Seen on Muni: That dress is a-doll-able on you!
Rider and friend of Muni Diaries Laura spotted this … dress? art installation? on the 37-Corbett the other night. This is by far the most babies I’ve ever seen on Muni at the same time.
Stationery rant decries moving violation on Muni
You know, I was just lamenting how no one writes letters anymore! Here’s a transcription of this vintage passive-aggression (or aggressive-aggression):
You have just gang raped me with that rapping. [Ed note: Or is it “napping”? Because that would be funnier.]
This is a public space—my day should not be ruined by that crap.
It is also illegal to play that radio so loud.
While this offers plenty of opportunities for rich commentary, I leave you with just a couple pro tips this Monday:
1) As scary as it can be, maybe try good old-fashioned *tap* “Excuse me?…” before grabbing the stationery.
2) As a woman, language enthusiast, and mocker of penned hyperbole: Don’t use “gang raped” metaphorically. Seriously.
Thanks to Muni rider Ashley, who posted this to our Facebook page.
May the Fourth be with you, on Muni and everywhere
What is that you say? Star Wars Day on a year in which a Star Wars movie will premiere? Why yes. Yes!
Let this post, a roundup of all the times Star Wars has intersected our Muni universe, serve as homage to the entire franchise.
(above) May the N-Judah be with you
Photo Diary: Staging Star Wars on Muni
Star Wars box on Muni
Chewbacca is concerned about your Muni etiquette
Boba Fett on Muni Metro
It’s a trap!
Photo via 7×7
Video: SF native Yayne Abeba shares Muni life lessons
Did you know there was a movie theater on 17th Ave. and Geary that used to play lots of children’s films? That was just one of the destinations that this Muni Diaries Live storyteller would see on her Muni journeys growing up in San Francisco. Comedian and native San Franciscan Yayne Abeba started riding Muni by herself when she was 7, along with all her relatives ages 1 to 6.
“Muni was our baby sitter, and I learned a lot of life lessons on it,” she says. As a child, you could find Yayne dancing and singing her way around San Francisco with the San Francisco Children’s Opera. In 1995, she began studying with Jean Shelton at the Jean Shelton actor’s lab. She was bitten by the comedy bug in 1999 at Tony Spark’s Luggage Store.
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Transit News: Muni bus signage, Muni stop signage, Balboa Park boarding island, BART funding, Muni shooting
Here’s a roundup of transit news from around the Bay Area.
- New Muni buses won’t have old signage (SFMSR)
- Muni’s Yellow Pole Markings at Transit Stops Will Be Replaced By Real Signs (Streetsblog SF)
- Balboa Park Gets Better, Safer Boarding Island (SFMTA)
- BART May Ask Taxpayers For The Billions It Needs To Keep Trains Running (CBS Bay Area)
- S.F. man arrested in Monday shooting on Muni train (SFGate)
Parrot’s First Solo Muni Ride?
New important word in parrot vocabulary: “Back door!”
This parrot is riding Muni backwards like a total pro. We don’t see the parrot’s human companion nearby, and judging from the confident stare on the bird’s face, he’s got this whole urban transit thing down. Thanks to @audlaq for getting a photo of this intrepid Muni rider.
Oh, by the way, here’s another parrot (the same parrot? Its cousin or twin?) riding the LRV in a sporty little vest, and then again in a fashionable casual sweater.
Can’t get enough? Here’s the whole Muni zoo!