This Week in Noe Valley: The J Church Is Slow, Sister Act Reminiscing, and Noe Valley Homes Are a Bad Investment

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

• Fun thread with stories around Sister Act and the slumification of Noe Valley [@peterhartlaub]
• “[The J Church] isn't my favorite, because I like getting to work on time,” says Jeffrey Tumlin, SFMTA’s new transit director (plus some other gems) [@JanPaul123]
• SFMTA wants to speed up the J Church line (hallelujah) [The Bay Area Reporter]
• Noe Valley has one of the most expensive zip codes in the country [@SFGate]
• Noe Valley is also the #2 worst place to invest in real estate right now [Business Insider]
• Your pet armadillo can't poop in the Noe Valley streets [@gnusosa]
• Noe Valley Wine Walk returns Dec. 7 [idkevents]

[Photo: Beautiful doorway via oldsoulhomes]

This Week in Noe Valley: New SFMTA Head Lives Here, Aster Closed, Seafood Love for La Ciccia

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

• New head of SFMTA is a longtime Noe Valley resident [StreetsBlogSF]
• More on new SFMTA head Jeffrey Tumlin’s plan to fix Muni and BART [SF Chronicle]
• FUF is offering live holiday trees again [@SFUrbanForester]
• Nov Noe Valley Voice: Among the previously unreported stories - the Whole Foods “pick a number device” is broken at the meat counter [NVV]
• The stories behind vintage SF firehouses (Noe Valley has several) [SFGate]
• La Ciccia makes chef’s top seafood in SF lists [Bloomberg]
• Michelin-starred Aster is officially closed – For Lease sign in the window :( [Yelp]
• It’s a jungle out there [juliegeb]
• Beautiful, steep [carosain]
• Beautiful night [@bats123]

[Photo: Fog via ninadietzel]

This Week in Noe Valley: Halloween 2019 and Baron’s Meats Adds Produce

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

• Patxi’s closed briefly for failed health inspection - now reopened [Hoodline]
• Scenes from this year’s Halloween on 24th St [olivethisolivethat, carosain and FolioSF]
• The most SF Halloween costume spotted this week [@sarahfieldberg]
• Office hours with the police at Noe Valley Starbucks on Nov 7 [@SheriffSF]
• Baron’s Meats adding organic produce starting Nov 4 - could mitigate loss of Church Produce [baronsmeatssf]

[Photo: Halloween on Fair Oaks via bissignette]