This Week in Noe Valley: More Hellish Whole Foods Lines, Sunday Sanchez St Block Party and Halloween Vibes

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

• Review of Damsara, the new Malaysian restaurant on Church [SFGate]
• Damsara officially opens Oct 19 [SF Chronicle]
• Sanchez Block Party – Sunday Oct 16 from 12-3 [@slowsanchezsf]
• Sister Act – filmed in Noe Valley – is getting another sequel [E Online]
• RIP John Stidham, who made Noe Valley more beautiful [SF Chronicle]
• An interview with the new owner of Lehr’s German Specialities [NBC Bay Area]
• The former Gallery of Jewels spot is now a sweater shop [@KristinHenry]
• Hint of a ceremony at St Paul’s [bissignette]
• Save the Valley Tavern parklet campaign [Change.org]
• The hellish lines at Whole Foods continue [NVSF]
• "Spooky" doorway [koepp200]

[Photo: And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting... via lukasjanata]

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]

NVV Nov 2013: We Read It So You Don't Have To

The Noe Valley Voice is published ten times a year and has been a neighborhood fixture since 1977. Here are notable highlights from the latest issue. Links are to stories we've covered here on NVSF or outside sources as the Voice doesn't post stories online until the middle of the month.

November 2013

Front Page: Valley Tavern hosts "Pub Quiz" Nights every Tuesday; Aesthetic Dentistry participated in Give Back a Smile to help a battered woman; Phoenix becomes Folio; Noe Valley Ministry remodel is on schedule and will reopen with ¡HolaKids! preschool next fall; Mazook gets 4" of Rumors on the front page.

Letters: The NVMPA wants you to know that 24th between Castro and Noe made San Francisco Magazine's top ten blocks for gift buying; Poet Tom Peck is angry Scott Wiener helped shut down the Market Street Recycling Center.

Short Takes: Plans to renovate Noe Courts stalled when tennis players showed up in force at last meeting, so there's a new final meeting on Nov 13 from 6-8pm at St Philip's.

Cost of Living in Noe: Low inventory, relatively lower prices for homes in September; 1 bedroom apartment average hovers around $2,700/month.

Store Trek: Buttons Candy Bar.

Rumors: Scott Wiener and Carol Yenne went to Utah and met with Nutraceutical Corp, which plans to demolish the Real Foods building next year and construct an unspecified replacement that won't include one of their own stores (start dreaming); Tom Taylor and Jerry Goldstein of the "Christmas Tree House" on 21st St got married once the Supreme Court struck down DOMA and Prop 8 - 40 years after they hooked up at the baths; Be Yoga has opened; "Best of" lists recounted; La Ciccia offshoot La Nebbia plans to open by the end of November; Firefly celebrates 20 years.

[The Noe Valley Voice]

Noe Valley Music In The Park 2012

September heralds the arrival of summer in San Francisco, and summer means music festivals. Noe Valley's 9th Annual Music in the Park is this Saturday. From the presser: 

Bands and barbecue will be on hand at the 9th Annual Music in the Park community picnic on Sat., Sep. 8, just in time for San Francisco's actual summer. You can groove and chow down at Noe Courts Park at 24th St. and Douglass from 11 am to 3 pm. Admission is free.

The focus is on kids at this event. There'll be a jumpy tent sponsored by the Friends of Noe Valley, dodgeball organized by the Upper Noe Rec Center,stickers from Noe Valley Town Square, balloons and more. The Noe Valley Democratic Club will be registering big kids to vote.

Bands for everyone will play throughout the picnic. Headliners will include the District 8 Rock Band made up of local rock and roll parents, including Dan Luscher from Noe Valley. D8 plays progressive rock (SF? Natch!), roots and indie elements.

Not to be outdone by the parents, students are also playing. The Cadigan Dynamic jazz band is made up of recent SF high school graduates. Catch them before they're off to college! Come find out what Cadigan means! The CD play all kinds of jazz: Latin, Blues, Funk and Swing. Dancing on the lawn is definitely permitted.

Noe Valley's own Michael Capozzola will keep the show on the road as the master of ceremonies.

As last year Chef Pierre and Chef Doug will be flipping burgers and making sure your hot dogs are hot. Need your salt and sugar? Plan to pig out on chips and cookies and other goodies. Hey, it's only one day. You can run it off on Sunday. If you're thirsty, water, juices and soft drinks will be available. Proceeds from food and drink sales go to pay for Music in the Park.

This year, two local businesses have ponied up money as event sponsors: David's Teas and The Valley Tavern. The Canadians and the Irish love us! Any net proceeds go to fund the work of Friends of Noe Valley, your neighborhood association.

More bands and more kids activities are planned. Other neighborhood groups will be on hand. Check out friendsofnoevalley.com for the latest update.

What: Bands & BBQ at Noe Courts
Where: Douglass at 24th St
When: Saturday September 8th, 11am-3pm
Cost: Free entry