Muni Diaries

Conversation Bubble Over Bubble Shoes on Muni

January 10, 2012 Tara One comment

Outta-town friend Jeanette snapped this pic while we were on the 22 last weekend. Perfect timing: as Jeff and I foisted her and her husband into the bus, I swore that cool stuff happens on Muni all the time. Lo and behold, yelling guy took the afternoon off and a bunch of nice people, one of whom was sporting these bubble shoes, showed up as if on cue.

Between one guy asking if they were comfortable (A: yes) and my friend wondering about the traction (A: surprisingly traction-y), the 22 shined as a mix of kind, curious, and fashion-forward. Shoe Gal was also a great sport, entertaining questions from four strangers and granting this photo op.

The deets on the footwear: plastic shoes from Brazilian company Melissa. Its proper name is the Melissa + Gaetano Pesce II Shoe, named for the Italian architect and designer.

Bold statement for sure; hot or not? They didn’t float my boat, personally, but these copper versions are growing on me.

Category: diaries, Photos Tags: 22-Fillmore

Dude with tuba sousaphone instrument DEFINITELY in the tuba family on Muni, no bigs

January 9, 2012 jeff 13 comments

Update (7:22 a.m., next day): I love the internet. And I’m a total idiot. That ain’t no tuba. It’s a sousaphone, as pointed out by, oh, hella commenters. Thanks, guys!

Original post: As spotted and tweeted by @emiliecole. On his way to marching band practice, maybe?

Category: diaries

Muni Diaries Live Full Lineup

January 9, 2012 eugenia Leave a comment

Illustration by Jay Sacher

You won’t believe who will be spinning Muni tales at the next Muni Diaries Live! On Saturday, Jan. 21 at the Elbo Room, you’ll be hearing stories from these amazing storytellers:

Stephen Elliott, author of The Adderall Diaries and editor of The Rumpus.
Sal Castaneda, longtime KTVU traffic reporter and radio host.
Glynn Washington, executive producer of NPR’s Snap Judgment.
Caitlin Gill, comedian and spoken-word artist.
Chloe Veltman, host and producer of public radio’s VoiceBox.
Pinched Nerve. San Francisco musician who will be performing his song, “Back Door, Step Down!”
Jan Richman, author of Thrill-Bent, a new novel about roller coasters and Tourette’s syndrome.

Don’t forget to ready your stories for the audience-participation portion. You might just win a bag from San Francisco’s own Timbuk2, a $50 gift card to Tacolicious, or cool (temporary) tattoos from SFLocal.net.

We’ll have transit goodies for sale by Secession Art and Design, and everyone in our audience gets a special show discount on Muni Diaries shirts and wallets.

This is gonna be good. We can’t wait to see you there.

Muni Diaries Live
Elbo Room
647 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
Take Muni there: J-Church, 12, 14, 22, 33, 49, or BART: 16th or 24th St stations

Sat., Jan. 21, doors: 6:30, show: 7 p.m. Tickets: $12.
~~Buy advance tickets~~

Invite your BFFs on Facebook

Event photography by Right Angle Images.

Category: Muni Diaries Live, News Tags: announcement, muni-diaries-live

Takin’ ’em off for No Pants 2012

January 9, 2012 jeff 4 comments

Update: @ralfwyn sent us his No Pants 2012 video:

Original post: There were legs and buns aplenty for 2012’s annual No Pants Subway Ride. Bhautik Joshi snapped all the photos here. If you have more photos or stories from yesterday’s Improv Everywhere event, send them our way please.

Category: BART, diaries, Photos

Chipper Muni Driver

January 8, 2012 jeff One comment

chocolatebarbii on Instagram sez: “She sure is chipper to be driving that bus a the butt crack of dawn. #mymama #busdriver #muni #happy”

So cool. So cool.

Category: diaries

Weekend Photos: Bask in the Light

January 6, 2012 jeff One comment

Photo by blarfiejandro

The fun things that are happening this weekend aren’t nearly as elegant as these photos, but they’re worth doing anyway. Especially if you hate wearing pants.

Why? Because No Pants BART Ride is this Sunday! The annual celebration that takes over BART sexy-style is finally here. (via FunCheapSF.) Sunday, Jan. 8, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Follow @nopantssf for details.

Enjoy these photos and your weekend!

Photo by Brandon Doran