This Week in Noe Valley: Pride Week Shines, Solstice Sun Crack Returns

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

• Sweet history of a gay family in Noe Valley [SF Chronicle]
• Virtual tour of the historic Lyon Martin house at 651 Duncan St [Bay Area Reporter]
• Oh, San Francisco! And thank goodness for California [@chrismichel]
• Incredible 4-mile light show from the Pink Triangle to the Ferry Building for Pride [@mattb]
• Our gorgeous city from Bill Goat Hill [noevalleydogdad]
• More details on the new Brandon Jew Mamahuhu restaurant coming to 24th St later this year [SFGate]
• The Solstice Sun Crack returned this year (more history here) [@DavidGallagher and NVSF]

[Photo: Pink Triangle via bissingnette]

This Week in Noe Valley: Solstice Crack Is Back, Douglass Shooting, Celebrating SF Pride

The latest news from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs as we all weather the coronavirus fallout - and now the reopening.

• In which SF Gate discovers the delightful Noe Valley Solstice Crack (more here) [SFGate and NVSF]
• 28-year-old man shot near Douglass Park – in critical condition [SFGate]
• Mr. Digby’s gets the Soleil Ho treatment - a love letter to Midwestern comfort food [SF Chronicle]
• Noe Valley has 15.5 percent tree cover (compared to Sea Cliff’s 29.3 percent) [SF Examiner]
• Pride house [comotevas]
• Awesome sign of the times [lizatblackrose]
  

[Photo: Pride celebration 2021 over the hill at Dolores Park via @irapolis]

This Week In Noe Valley: Happy Independence Day, Apartment Sadness And The True Cost Of Living With Kids In SF

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

• Where to watch fireworks tonight in SF (if it's not foggy) [Curbed]
• Apartment sadness: Noe Valley rentals have come to this [SFist]
• Here’s a realtor publicly bragging about pumping and dumping Noe Valley real estate (ugh) [@marco_carvajal_]
• Todd David: To live comfortably in San Francisco and send kids to public school, you need to make $200,000 a year [SF Chronicle]
• Gallery of Jewels is having a sale through July – 20-50% off all designer gems [Racked]
• La Nebbia and La Ciccia are closed for the summer through July 24 [Tablehopper]
• Hamano Sushi honed omakase chef goes big time [Zagat]
• Supervisor Scott Wiener is running for Leno’s seat on the State Senate [SF Weekly]
• Dolores Park: Keep the culture, lose the mess [Scott Wiener on Medium]
• It’s baby spider season [@peteskomoroch]
• Love won [@gerke7]

This Week In Noe Valley: Pride Week And #LoveWins - Plus Some Ridiculousness

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

• The story of Noe Valley’s Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin, an important piece of pride history [SF Chronicle]
• Noe Valley’s painted ladies [felipefontouraa]
• And the pride house [home_schooling]
• Dolores Park was just a tad crowded today [myfanglicious]
• An interview with Songbird Studios founder Whitney Nichole [SF Station]
• ICYMI: Neighborhood activist Vicki Rosen dies of cancer [NVSF]
• New restaurant to replace burned out Bliss Bar is approved [NVSF]
• Did anyone lose a chicken? [@jheyman]
• Homes in SF are now selling for $1M over asking – including 471 Hoffman in Noe [SF Gate]
• $7 to get from Noe Valley to SOMA via Uber – enjoy it while it lasts and drives alternatives out of business [@peterpham]
• This guy [@iamhenrydodge]

[Photo: Happy Pride and raising money for Glacier National Park sipsnacksweatsf]

This Week In Noe Valley: Blender Bomb Scare, June Rain Record, And Housing In The Gayborhood

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

• Traffic-snarling bomb scare on 24th Street turns out to be … a blender in a box [NBC]
• Training them early in Noe Valley [pbleam71]
• What 10-12 year olds in Noe Valley talk about [@swmajor]
• Noe Valley has a second $7M sale and a new most expensive home [SocketSite]
• In honor of Pride Month, data shows gayborhoods like Noe Valley are “really expensive” [Marketwatch]
• A fifth of an inch of rain fell on Wednesday in Noe Valley – the most in June since 1879 [SFGate]
• The northern half of Dolores Park is reopening Thursday – take the pledge [@Scott_Wiener]
• ICYMI: Rumors of a new parklet on 24th Street in front of Patxis [NVSF]
• Spotted: Classic 1970s VW Vanagon, stickers and all [@blars0n]

[Photo: Noe Valley on lockdown – for a blender in a box via @JosephJPEG ]

This Week in Noe Valley: Pride, Tomatoes, And Other Signs Of Summer

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

• Never gets old. Maybe if they stayed on appropriate streets? [@ddudgeon]
• Old school Noe Valley – pre Bernie's [@Bibliophagist]
• More on Rare Device, opening on 24th St. [hoodline]
• Pink Saturday in Dolores Park [@DallasSF]
• Live stream of the 2014 Pride Parade [SFPrideLive]
• Is West Portal the new Noe Valley? Um, no. That is all. [SFGate]
• Laidley St residents want you to come by on the 4th [@IamGabbyE]
• Chattanooga St flip gains nearly $3M (before costs) [Curbed]
• Median selling price for Noe Valley SFH in May: $2,420,000 [Downing & Co.]

[Photo via jayc_724]