Big Brother Is Watching You
Photo by Flickr user B4YK1D5

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Person Killed by Muni Train at Castro Station (w/update)

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Update: (9:41 p.m.): Twitter follower justinberton sends the photo above. joem sends the photo below, of the back-up scene on Market Street.

Original post: A pedestrian on the tracks at the Castro station was apparently killed by a Muni train this afternoon, the SFAppeal reports:

SFFD Spokesperson Lt. Mindy Talmadge confirms to the Appeal that the fire department was called to Castro Station at 4:40 this afternoon, after a pedestrian on the tracks was apparently hit by a Muni train.

“We’re not sure how he got on the tracks” Talmadge said “we attempted to revive him and when it was evident that he had expired, we called the Medical Examiner.”

Some riders reported being stuck in the trains for 40 minutes or more, according to the report (see more updates from the SFAppeal).

KCBS also reports the fatality.

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Meet Our Resident Poet

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Poet Silvi from The Poetry Store sent me this beautiful poem about chance meetings on Muni. I’m undeniably charmed. Look at what she drew on the back of the poem:

Want your very own poem or one for the bus cutie who caught your eye? The Poetry Store will be at Muni Diaries Live! Breaking It Down this Friday so you can get your own custom-made poem written on the fly! Look for Silvi, stationed with her typewriter, at the Make-Out Room: “in three minutes or less, you will have your poem–as spontaneous as combustion and as original as bergamot and balsamic on your ice cream.”

I’m totally sold. You?

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On the air at 5 p.m. today: Muni serendipity

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morning's time to get to work.
Photo by Julie Michelle of i live here:SF. Julie’s part of an photo opening tonight at Secession Gallery.

I’m doing something really fun today at 5 p.m., but before I tell you what it is, I’ve got to thank Muni for hooking me up:

Two Fridays ago, I was on the 27 with a friend when a man got on the bus with an arm load of dry cleaning he just picked up. With one hand holding his cell phone to his ear and the other holding his dry cleaning, the man casually hung his clothes on the metal hand rail and sat in front of us, the whole time talking on his cell. My friend and I thought it was a really cute and funny thing to do, and this made us and another passenger chuckle. This passenger took out his cell phone to take a few pictures of the laundry hanging in front of us, so of course I told him all about Muni Diaries and asked him to send me the photos, which we posted here.

The passenger, Mike, turned out to be a writer who was on his way to Pirate Cat Radio to talk about his work. Later that evening, I found that Mike had told Pirate Cat Radio’s Pam Benjamin about Muni Diaries, and Pam was kind enough to email me to introduce herself.

And today at 5 p.m., I’ll be at Pirate Cat Cafe talking to Pam and Diamond Dave on their program, Common Threads, about Muni Diaries! How meta is that? Please listen if you get the chance.

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