This Week in Noe Valley: The Votes Are In, Wilkes Bashford Turns 50 - and a Noe Valley Sandwich?

The latest news from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs:

• A love letter to Contigo from Michael Bauer – and 2 ½ stars [SFGate]
• Noe Valley had one of the highest voter turnouts in this week’s election [SFGate]
• SF Open Studios artist fair is in Noe Valley this weekend [7x7]
• Billionaires in Noe Valley and this week’s election make the national news [NY Times]
• The dapper Wilkes Bashford lives in Noe Valley (and his iconic SF store is turning 50) [SF Magazine]
• The story of SF’s famously obscure aQuarius Records that used to be on 24th St. [The Bay Bridged]
• The Noe Valley Sandwich – does this sound tasty or bland? [Moonbeam Coffee on FB]
• One of the midwives at the Root is selling sourdough loaves on Thursdays [the midwife + the BAKER]
• An 80-year old water main breaks and leaves eight blocks around Valley St dry [SFGate]
• The link between Tindr, Grindr and Crispr? Noe Valley connection..? [@docfreeride]
• Hamlet is slated to open on Monday in the old Horner's Corner space [Hamlet SF]

[Photo: Sometimes San Francisco looks like this via rush4433]