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This delightful bit of Muni FAIL arrived in our inbox today from Stefanie Kelly (@sfseen on Twitter):
Broken down 71 Noriega on Page @ Gough.
Worst part: Gough Street shut down @ Oak – all southbound traffic being diverted east on Oak.
Cheers!
If you’ve got Muni sights, sounds, smells or FAILs to tell, this is the place to do it.
Photo by Flickr user Leroy W. Demery, Jr.
Was browsing Flickr for a photo to go into another post when I came across the photo above. It caught my eye because I instantly recognized the U.S. Mint building on the left, but it took a moment for me to orient myself. Then I wondered WTF an F car was doing nearby, not on Market where it belonged. It was only then that I realized this photo must’ve been old. 1969, in fact, well before the digging of the tunnel behind Safeway. Well before Safeway, in fact. Timeless photo. Props to Leroy W. Demery, Jr. for taking it and posting it on Flickr and making it accessible to all of us.
Enjoy your weekend!
xoxo
Muni Diaries
Photo by Troy Holden
Dude, Plug 1 just won’t let up, will he? He’s all over, everywhere, all the time, taking amazing photos, dropping them into various group pools on Flickr, and even doing us the favor of sending us Muni-related news tips. We swear, he must be two or three people, or be able to bend the time/space continuum curve to be able to do as much as he does.
This photo is so cool, so real, we almost feel like we’re on the train with this guy, not our day-job desks putting together a Weekend Photo Diary.
Alas …
Weather this weekend should continue to feel not-quite-like-July-in-San-Francisco, meaning warm weather and mostly clear skies. Weather Underground sees highs in the upper-60s, while our mobile app tells us low-70s. You can interpret both to mean: GET OUT OF THE HOUSE AND HAVE SOME OUTSIDE FUN, PEOPLE!
Cheerio!
xoxo
Muni Diaries
Photo by Flickr user natecardozo from the Muni Photos Flickr group
Something about the purpleness of this guy screams out “this weekend.” Maybe it’s also the fact that no one else seems to be on the platform with dude.
It’s gonna be one of those weekends where San Francisco weather doesn’t really totally suck (morning fog, 60-ish afternoon highs), but where, beginning Monday, the weather suddenly is all “Oh, haha, now I’m awesome. Now that the weekend is over and you suckers are back in the cube.”
Stay warm, have fun, and send us your Muni stories!
xoxo
Muni Diaries
Muni rider Lisa sent in this photo of the N on a beautiful, sunny San Francisco day.
Thanks, Lisa! In honor of today’s fabulous weather, here’s my weather forecast for today, SFist style:
Today’s weather is well-versed in useful domestic arts. She enjoys decorating herself as well as her home, and is ever ready to set an elaborate table laden with fine china should her husband bring home a last minute guest or two. Her mostly sunny disposition belies the challenges of managing her domestic sphere. Nevertheless, she keeps the chances of cloud at bay.
Photo by Flickr user franciscophile from the Muni Photos group
franciscophile‘s caption for this photo reads:
Twins? Trick photography? These are two Light Rail Vehicles (LRV) opposite each other. The one on the left and in the foreground is about to submerge into the city’s bowels and the other one, in the background, is resting until it is time to go.
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