Muni Diaries

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I just got back into the country after being in southeast Asia for two weeks. Totally have that “two left shoes” feeling. But beer and Game 7 of the World Series and Muni Diaries help ease the blow of being back. I missed you guys!

Eugenia was kind enough (tee hee) to give me the wheel on Weekend Photos. And so …

Halloween happens on on Monday this year, which means we get to celebrate all weekend, all the way into the Day of the Dead!

Three fun things to do:

Zombie Dance and Costume Party, at Metronome Dance Collective. You know you’ve always wanted to dance like Michael Jackson, and now you can. Learn Thriller steps with Ricardo and Christina, followed by a Latin ballroom and salsa party. Tonight at 8 p.m., 1830 17th Street at DeHaro. Take the 10, 19, or 22.

Waldo Pub Crawl (via FunCheapSF). Waldos will be everywhere this Saturday, thanks to this flashmob. Get your red and white stripes ready! Check Waldo Pub Crawl Facebook page for details.

All Hallow’s Eve. Goth and industrial music. Pile on the black eyeliner and black nail polish because this is going to be a good one . Sunday at 9 p.m. DNA Lounge, 375 11th St. Take the 9, 12, 27, or 47.

Enjoy these photos and your weekend!

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This story was told to me by my friend Nadia.

I had a nice shopping day in San Francisco and was taking the train back to the South Bay with a work colleague one evening a few weeks ago. My friend and I were just chatting casually, at a pretty normal volume, when we heard some shushing from a group of teenagers behind us.

They couldn’t possibly be talking about us, right?

The next thing we knew, a piece of crumbled up paper flew past our heads in the air and landed right on my lap. I opened it and it said, “Can you please Shut The Fuck Up!”

We were in disbelief, and then another note, pretty much along the same lines as the previous one, shot through the air and landed on our laps.

Well, we went over to ask them if the notes were really necessary, then after a little going back and forth, let’s just say we ended up in different cars.

Flying notes. Being shushed by teenagers. Never a dull day in transit, I guess.

So you think Muni Diaries is just Muni? We have Caltrain and other Bay Area transit stories too! Or you can always follow our proud Twitter spawns, @caltraindiaries, @bartdiaries, and @actransitdiaries to get a dose of daily hilarity on public transit.

Photo by Todd Lappin

Over on the PS Print blog, Rosie muses about growing up in the 415, loving the Muni worm logo, and eventually learning that it actually spelled something. She then goes on to compare our dear emblem against logos for transit systems the world over:

Thanks to Metrobits.org, which compiled transit and subway system logos from around the world, I can finally compare Muni to other logos and pick out some of my favorite domestic and international transit logos.

We reported in back in August on an attempt to update the Muni worm, and the opinions flurried. Odd, that.

What do you think of the Muni worm compared with other transit-system logos? Read PS Print’s post and let us know.

PS: Tara and I just returned from Hanoi, where the transit system (Hanoibus) proudly wears its rather generic logo: