This Week In Noe Valley: The Podolls Arrives, A Mailbox Jacking, And An Ode to Valley Tavern

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

• Noe Valley Is Pretty, but How Many TVs Does One Bar Need? [SF Weekly]
• The Space Invader home is in contract...again [SocketSite]
• An interview with the owners of The Podolls [SFGate]
• Beautiful sunrises and sunsets this week [thatsthejuan and merrij]
• Noe Valley has a history of obnoxious land barons: The story of a former cement magnate chopping up Billy Goat hill + cool photos [FoundSF via FrontStepsSF]
• Speaking of which: Somebody sabotaged the Bill Goat Hill swing again. Scuttlebutt says it's a grumpy neighbor. [@sfgirlbybay]
• Mailbox jacking in the hood – apparently it’s a thing [@igb]
• Stating the obvious: S.F. housing inventory in years-long decline, leading to mass overbidding [SF Gate]
• The J Church explained: One NextBus minute is equivalent to three of your Earth minutes [@40goingon28]
• Noe Valley branch of the GCP on duty [@danfuzz]
• Whole Foods Drive [@NoeValleySF]
• Local oring guse stand [@peephole]

[Photo: Hi, city via carapatriciasf]