Throwback Thursday: Spread-out dogs on Muni
Going aaaaaaaaallllll the way back to 2015 and inspiring cries of “I have never!” these pups riding the bus on Mission Street DGAF.
h/t @Candicainn via SFMTAsucks
Category: Aww: Cute on Muni
Muni-riding boy’s Transformer costume is everything we need on a rainy day
Soggy weather getting you down? Just take one look at Wes and his school robot project, OptimusWes, and we promise everything will seem all right again! There definitely needs to be more Transformer costumes on Muni.
Thank you to @4fifteen on Instagram for today’s little spot of sunshine.
Service dog rides Muni like a boss
You’re not allowed to disagree, either.
Muni rider Erin shared this morsel of cute over on the Muni Diaries Facebook page: “Service dog on the 43 Masonic sitting nicer than most humans”
A chance encounter on the ‘old 55-Sacramento’
This is one to tell your grandkids. Muni rider Davy sent us the following:
So, as I‘m getting on the bus today and attempting to scan my Clipper card on the bus’s meter by the back stairwell, the bus driver decides to gun it up the hill, and I suddenly find myself holding onto the metal grab rail for life, completely sideways, my whole upper half now almost completely in the lap of a white-haired 80ish lady in a leopard-print overcoat who’s sitting in the seat facing me. Her lipstick is very red. Somehow I am able to maintain my equilibrium and rectify the situation with some major coaxing and deft calibration of my person, and soon am sitting quite comfortably in the seat next to the elderly lady. In a strange, low voice she says (I’m not sure at first to whom it’s directed), “San Francisco used to have a county fair.”
I look at her. “…um…what?”
Her teeth are stained with lipstick and her white hair is slicked straight back. “San Francisco used to have a county fair.”
“Oh.”
“This bus line was called the 55-Sacramento back then. And they used to have an event called ‘Surfing The 55.’ You would’ve been a star.”
“Thanks.”
I haven’t felt this good about myself in a long, long while.
San Francisco history, old, retired Muni lines, strangers sharing stories with each other … more of this, please. Thanks for sharing, Davy!
Photo by Marc Tarlock
Do you love Muni and coloring books?
Muni LRVs dukin’ it out with insect cars in the mean, mean “streets of San Francisco”? And I can take my crayons to this war scene? What did I do to deserve this?
Awesome illustrator and friend of Muni Diaries Josh Ellingson (he of Municipal Railway Co. toilet seat cover) dropped this sick coloring sheet on Patreon the other day. Here’s what he has to say about his masterpiece:
“It’s time to get your crayons out again! Here’s a coloring sheet version of my 2005 piece, “MUNI vs. Taxi”. The eternal battle continues on, even today. Who will win? YOU WIN, because this is a freebie! If you like my coloring sheets, please consider pledging any amount to my Patreon campaign and I’ll keep making more.”
Now I’m having visions of a coloring party … 2016, you’re not so bad after all.
h/t Josh Ellingson
Karma rewards good Samaritan with the best 38-Geary ride
Here’s evidence that karma really rewards random kindness. Muni rider Dave said that he had possibly his best ride on the 38-Geary when he decided to help a woman carry her heavy groceries from the bus.
This evening, I was honored to help a woman named Maral carry her groceries home from the bus stop. Maral is preparing for a party on Sunday and after spending the whole day shopping for groceries, she ended up with more than she could carry.
“The bread is light,” she said, “but the pork and vegetables are so heavy.”
Maral is from Armenia, and her husband is recovering from successful open heart surgery three months ago.
“I went to the hospital and I yelled at him him, ‘You do not die yet! You do not die!’ And, he did not die.” She laughed. “I did not even cry.” Then she paused. “Actually, I cry a lot. But not at the hospital.”
Maral told Dave more about her life on their way back to her house, and even tries to offer Dave some money for being such a nice guy (of course he said no). Read the rest of his story on Medium, and see a photo of two new friends who met on the Muni.
Photo by @jeffro9ers