This Week in Noe Valley: First Hamlet Review, An Airbnb Superhost Shows His Digs & Thanksgiving Turkey Torture

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

• A photo tour of Noe Valley Airbnb superhost Alex’s home [Apartment Therapy]
• The Christmas candy rush is on [@drroykim]
• Whole Foods tortures a neighbor on Elizabeth [@KristinHenry]
• Yep, this is happening [@anniefryman]
• An interview with Noe Valley resident and San Francisco Chronicle Editor-in-Chief Audrey Cooper [San Francisco Magazine]
• Just for Fun offers a big collection of Hannukah gear – including spring-loaded jumping dreidels (!) [JWeekly]
• First review of Hamlet, a relaxed Noe Valley addition [Eater]
• The Google (and Apple/Genentech/Facebook) commuter buses are here to stay [Wired]
• Found art: Pikachu [shabbacharge]

[Photo: Suddenly, the leaves are all falling via biocita]

This Week In Noe Valley: Summer Pop-Ups, SF Unreality TV And Other Summer Fun

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

• New game: Spot the family on vacation and staying at Airbnb in Noe Valley (there are alot of them) [@juandelreal]
• Is Noe Valley a suburb now? [@brkwtz]
• This Sunday: Puppy Pop Up Adoption event at Whole Foods [@RocketDogRescue]
• Will this mini mosaic on 24th Street survive the buildout of La PanotiQ? [@k_stastny]
• Bright Lab Lights is having a pop-up in Mapamundi [SF Chronicle]
• Million Dollar Listing SF (which includes Noe Valley) is fun unreality TV [InsideSFRE]
• But reality is stranger than TV: 2 bedroom Noe Valley fixer sells for $2.8 million [Socketsite]
• Recruiting at tech bus stops [@jack_womack]
• Secret garden in the heart of Noe Valley [nattyicecubes]

[Photo: Summer sunset via wannabefashionblogger]

This Week In Noe Valley: Real Foods Redo, Fire At 23rd At Douglass And A Memorial For Greg Gutknecht

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

• View of the blackout in Noe Valley Friday night [@brianhollinger]
• One alarm fire at 23rd and Douglass corner market – everyone’s ok [@esbale]
• Supervisor Scott Wiener’s January 2015 Newsletter [Scott Wiener]
• ICYMI: Notes from this week’s community meeting about the future of Real Foods [NVSF]
• The Wizard of Oz comes to James Lick Middle School [NVSF]
• Six reasons to shop local in Noe Valley [SF Gate]
• A well-maintained sidewalk garden on Sanchez [insidesfrealestate]
• Bummer: It will take 600 years to underground all the wires in San Francisco [ABC7]
• Sobering: A map of all the Airbnb and VRBO units in SF [Bold Italic]
• Suspected Castro arsonist (and your basic nut job) in custody [SF Appeal]
• Streetlight Records is leaving Castro too, after leaving Noe Valley in 2008 [Hoodline]
• Memorial and potluck for Greg Gutknecht at Valley Tavern 3pm Sunday 1/25 [NVSF]

[Photo: Artful Noe Valley steps via boldcursive]

This Week In Noe Valley: Concerts In The Living Room, AirBnB Crackdown Crying, And Rental Angst

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

• You’re not the only one who heard the Beyonce Jay-Z concert in your living room [SFGate]
• Just as you’re probably hearing Outside Lands too [SFGate]
• If you’re at Outside Lands and want an Uber to Noe Valley, get ready to pay $400 [@Tuce_Chainz]
• Owner of private shuttle to be charged after bus blocks J-Church [CBSLocal]
• 'Airbnb' legislation is attracting a wide variety of opponents; still likely to pass [KQED]
• Meanwhile BJ Droubi is doing her part to keep rents high and available only to non-locals in Noe Valley [48 Hills]
• More $2M+ homes now sell in Noe Valley and Cole Valley than in more "prestigious" northern neighborhoods like Pac Heights [Curbed]
• So expensive apparently no one knows what to "ask" for a property [Curbed]
• Worst place for renters in the U.S.? San Francisco, if cost is your only benchmark [Mother Jones]
• A portrait of Dorian of Dorian's Clock Repair on Sanchez [Marc Oliver LeBlanc]
• Noe Valley Democrats summer party and fundraiser is at Savor this Tues Aug 12 6:30-8:30pm [NV Dems]
• Supervisor Scott Weiner’s July/August newsletter is out [Scott Weiner]

[Photo: "Sitting on our front steps mowing some peasant pies" by hackerjackla]

This Week In Noe Valley: Holiday Conversation Starters

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

• Trip Advisor users define "real" Noe Valley [Trip Advisor]
• And what does Airbnb say about Noe Valley? [Airbnb]
• But living in Noe Valley isn't always puppies and butterflies [Curbed SF]
• Nor is it cheap: $1.39M average sale for single family homes in October [Downing & Co]
• Yet people will do anything to get here [@tessde]
• Meanwhile, the kittens at Macy's recommend getting out of the house [SF SPCA (live cam)]

[Photo: papahazama]