Boar ‘heads’ home on Muni
You know what they say about riding Muni: It’s never boaring …
Via Muni rider Jim: “This is not a pig. It’s a boar.” “It’s beautiful.”
Transit News: BART art, Muni paper transfers, BART soundproofing in San Jose, Muni September service changes
- Art on BART wouldn’t be a pretty sight (SF Chronicle opinion)
- Muni riders say they won’t miss old hand-torn transfers (SFGate)
- BART Soundproofing San Jose Homes for South Bay Expansion (NBC Bay Area)
- Muni ready to roll out its new plans for better service (SFGate)
‘Salad Days’ on Muni
Sure, you’re not supposed to eat or drink on Muni. But who says you can’t prepare your meals?
Via Debi on the Muni Diaries Facebook page:
“Preparing lunch for his kid on the bus”
What’s happening on your bus? Don’t be selfish: Let the whole world know!
Upcoming art show honors Muni drivers
This weekend, SF artist Kurt Schwartzmann will put on a free show he calls “Yellow Line.” From the Facebook Event page:
[Schwartzmann’s 64] drawings were created to honor the Operators of S.F. MUNI who put up with SO much drama and still manage to keep our city moving, rain or shine. Media include Pen and Ink, Watercolor, Colored Pencil and Acrylic Pen on Watercolor Paper and Collage made from bus transfers, collected by the artist while drawing this series from February through July of 2015.
Details
Exhibit times: Saturday August 29, 5pm – 9pm
Sunday August 30, Noon – 4pm
First Congregational Church of San Francisco, United Church of Christ
1300 Polk St, San Francisco
Facebook invite
Admission is free
We hear you about drama. And uh sorry about that.
New Shirt Combines Muni with My Neighbor Totoro
Over at the Muni Diaries Facebook page, rider Debi shared this totally awesome shirt she saw at Woot Bear on Clement street. I stopped by the store last weekend and the shirt seems to be the biggest draw in the window! Though a plush pillow of a fallen tooth was pretty damn cute, too.
We first saw this Muni “catbus” in 2012, and now it’s a shirt you can proudly wear. This quirky take on Hayao Miyazaki’s cat bus from My Neighbor Totoro comes from artist Ben Seto. You can see more of his work at Black Sheep Comics (hint: lots of bunnies doing super hero stuff!)
Here’s the design close up:
If you’ve never seen My Neighbor Totoro, you need to watch this video of the original cat bus arriving with freakish excitement.
Here are sore Muni shirts you might like:
Muni is your Mom
I love and hate Muni
Fucking Muni
Here’s the Most Compact DIY Muni Shelter Ever
No bus shelter at your stop? No problem, say the good people of the Inner Richmond. Spotted at the corner of Clement and Second Avenue, someone made quick seating for those waiting for the inbound 2-Clement. The unfinished wood adds some hip ambience to this lonely Muni stop.
This unofficial Muni shelter seating joins the ranks of other seating improvements like this posh recliner, a random leather ottoman, and this wicker situation. But we gotta give major DIY handiness points to the creator of this mini Muni stop.
Bring your own chair on Muni, by the way, is a real meme around here.
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