This Week In Noe Valley: Easter To-Dos, Old Noe Valley, And Modern Sushi

News from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs:

• Here's an alternative for those missing the cancelled Noe Valley Easter Egg Hunt [SF RecPark; related: NVMPA]
• Even better - help the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence clean up Dolores Park [The Snitch]
• A 1906 view of Noe Valley (note the elevated railway in front of St Paul's) [@SF_Historian; more: BurritoJustice]
• Russian Roulette at Tataki South [Refinery29]
• And Saru Sushi in pretty photos [EatsPorkJew]

[Photo: knucklesamwick]

NVV April 2013: We Read It So You Don't Have To

The Noe Valley Voice is published ten times a year and has been a neighborhood fixture since 1977. Here are notable highlights from the latest issue. Links are to stories we've covered here on NVSF or outside sources as the Voice doesn't post stories online until the middle of the month.

April 2013

Front Page: The faces of Noe Valley - a photo collection of local residents from the NVV archives.

Letters: A neighbor's harrowing tale of being almost run over at 24th and Douglass (and breaking her wrist) while trying to walk her dog; another walker complains of stroller pushers and dog owners running solo pedestrians off the sidewalk and into traffic; a whistle-blower sends the license plate of a blue bin recycling thief; and curious minds wants to know why the flats at 1220-1222 Church St. next to Happy Donuts have been empty for so long [Ed.-- no answer from NVV, but according to the DBI the building is listed as abandoned and currently under investigation].

Store Trek: Little Folkies.

Cost of Living in Noe: Very little inventory is driving up prices for rentals and homes. Case in point: An Eastlake Stick Victorian that was once the home of August Coppola in the 90s (brother of Francis Ford Coppola) listed for 1.79 million and sold for 1.93 million.

Rumors: A history quiz of Noe Valley designed to make you feel like an interloper (unless you're from here); "Ninety-generian" Jeanne Galarza will celebrate her birthday eating out at a 24th St restaurant (for the first time) with SFPD officer Lorraine Lombardo; Everyone likes the new Happy Donuts sign; Mark Zuckerberg was spotted buying flowers at The French Tulip; Chris Cosentino of Incanto was nominated for a 2013 James Beard Award; Contigo and La Ciccia get a nod in 7x7 for best Spanish and Italian restaurants in SF; Selecta Auto Body is moving to Bernal Heights and Noe Valley Autoworks is expanding upstairs; Noe Valley Deli is under construction; the Asian fusion restaurant on 25th and Church has passed inspections but an open date is still unknown.

Notable: No back page full of April Fools stories. What replaced it? A Zephyr ad.

[The Noe Valley Voice]

This Week In Noe Valley: Yoga Pants, J Church Disruptions, And Local Stairway Walks

News from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs:

• J-Church to share transit-only lane north of 16th starting this weekend [SFMTA]
• Scott Wiener's March 2013 Newsletter [SW]
• MTC: Google would be 7th largest transit agency in Bay Area [SJ Merc]
• Noe Valley stairway walks [The Whole Hog]
• Nearby St Vincent adding Saturday tastings, bottle sales and food [Eater]
• Time to get dressed, Noe Valley Ladies [WaPo]

[Photo: @friscolex]

Crime Beat

Information is from Mission and Ingleside District San Francisco Police Station newsletters.

March 14

Robbery -- 11:01pm, 27th/Sanchez. Ingleside Officers McMilton, Peregrina, and Brown were dispatched to a report of a robbery. The victim told the officers she had just exited a Muni bus and was walking home when an unknown man ran up and grabbed her computer bag containing her cell phone and other items. She said she struggled with the robber for several seconds before he escaped and ran away Northbound on Sanchez Street. The victim said, after the robbery, she ran several blocks and was unsuccessful in getting several citizens to call police on her behalf. She finally saw Officer Brown at Mission and Cortland who took her back to the scene of the robbery.

Emphasis ours.

This Week In Noe Valley: Condo Sales Insanity, Homegrown Hostess Cupcakes, and Word Week Begins

News from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs:

• Field trip envy: check out the view from the cupola atop City Hall [Hayeswire]
• Noe Valley condo sales are on fire - $998,000 is average (if you can find one)  [Downing & Co.]
• The gentrification of San Francisco 2.0 [Marketplace]
• Lusting after Hostess-style cupcakes from scratch from Noe Valley Bakery (with photos) [love from the bay]
• Noe Valley Word Week featuring local authors starts today [FONV]

[Photo: j_gail ]

This Week In Noe Valley: FUF's First Tree Ever, Lower 24th St Gentrifies, St. Luke's Plans Expand

News from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs:

• St Luke's Hospital will rebuild and include more beds [SF Appeal]
• The ongoing gentrification of lower 24th St [SF Weekly]
• Average 1br apt in Noe is just $2,700 (if you include Glen Park in the data) [SFist]
• Friends of the Urban Forest planted their first tree ever on 24th St 32 years ago [@FUF1981]
• NVV's late report gets the credit for research about Zuckerberg real estate [Matier & Ross; also: Socketsite and Uptown Almanac]

[Photo: mlle_michele]

Get Out And Play This Saturday At Upper Noe Rec Center

Bring the entire family and boost your confidence while you build your skills and strength on our mobile rock-climbing wall. BMX bikes and skateboards will be provided so you can improve your balance and technique on our Freshpark ramps, rails and manual pads. RPD staff is excited to teach you how to shovit, ollie, and drop-in. Helmets are required and will be provided by RPD, but bring your own if you have it, because supplies are limited.

What: Mobile Recreation
Where: Upper Noe Rec Center, 299 Day St
When: March 9, 2013, 10:30AM-2:00PM
Cost: FREE

[SF Rec Park: Mobile Rec rolls to Upper Noe Rec Center]

Important Donut News

The big news in Noe Valley is that Happy Donuts has a new sign.
— Anthony Ha (@anthonyha) March 4, 2013

[Photo: NVSF]

NVV March 2013: We Read It So You Don't Have To

The Noe Valley Voice is published ten times a year and has been a neighborhood fixture since 1977. Here are notable highlights from the latest issue. Links are to stories we've covered here on NVSF or outside sources as the Voice doesn't post stories online until the middle of the month.

March 2013

Front Page: A 3-page profile of the wacky and colorful Sheila Ash, owner of Noe's Nest (a B&B at 1257 Guerrero); Bliss Bar plans to rebuild - but it may take awhile; Word Week starts on March 16; the community garden behind Sally Brunn Library is full of shoots, plants and leaves.

Letters: The Noe Valley Democratic Club asks dems of all stripes to join the dialogue; a supporter of the Noe Valley Town Square urges Noe Valleyans not to sound so entitled by claiming we're under-served as a community; another neighbor urges Scott Weiner not to force seismic upgrades for homeowners and renters - and Scott Wiener replies.

Farewell: "The highest ranking woman in the history of Judo" and Noe Valley dojo owner Keiko Fukuda died last month.  

Cost of Living in Noe: A 1904 Victorian on 22nd St. at Sanchez that sold for $2.89 million in 14 days was one of only 5 single-family homes to close in January. No condos sold (a first in many years).

Store Trek: Caskhouse (caskhousesf.com), Spark Creativity (sparkcreativitysf.com).

Rumors: Scott Weiner celebrates the team championing the Noe Valley Town Square (pledges are nearing $500,000); @CookieTimeTruck is no longer in the Ministry parking lot; Ed Lee pays a visit to the parklet in front of Just for Fun to congratulate our community benefit district; Mark Zuckerberg owns a home close by and has been spotted on 24th St (and at the Saturday Farmer's Market); Elisa's Health Spa is for sale; the 6th annual Easter egg hunt has been cancelled; Umpqua Bank has nearly $10k in grants available; Opes Advisers is expanding into the former Children's Playhouse; and winners of the Tech Search Party announced.

[The Noe Valley Voice]

This Week In Noe Valley: Bliss Bar To Rebuild, Church St. Renaissance, Top Restaurants Revisted

News from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs:

• Bliss Bar to rebuild after investigators rule out arson [SF Appeal]
• East Bay writers/parents know that Church St is for kids, kids, kids, and kids [510 Families]
• Sanchez St remodel seeks LEED status - and bids in the $3M range [Socketsite]
• Contigo and La Ciccia make 7x7's Best-Of list [7x7]
• OTOH, Bauer says Incanto has slipped [SFGate]
• Pre-order your Philz Coffee online [@OrderAhead]

[Photo: embem30]