NVV December 2015: 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 other resources. Follow the NVV link at the bottom for full articles and all the ads.

December 2015

Front Page: Head on over to neighbors Maika Nicholson's and Brad Wolfe's home at 7:30pm on 12/8/15 if you're interested in creating a Noe Valley Neighborhood Farm; "Lesbian Pioneers" Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, Noe Valley featured in the LGBTQ Historic Context Statement issued by the SF Historic Preservation Committee; The Farmer's Market will take over 24th St every Saturday starting January 2nd (although the NVFM folks say the market is closed that day) to allow for the construction of the Noe Valley Town Square; A brief biography of KPFA's Blues by the Bay host and Hill St resident Tom Mazzolini.

Letters: Kate explains why she voted against Prop F, which would have further regulated AirBnB.

Features: Clipper St repaving and traffic calming project delayed for at least six more months; 24 HoliDAYS on 24th St is back (because no neighborhood does the holidays like Noe Valley); Are we experiencing another housing bubble? No.

Cost of Living in Noe: A SFH averages $2.2M; A 2 bedroom apt averages $4742.

Short Takes: December food drive drop off at Whole Foods all month; SFFD Toy Drive at local FD stations and at Cliche Noe Gifts; Work has actually begun on Noe Courts.

Store Trek: Neighbors Corner Market, 499 Douglass at 21st St.

Rumors and Tidbits: A meager 54.2 percent of registered Noe Valley voters bothered; La Boulangerie is open; Construction has begun on La PanotiQ; Spin City has completed it's remodel and has added Noe Valley Coffee to its mix (Blue Bottle pulled out); K9 Scrub Club closed abruptly; Bom Dia has applied for an on-sale beer/wine license; Drewes is officially EJ Fine Meats; Neighbor Mike Underhill was lead attorney representing the US against BP for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

[The Noe Valley Voice]

This Week In Noe Valley: Fall Color, Another Kickstarter, And David Sedaris Spotted

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

• Maricar Lagura launches a Kickstarter to expand and improve Spin City Coffee [Kickstarter]
• San Francisco real estate flippers make an average profit of $344,111 per flip [Curbed]
• Spotted: David Sedaris wandering around Noe Valley – he's the best friend of Rabat's manager [@shaketini and NVV]
• This is what the security guards at BofA talk about [@Kitt_Radley]
• Noe Valley Bakery is doing a window display this month and the theme is "Giving Back" (chastened by some Kickstarter campaign criticism?) [Guide Dogs for the Blind]
• Noe Valley Food Drive is this Sunday across from Whole Foods [ClimbSF]
• Surviving the secret childhood trauma of a parent’s drug addiction – authored by someone raised in Noe Valley [Pacific Standard]
• There but for the grace... That homeless person you see might be your former Noe Valley neighbor [SF Gate]
• In case you've missed it, here's howw Noe Valley got its name [Bold Italic]
• Designer Louisa Parris reminisces about her rent-controlled place in the hood and here's what a Noe Valley scarf looks like [Racked and Louisa Parris]

[Photo: A little taste of Fall in San Francisco via letote]

This Week in Noe Valley: Car Break-ins, Berkeley Comparisons, And Mini Local Celebrity Sightings

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

• The local Noe Valley branch library cards are cute [camillertime]
• Brewer’s blackbird spotted in Noe Valley [@AudubonCA]
• Spotted in the window at Drewes Meats [94th Day]
• Nice neighbor PSA: Don’t leave anything visible in your car – the streets have been lined with glass [@sfstern]
• Whole Foods supports Students Rising Above through your bag donations [SRA]
• Food drive coming to Noe Valley on Nov 23 [@SevenSquaredSF]
• A woodcut artist in LA carved an original piece of Phil Jaber of Philz Coffee – and tells his story [Woodcuting Fool]
• In elections, Berkeley is like “one big Noe Valley” [SF Gate]
• …in real estate however, not so much [Berkleyside]
• 13-year old music phenom Henry Plotnik plays the NV Farmer’s Market [KQED]
• Actor Liam Vincent lives in the neighborhood [7x7]
• So does Fat Mike of punk rock band NoFX [SF Weekly]
• There are 70 craft chocolate makers in the US today – and Chocolate Covered carries 25 of them [SF Chronicle]
• What $6,000 a month rents you in Noe Valley [Curbed]

[Photo: Colorful house via maria.bruno.sf]

SF Food Bank: Noe Valley Steps Up

Thanks for your contributions to the Food Bank!

We made $150 and Ladybug Ladybug matched that so we were able to donate $300! Thanks to everyone who donated!

We believe that when we all feel stressed and pressured by the awful things that are happening in the world around us and as the credit crisis tightens its hold on each of us, it becomes even more important to look beyond our own worries and to try to support the community that we are lucky to be a part of. Each small thing that someone does to help another person, helps our community and hopefully can start a positive domino effect.

Happy Holidays to you all.

Well done, Noe Valley! And well done Ladybug Ladybug! This note, and the full Food Bank barrels at Bell Market, Cook's Boulevard, Noe Valley Ministries (and probably others we didn't see) tell a great story about the people who live here.

[NVSF: San Francisco Food Bank Drop Off Locations]

San Francisco Food Bank Drop Off Locations

Contrary to what we posted in our monthly roundup of news from the Noe Valley Voice, the San Francisco Food Bank has three year-round drop off locations in Noe Valley:

I came across your blog posting where you state that the SF Food Bank has no food drop off locations in Noe Valley. We actually have three locations -- Bell Market, Terra Mia, and Noe Valley Ministry. ...Terra Mia doesn't have a barrel, but Bell Market and Noe Valley Ministry always have barrels... If folks have any questions, they can email us at fooddrives@sffb.org.

As the Events & Food Drive Manager points out:

Also, this is listed under "Noe Valley" on the document you link to from your page.

Quite right! Not sure how we managed that one but there it is.

[San Francisco Food Bank]
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