This Week In Noe Valley: Holidays in Full Swing, Jake Gyllenhall in the Hood, and Uma Casa Announced

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

• Adopt a living tree for Christmas this year instead of a dead one [SF Environment]
• Santa visits Noe Valley Pet Co [@omnivorebooks]
• Channukah Wonderland comes to 24th St on Dec 6 [24on24th]
• A jazz Charlie Brown Christmas coming to Noe Valley Ministry [Noe Valley Ministry]
• Little Folkies holiday sing-a-long is Dec 6 in Noe Valley [Little Folkies]
• Only in Noe Valley: A Tesla leaving Whole Food with a Christmas tree in the trunk [@rdaziz]
• La Boulangerie is open – a peek at the menu [@rosewinegirl]
• Leaky big rig causes massive fuel spill [SF Gate]
• Photo of the diesel spill and cleanup on 28th and Noe [@regnaDKcinQ]
• Jake Gyllenhall spotted in the hood [@jane_e_nevins]
• 2 women mugged at gunpoint at Noe Courts [@ESBAle]
• Former Tacolicious chef to take over Incanto space with SF’s first Portuguese restaurant [Inside Scoop]

[Photo: Billy Goat Hill via salvavito]

This Week in Noe Valley: Co-Housing, Spare The Air Sunrises, And Get Ready For Drones

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

• Co-housing campuses for 20-somethings are popping up even in Noe Valley [SFist]
• Want to rent your apartment or house short term? You can now go legit on Feb 2 [SF Planning]
• Noe Valley is one of the least pet-friendly neighborhoods for renters [Curbed]
• Before and after photos: A modest bungalow on Duncan is transformed into a 5,400 sq. foot designer home [SocketSite]
• Most expensive house in Noe Valley is back on the market – for $500K less [SocketSite]
• SF real estate market projected to be just as crazy in 2015 [Curbed]
• Hater neighbors #parkinginsf [Tutti G]
• OH: Santa Barbara is basically Noe Valley on the beach [@grumpygrunger]
• Spare the air days = gorgeous sunrises - and sunsets [capturelight_, ericaaa_24 and chloealexmayer]
• RIP Robert San Souci, Noe Valley resident and author of the book that inspired Disney’s Mulan [KQED]
• Cellist Emil Miland comes to Noe Valley Chamber Music series Jan 25 [Noe Valley Ministry]
• Douglass Dog Park is hounded by problems [SFGate]
• They're here: Do your neighbors have drones? [@danz32]
• That guy [24justinstewart]
• Sad trees [SF Gate]

[Photo: Noe Valley morning via bone dry on Reddit]

This Week In Noe Valley: Glorious Rain, Poinsettia Poaching, And Other Signs The Holidays Are Coming

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

• The Just for Fun parklet holiday decorations are all over Instagram [adrienneelzbth]
• Video of brazen Santa-looking thief stealing poinsettias in the hood [@ddudgeon]
• Christmas music on Christmas eve in the newly-renovated NV Ministry [Noe Valley Ministry]
• At last - rain! And the downpour created a small lake in Noe Valley [@DanielAndefors]
• The ceiling (and roof?) in Starbucks took a beating [@dplattsf]
• Epic flooding during the rain on Valley at Dolores St [@cvonhaxthausen]
• Rainbow alert over Noe Valley [Burrito Justice]
• Gorgeous sushi from Saru [kewyn15]
• Mike from Mike’s Shoe Repair in Noe Valley spotted in the Financial District [@ddudgeon]
• Scott Wiener’s December Newsletter [Scott Weiner]
• ICYMI: Plans to develop the Real Foods building are coming soon [NVSF]
• Holiday trees that eventually become street trees available through Dec 19 [@SFPublicLibrary]
• Philz Coffee in Noe Valley is getting a makeover [@rohitjenveja]
• The Wishing Tree in Noe Valley inspires another in Portland [TravelPulse]
• Bom Dia Market opened today [@BomDiaMarket]

[Photo: Muni Polaroid in the rain via Nuugent]

This Week In Noe Valley: In Praise of Contigo and Saru, Bitcoin Kids Are Internet Famous, And Skiing Noe Valley

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

• A new website makes looking up any SF municipal code significantly easier [SF Code]
• Nice writeup of Contigo, recipe included [SFGate]
• Praise for "local favorite" Saru Sushi promises to make lines longer [SF Weekly]
• Firehouse 44 sells again - for $5.55M [Socketsite]
• Google Ferry won't block Noe Valley bus stops [CBS5]
• Still don't understand how this hauling truck ended up on a pickup on 23rd St [@ericlittell]
• Chalk blob memorializes dying Christmas tree [@mollymcmanus]
• Peter Hartlaub ‏interviews a guy who once skied six blocks downhill in Noe Valley (watch for it) [@peterhartlaub]
• A roundup of all the attention the Web has given the Bitcoin lemonade stand [Ed.--would love to hear from parents about how they feel about having kids as internet meme] [The Bold Italic]

[Photo: "Cool sky over Noe Valley SF right now." -- pkaplan]

Bye Christmas

Yup, holidays are over. Last day for Christmas tree pickup is nigh. Can't be bothered to dispose of your dead holiday cheer before tomorrow's deadline? Just drag it to the corner and someone will get rid of it. Don't worry - no one will know it was you.

[Photo: elainewigzell]