This Week in Noe Valley: New Muni Seats Coming, IPO Angst and a Hidden Urban Jungle

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

• Noe Valley Farmer’s Market pho maker a contender for a James Beard Award [ABC7]
• It’s not your imagination: The new Muni seats are uncomfy [SF Chronicle]
• 228 units have been part of Ellis Act evictions in District 8 since 2008 [@RafaelMandelman]
• KCBS’s Foodie Chap talks to KCBS about his restaurant, Noe’s Cantina [KCBS]
• New pizzeria opening in ex-Fattoush space and a skin clinic coming to former Real Foods retail [Noe Valley Voice]
• Blatant clickbait and tech IPO angst: Thousands of new millionaires are about to eat SF alive [NYTimes]

[Photo: Urban jungle via jillywilly] 

This Week in Noe Valley: Little Lambs at the Market and More Openings and Closings

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

• Lambs at the Farmer’s Market on Saturday, because Noe Valley [@IndyMapper]
• Pete’s Cleaners on 24th St at Vicksburg priced out of the neighborhood and closes [NVSF]
• Beautiful spring sunrise [fogcityfitclub]
• NoVY one of the small businesses to win a VISA award [@cjmcginnis]
• New market called Douglas opening this spring on Sanchez in old Bom Dia space [Noe Valley SF]
• “It’s hard to believe now that in 1990 ... 1 percent worked in tech. Now it’s more than 11 percent, and in SoMa, Mission, Marina, and Noe Valley, it feels like 50.” [Modern Luxury]
• Sultan’s Kebab (in the old Lazeez spot) is now open [@PianoCarnie]
• The stained glass window in the Noe Valley Ministry [knucklesamwick]
• Inside Noe Valley’s “cheapest” apartments [Hoodline]
• An “unlivable” historically protected Noe Valley Victorian gets a makeover [Metropolis]
• Mark Leno gets the SF Democratic Club endorsement for mayor [SF Examiner]
• Yep, Burning Man was born in part in a Noe Valley basement [Wallpaper]
• Retail activism in Noe Valley [@Holo_its_Maris]

[Photo: Paula Harris and Noe Valley Pet Co have been part of Noe Valley for 19 years via smylocalpetshop] 

This Week in Noe Valley: Shooter at St. Luke’s, The Wishing Tree Returns, and Why Don’t Tech Workers Vote?

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

• ICYMI: Drewe’s is now E&J Fine Meats [Bay Area Bites]
• Tour of a 4.3 million home on Cesar Chavez that was $4.8 million [CA Home & Design]
• The first dinner menu at HamletSF [@sportyspicesf]
• The Wishing Tree is back [#wishingtreesf]
• Active shooter nabbed at St. Luke’s [SF Examiner]
• Why don’t SF tech workers vote? [SF Examiner]
• K9 Scrub Club is closed and here’s why [K9 Scrub Club]
• Biggest regret from 1991: 'We should've bought that house in Noe Valley for 350K' [@madhill]
• Photos of the new retail/home development on 24th St at Church [SF Gate]
• The Louise Brooks Society started with a VHS tape rented at Video Wave [HuffPo]
• Notorious crooks: The story of the Gray Brothers who made millions running strip quarries in Noe Valley and Corona Heights in the early 1900s [SF Examiner]
• Local author and data scientist Kristin Henry’s adult coloring books arrive at Folio [artatomic]

[Photo: Fall view from Noe Valley via breadandbuttertheatre]

This Week In Noe Valley: Fun with Maps, Parking Musings, And A Vocal Local Glasshole

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

• Illustrator Jenni Sparks has created a whimsical map of SF – complete with Noe Valley landmarks like Elizabeth St Brewery and The Tavern [SFist]
• Martin Mattox is open at 1104 Sanchez and fashionistas rejoice [Racked]
• Radio Shack is in trouble – will the 24th St branch survive? [SFGate]
• Observed: People prefer waiting 15 min for free parking Whole Foods or Walgreens to paying for an open meter spot nearby [@tonypham]
• Does Angel Pagan live in Noe Valley? [@shaketini] 
• A survey by the City of SF looking for solutions to improve late-night public transit [via @Scott_Wiener]
• A plea for Blue Fog Market to open on 24th St [@tspollaro]
• Glassholes getting dissed by Noe Valley coffee shops – tech hate crime or satire? [@TechHateCrimes]
• Local fog hyperlapse [ericaaa_24]
• A local kitten that’s Internet famous on Reddit [thatcliffguy]

[Photo: Autumn is Coming via Ayesha_Mattu]

This Week in Noe Valley: What Noe Is Reading, New Heights For Church St. Homes, More Kids Clothes Coming To 24th St

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

• Bay castle cleaners getting "sustainable (work)wear for children." CEOs are so young these days. [@nickoneil] - preview of TugTug here
• Designer home on Church fetches $3.225 million [SocketSite]
• What Noe Valley is reading [Folio Books]
• Single family homes In Noe Valley have appreciated an average of 9% per year for the past five years [Jackson Fuller]
• Linguist and Noe Valley resident Geoff Nunberg weighs in on techies and the Google Bus [NPR]

[Photo:  Dolls in the window at Heroine on 24th St. - embem30]