This Week in Noe Valley: NōVY Preview, Lost Pet Bird, And A Photo Tour Of Baja Noe

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

• A sneak peek at NōVY [Tablehopper]
• Missing: Pet cockatiel last sighted near the Seward slides responds to whistling the song Tequila [Mickaboo]
• Upper Noe Valley "momiforms" [Far Out City]
• Noe Valley Bakery is 20 years old this week [@noevalleybakery]
• A photo tour of Baja Noe Valley [Mission Local]
• Noe Valley teardown lists for $859K, sells for $1.38M (and will sell for $4M in 2 years) [Curbed]
• Inside an unusual Noe Valley "Ship in a Bottle" home [Inhabitat]
• Philz Coffee has $30M in funding for nationwide expansion [TechCrunch]

[Photo: Tippy house via sfgirlbybay]

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: Orange October, Harvest Fest, And Other Signs of Fall

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

• It was Harvest this weekend and Scott Wiener was there [@Scott_Wiener]
• So were Carol Kingsley and David Campos [Carol Kingsley and @DavidCamposSF]
• Orange October indeed: Beautiful Noe Valley sunsets [ktmow and andrewgodwin]
• And the hayride not operated by Uber [brianalvey]
• A short video of Trolley Dancers that rode the J-Church line this weekend [swim97]
• And an in-depth piece about said Trolley Dancers [KALW]
• Bom Dia corner market gets closer – and they're hiring [Good Food Jobs]
• Sorry #NoeDads – Hooters is not replacing Bliss Bar [San Francisco]
• A discerning review of Rare Device [SF Girl by Bay]
• After a recent facelift, Noe Valley Bakery launches a Kickstarter to raise $19,000 for...a facelift (because France) [Kickstarter]
• Man rear-ended, then pistol-whipped at 24th and Dolores [SF Examiner]
• KRON goes to the scene of the crime and interviews neighbors who feel less safe now [KRON4]
• Beware of this potentially dangerous Comcast scam [@paulettebleam]
• An in-depth review of Porcellino's pork ragu that survives from Incanto [SFGate]
• Meanwhile, Cosentino hopes to branch out at his new restaurant Cockscomb [SFGate]
• San Francisco and Noe Valley are tops for trick or treating once again [Zillow]
• Are there any grown-ups in SF? Yes, and they're all at Urban Putt [SFGate]

[Photo: NVSF]

This Week In Noe Valley: Holi Color Festival, Best SF Sourdough, Farewell Incanto

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

• If you were wondering about the music today, it was a hipster Holi celebration at James Lick [Bold Italic]
• Realtors renaming neighborhoods meets resistance and derision but sells houses [SF Gate]
• RIP Angus Brunner, landlord and dear friend of Just for Fun, who lost his battle with cancer [@holdn2aces]
• Parents at Alvarado Elementary rally and raise private funds for their kids' public school [KALW]
• Review of the best "destination" sourdough bread makers around the city – Noe Valley Bakery is #4 [Barbary Coast News]
• The Cube House is the current NV real estate hotness [SF Gate; Or it's "an ostentatious bunker" (Socketsite)]
• Photos from the last meal at Incanto – and a preview of Consentino’s TV pilot Chef Unleashed [SFist]
• Locally-owned Easy Breezy becomes a chain - opening another froyo location on Irving [Zagat]
• Women's clothing maker LOLA is back as a pop-up shop in the former Clipper Corner/Be Yoga space [@bncmusic]

[Photo: colleenmcclowry]

This Week In Noe Valley: Pop-Up Grits, SFMTA Hit And Run, And Signs Of Labor Day In Noe

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

• Cheese grits pop-up coming to Noe Valley bakery every Friday in September [Noe Valley Bakery]
• Good Samaritan reports SFMTA hit and run and gets results [@sleepyemu]
• Noe Valley family physician Dr. Daphne Miller on Forum: What Can Farming Teach Us About Living? [KQED]
• Noe Valley "dream home" comes with landlord duties and a Sauron-like heat lamp in the bathroom [KTVU]
• How you know it's Labor Day in Noe - 10 years of Real Foods blight [@NikkiDreams]

[Photo: nicoco_xd]

This Week In Noe Valley: Condo Sales Insanity, Homegrown Hostess Cupcakes, and Word Week Begins

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

• Field trip envy: check out the view from the cupola atop City Hall [Hayeswire]
• Noe Valley condo sales are on fire - $998,000 is average (if you can find one)  [Downing & Co.]
• The gentrification of San Francisco 2.0 [Marketplace]
• Lusting after Hostess-style cupcakes from scratch from Noe Valley Bakery (with photos) [love from the bay]
• Noe Valley Word Week featuring local authors starts today [FONV]

[Photo: j_gail ]

This Week In Noe Valley: Phone Grabbing, Foodie Events, And Scott Wiener Is Winning

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

• J-Church phone grab. Again. No seriously - AGAIN. Put your phone away. [Mission Local]
• Bingo Night at St Paul's [SFGate]
• How to find adventure in San Francisco: "Throw a little glitter on it, Honey!" [DesignStudio]
• More on how Caskhouse ended up in Noe Valley [Gorilla Analytics]
• Scott Wiener makes the far left mad. Whatever. [7x7]
• Noe Valley Bakery makes a mean birthday cake [Red Tricycle]
• Omnivore Book's March foodie events [Omnivore Books]
• Omnivore's Celia Sack also knows a thing or two (or three) about crab [Edible SF]
• Average January single family home sold for nearly $2M [Downing & Co]
• And yet...words fail. Probably "good bones," but the last three photos... [James Maxwell via Pac Union]

[Photo: Tamar Hurwitz]

This Week In Noe Valley: It's Getting More Expensive To Live Here, NV Dems Don't Quite Realize NV Actually Wealthy, And The Mayor Of NV

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

• Caskhouse getting noticed, but not a sports bar [7x7, NVSF; also: we're betting the Zagat blogger hasn't actually been there]
• Year-end Noe Valley home sales averaged more than $1.6M - and not for prime properties [Downing & Co]
• NV Dems stunned to learn "regular" Americans equate out-of-touch wealth with large kitchens, flat screen TVs and iPads...like most Noe Valley households [NVDC]
• SFGirlByBay's new digs [San Fran Mag]
• Profile of 'mayor" Sam Salameh of Good Times News [Kate Imbach]
• Another mayor, but with a cigar [kayladontcare]

[Photo: aironsmiles]

This Week in Noe Valley

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

• Instawalk SF leaves from Philz at 24th @ Diamond on Sat June 2 at 10:30 AM [Postagramapp]
• Your Burning Man sofa is free and in Noe: "Yes it's trashed. Perfect for La Playa..." [Craigslist]
• No surprise here: Noe condo prices are red hot and climbing [Downing & Co.]
• Noe Valley Bakery is now selling strawberry rhubarb pies – through Labor Day [Twitter]
• S**t cabbies say about Noe Valley (ouch) [All Out on Muni]
• There are always 2 all-veggie dishes on the main course menu at Firefly [SF News]
• Spanish and Portuguese wine lovers: Intimate wine dinner with Miguel Merino at Contigo [Uncorked]
• A lady on 24th St. [Flickr]

[Photo: A love letter to downtown Noe signs via LivsPlusGibs]

2009 Noe Valley Harvest Festival

This Saturday is the 5th Annual Noe Valley Harvest Festival and we find ourselves repeating what we wrote last year:

Posters have popped up around the neighborhood, and organizers apparently spoke to the Noe Valley Voice [Ed.--link is to current article], but the Festival website is sorely lacking (odd in such a tech savvy neighborhood). And... the poster instructs: "Please visit our website for more information." Nice idea, but with one week to go there is still almost nothing there.

So here is the information from the poster (kindly sent to us by the entertainment/parking coordinator:

When: October 24, 10am - 5pm
Where: 24th between Church and Sanchez
Cost: Free
What: "Celebrate exhibiting artists, craftspeople & non-profits which support our Noe Valley economy & community. With more than 60 different types of crafts, jewelry and artwork to choose from, support our exhibitors and get a jump on your holiday shopping!"

Schedule of Events (Main Stage):

10:00 Welcome Announcements, Emcee Michael Capozzola
10:15-11:00 The Alphabet Rockers
11:30 Kids Costume Contest
12:15-1:15 Wee the Band
1:15-1:30 Hoop the Flow (hula hoop demo)
1:30 Dog Costume Contest
2:00-3:00 Lovitt-Page Rock Band
3:15 Pie-Eating Contest sponsored by Noe Valley Bakery
3:30 Gypsy Tease Flamenco Dance [Ed.--guessing that this is the right link/artist.]
4:00-5:00 Go Van Gogh

11:00-3:00 Hayride, free for kids, departs from Walgreens

8:00pm Lost in the Fog screening in the parking lot between Le Zinc and le Shack. "Refreshments" provided by Whole Foods. Bring a blanket and chair.

Additional family-friendly entertainment includes: photo booth, juggler, dunk tank, balloon artist, face painting, caricaturist, jumpy tents, and of course ... a pumpkin patch.

[Noe Valley Harvest Festival]
[NVV: How to Raise Hay At the Oct. 24 Harvest Festival]
[NVSF: Photos: Noe Valley Harvest Festival (2008)]

Noe Valley Loves It Some Pie!

Twitter user noaml: "Noe Valley bakery made 1200 pumpkin pies. 550 were preordered."

Happy Thanksgiving, Noe Valley!

[Photo: chavakn]
[Twitter: Noe Valley]