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They used to do this, y’all. Back in the 1950s. This image is from December 1959.
Also, too: Look at West Portal back in the day!
Via Outsidelands courtesy of Jack Tillmany. SFMTA Photo Archives has a great black and white image of the station decorated for Christmas.
Photo by emichbe
Three feline friends permanently lounging on the back of your jacket, that’s what’s better than laser cat. @emichbe spotted this jacket on a fellow Muni rider, and as a cat lady myself, I am utterly charmed by this bold fashion move.
Oh, there’s also this amazing cat shirt we saw on Muni this summer. Now I think that my idea of carrying my cat’s whiskers in a little locket around my neck doesn’t sound so crazy…right? RIGHT?
It’s Thursday. In less than one week, it will be Christmas. Many of you are already vacation-bound, and good for you.
For the rest of us, like this four-legged beast, the destination is coming right up.
Via your fellow Muni rider Carlos. (The “play” button is on the top-left.)
Noting the coincidence, Fitz the Reporter found this old paper Muni Fast Pass in a book by Dave Eggers. What a find! I mean, who knew that books still existed?
Fast Passes have, of course, gone extinct. But you can still wrap your icky Clipper Card in a Fast Pass with the card holders available in the Muni Diaries Etsy store!
Photo by duluoz cats
Muni rider Chale has further proof that you never know what you’ll experience when riding around town.
On the N-Judah, a mother and daughter came up to me and said they were admiring my shoes from afar. I told them one of my secrets: second-hand stores have some of the best designer dress-up heels and these are one of my favorite pairs, and they started laughing saying they totally agree.
Suddenly, a Goodwill truck passed by us and the mom yelled for it to stop so we could rob it. The daughter, who is in her 20s, was wearing a great pair of huge dark sunglasses, which I told her that I loved, and she lifted them up to show me a huge purple shiner on her right eye. This is why I’m wearing these, she says, its a cheerleading accident gone wrong. We all laugh and I tell her she still looks hot and possibly hotter with the black eye because it makes her look tough.
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Image by sclintonwoods via Uptown Almanac
Did you know that SF has a pro hockey team? You do now! They’re called the Bulls, an appropriate regional mascot. Seals, pigeons, and seagulls were already taken, I’m guessing.
Anyway, as Uptown Almanac reported a few weeks back, Rawhide, the Bulls‘ mascot, is just like us. Dude rode the 22-Fillmore and handed out free hockey tickets to anyone who said, “Go, Bulls!” according to a UA commenter. Neat.
Hear that, Lou Seal?