This Weird Week in Noe Valley: Equinox Drumming, Hipster Street Saunas and Burning Man Flamingo Bike

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

• Overhead in Noe Valley: “Both my nannies are in Iceland” [@susanwolff]
• This week's Town Square activity: equinox drumming [jeffsheehysf]
• Getzwell covers up the iconic Star Bakery sign (the neighborhood is not amused) [@peephole and @NoeValleySF]
• SF parking meters could get surge pricing [SF Examiner]
• SF school areas are the fourth worst for distracted driving [SFGate]
• Burning Man flamingo bike comes home to Noe [daijaaana]
• Germans having a laugh at Hipster street saunas [laura.la.reina]

[Photo: El Greengo via drivingwhileawesome]

This Week in Noe Valley: Burning Man Roots, Time Capsules and Summer in the City

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

• Now open in the old Common Scents space: Shop Monroe [ShopMonroeSF]
• SF’s most expensive home sale was at 150 Vicksburg last week [Curbed]
• The Peak2Peak walk is happening Sept 10 [Examiner]
• Bits of Burning Man were born in a Noe Valley basement in 1986 [Mixmag]
• And here's what Noe Valley looked like in 1986 [eamonka]
• Why do techie homes all look the same? [@Bartzebest]
• Last day of the Castro cable car into Noe Valley 1941 [@DavidGallagher]
• More about Uma Casa – opening end of Oct (fingers crossed) [Zagat]
• Rumor: Tataki South reboots? [@rosewinebar]
• It’s not your imagination [@omnivorebooks]
• 24th Street in 2006 [mitchphotos]

[Photo: Summer in the city via jkushner04]

This Week in Noe Valley: Cops Behaving Badly, Bom Dia Does Bagels, and Burning Man Mementos

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

• What’s wrong with this house on Douglass? [Curbed]
• Two police officers caught on surreptitious video at Happy Donuts making tasteless remarks about shootings and body cameras [KRON]
• An anonymous video interview with the guy who shot the videos [KRON]
• The officer videos have spurred a formal inquiry [KTVU]
• Alexis Persyko, Noe Valley native and awards consultant (Ratatouille, Wall-E, Toy Story 3, and Up), died in August at age 38 of colon cancer [The Wrap]
• Bom Dia Market now sells small batch bagels [JWeekly]
• Burning Man traces [@janenevins]

[Photo: San Francisco at dawn on September 11, 2015 via @skyron]

This Week In Noe Valley: Incomes Are Up, Sales Were Down During Burning Man, And iPhone 6s Have Landed

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

• At the current rate it would take 600 years and $3.6B to underground all the utility lines in SF [SocketSite]
• Incomes are up all over the city [SFist]
• Peekaboutique is still for sale [Racked SF]
• A "soulless Noe bunker" lists for $2.1M [Curbed]
• Kelly Crispin, founder of Elizabeth St. Cosmetics, talks her favorite potions and lotions [SF Gate]
• Noe Valley saw an 11.6% sales decline during Burning Man - according to Square data [Fortune]
• The iPhone 6s have landed [@zazazarah]
• Speaking of iPhones… Playwright James Wood scouts the modern coffee shop in Noe Valley – and the results are predictable [Sonoma Valley Sun]

[Photo: Neighborhood Watch via kermac]

This Week In Noe Valley: Sutro Love, Burners Bug Out, And The Power Outage Explained

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

• Sutro Tower: From Eyesore to Icon – awesome historic video [Exploratorium]
• Spotted at Whole Foods Noe Valley: Camel’s milk for $24.99 per bottle [brettb]
• If you’re wondering why you can park this weekend and brunch spots are empty: Burning Man is on [@cowperthewait]
• Want a job at Google? You might want to consider going to Burning Man too [SFGate]
• The commute from Noe Valley to the new Levi’s Stadium? Under an hour… [@JoeArellano]
• Has your neighborhood become upscale? A gentrification quiz and article reprint from 1985 (croissant shops! fern bars!) [Inside Scoop]
• Op ed: Are children parasites on cities’ finances? [StreetsblogSF]
• Monday’s mass power outage was due to “underground equipment failure” [SFAppeal]
• Noe Valley tech entrepreneur Jim Greer is putting his money into fixing dark politics [SFGate]
• The least expensive home in Noe Valley [SFGate]
• From $1.4M four years ago to $2.3M today [SocketSite]
• And a listing touting the “outskirts of Noe Valley” [SocketSite]
• Visitors are loving our little village on Instagram [thx nopalzin, oysterearth, suziefoo, frishchmilch]

[Photo: #streetsofsf by yo_avery]