Muni Diaries Live 5 Recap: We turned 3!

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Photo by Amber Wolf of Wiz Bang Photography

Muni Diaries celebrated our third birthday on Friday with another Muni Diaries Live show. If you were at the packed Make-Out Room on Friday, you know that the audience and our performers threw down for a good time. So what happens when you put five top-notch performers on stage and mix that with a crowd who chants, “Back Door”? Let’s see… Read more

Weekend Photos: Muni’s on its way

Gotta have 'em
Photo by goofcitygoof

The fifth installment of Muni Diaries Live is tonight, as you know. Our already muddled brains are now scattered as well. But as it’s been the past three years on this website, and as it has been at each of the past four Muni Diaries Live events, your stories, photos, and videos keep Muni Diaries going. And we thank you for that.

The site is three years old now. A bona fide toddler. Walking around on its on, talking, pooping on the pot. We’re proud of this little corner of the internet. And we’re thankful that you all seem to enjoy it enough to keep reading and sharing your Muni stories. Thanks, guys!

Here’s this week’s Muni news:

  • Muni Bus Strikes Car, Sends One Victim To Hospital (KTVU)
  • Muni Honors Cam Beach (Streetsblog SF)
  • BART Riders Now Have a Dignified Walkway at Balboa Park Station (Streetsblog SF)
  • Muni N-Judah love train chugs along (SFGate; not news, but a cool story)
  • MTC and Clipper Keeps Quiet About $2 Monthly Fee for Commuter Benefit Users (Akit’s Complaint Department)
  • Man Stops Muni in Its Tracks (SF Weekly)
  • Hearing To Determine Fate of Texting Muni Driver (KTVU)
  • It’s happened again –- Muni train door left opened while traveling in subway (Daily Dose of SF)
  • Muni Union Votes to Approve Strike Authorization, SF Threatens Legal Action (SF Appeal)

Now, allow me to turn my attention to my day job for a few. Got some things to do so that I can knock off early and get ready to party at Muni Diaries Live No. 5! Enjoy these photos and the rest of your weekend.


Photo by Justin Beck

Meanwhile, On Muni
Photo by davitydave

SF MUNI 14
Photo by franciscophile

Waiting for Muni
Photo by Noodles and Beef

Muni driver of the year?

Muni drivers are all too easy a target. And like every group of human beings, some of them probably do suck. I know I’ve encountered my fair share.

But @avolberding just posted a photo of the flipside of Muni driverdom:

Muni driver of the year? Bus driver helping old lady onto bus. #5574.

Happy Easter Friday, or whatever it is, y’all.

Three Reasons to Leave Work Early Today

Muni Diaries Live is happening tonight at the Make-Out Room. We’re out of advanced tickets but have tickets available at the door, which is really your top reason for leaving work early today.

We have three more:

1. A Chrome messenger bag.
2. $100 to Seed Store to get some fine duds.
3. A gift certificate for free dance lessons at Metronome Dance Collective.

Aside from roaring storytelling from our performers, the three prizes above could be yours in the audience participation part of the show. What do you say? Have we twisted your arm?

 

‘I Learned How to Get Pills on My First Muni Ride’

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Photo by shanan

Justin recently arrived in SF. Welcome, Justin. Take it away!

I just moved to San Francisco, and last week rode on Muni for the very first time. Super crowded on the 45-Union/Stockton headed to AT&T Park, and when the seats next to me freed up at the first stop, two girls sat down and continued their conversation. At first I tried minding my own business, but I haven’t yet mastered the art of blocking out the Muni noise, so I eavesdropped. And this was the first thing I heard:

GIRL 1: Crap, you know what? I don’t think I have any more pills.
GIRL 2: Really? I thought Chris still had some from the knee thing?
GIRL 1: Nooo, those are long gone. I’m talking about from what Julie had left.
GIRL 2: Oh! Did I tell you what me made Jeff do last month? We were at (some bar I don’t remember the name of) and decided we needed some Vicodin. Nobody had any so we convinced Jeff to go to the ER and get some.
GIRL 1: Shut. the Fuck. Up. Did it work?
GIRL 2: Yeah we just told him to make something up, so we found a clinic within walking distance and he walked in and put “Gout” on the form they handed him. Voila! Vics.
GIRL 1: Huh. (thinks for a second) What’s gout?
GIRL 2: Um, I actually don’t know.

I had to hide my screen as I was tweeting this, that’s how close the quarters were that day. I guess they just didn’t care who heard.

Thanks for sharing, Justin. Now, dear reader, it’s your turn to share your Muni story.

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