This Week in Noe Valley: Ardiana Opens, the J Is 100, and Get Ready for the Eclipse!

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

• Ardiana: ”a sweet neighborhood spot” that is just as lovable La Nebbia [Tablehopper]
• Commute time from downtown to Noe Valley w/ Ford Go Bikes = 17 mins [@twinpeaks_sf]
• Yep, that’s Outside Lands you’re hearing (Metallica is on Sat night) [cathyaster]
• The J Church is 100 years old – awesome archive photos [SFMTA]
• Comerford Alley is one of SF’s privately owned streets [SFGate]
• San Jose Ave bike lane gets a concrete barrier (phew) [StreetsBlogSF]
• Old Noe [sanfranologie]
• What the solar eclipse will look like in the Bay Area on Monday [Mercury News]
• Retro read: What the 2012 eclipse looked like in Noe Valley [NVSF]

[Photo: Painted ladies of Noe Valley via guillevillena]

This Week in Noe Valley: A Mugging in Broad Daylight, Vintage SF, And Contigo Is Adding A Santa Cruz Outpost

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

• Woman mugged in broad daylight near Starbucks - sadly, no one offered to help the victim [@sfgirlbybay and @cindyloughridge]
• The view of the Noe Valley Library ceiling [MengChao Wu]
• San Francisco, a visit from 1958 [Jeff Altman]
• Vintage 60s in Noe Valley [thriftaholic]
• Whoa - a particularly nasty Noe neighbor [SFGate]
• Note to tech investors: don't be a dick - restaurants have a longer ROI period [Inside Scoop]
• Semi and a Miata mix it up at 23rd and Hoffman (semi wins) [@pruzicka]
• A la carte Passover menu returns to Firefly [JWeekly]
• Dubious distinction: Noe Valley Voice makes The New Yorker [@alitcatca]
• Yoga Mayu will open Easter Sunday at 4159B 24th St [@yogamayu]
• Contigo is opening a Santa Cruz location [Santa Cruz Sentinel]
• Help keep Dolores Park from becoming a wasteland [Bold Italic]

[Photo: Beautiful San Francisco day gugu_brasil]