Mission Mission

Wow. This is a helluva lot better than the average Missed Connection. Best of luck, lovebirds!

(Thanks, Kim!)

Hampshire House yesterday spotted this enterprising young man making the best of a long wait for the 27.

More importantly, what do we think of these newfangled portal-into-the-center-of-the-Sun stop signs they’ve started installing ’round the ‘hood?

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Says an enthusiastic editor at Design Sponge:

This is such a clever, chic display of old bus passes that I’m tempted to traipse over to San Francisco to amass my own collection — bravo to SF Muni for making such awesome-looking tickets and for using great color combos!

– and then discontinuing them forever! Read on for the whole story on how this display was made and why and, of course, the “before” shot.

[Thanks, Kristina!]

Margaret sent this in and said it was found at the 24th street BART.

At first this was puzzling to me. Then I realized that if you’re waiting for the T at 24th and Mission, then you’d have enough time to have a plaque made about it, ’cause it aint showing up anytime soon.

It’s an age-old question: is it faster to walk or take the 14 Mission bus? Duh, bike. But suppose your bike is in the shop or something… tough call. One Examiner reporter hoped to answer this with a good old-fashioned foot race.

I won’t spoil the ending, but it’s a close one and there is a face punch involved. Was it still worth saving the $2 fare? Probably. Read on at the Examiner.

[the Examiner via SFist, photo by munidave]

Whoa! Last week at Muni Diaries Live, our very own Ariel Dovas told the story of his first kiss (and the epic romance surrounding it). It’s pretty great. You’re welcome, Muni Diaries.

Watch it now:

Take it from me, Ariel telling a story in real life is a million times better than anything any blog post could ever attempt to replicate. Go to this thing. (Advance tickets appear to be sold out, so just show up and pound on the door.)

Yesterday, we heard about what we thought was the worst bus behavior we’d heard about in a while. And then, our old pal Heather trounced it in the comments section:

Yesterday on the 3 a lady was methodically picking out lice from her daughter’s hair with her fingernails and throwing them on the floor! I have seen a lot of horrible things on MUNI in the past ten years, but that was probably the most unsettling.

Next-level unsettling, for sure. Read more.

[Completely unrelated photo by Heidi De Vries]

Only on Muni, am I right?

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On the J!  Look alive, gumshoes!

(Thanks Christopher!)