DAVIDsTEA: New Opening Date

The wraps are off the new DAVIDsTEA shop on 24th Street but the opening date has been postponed again. From the publicist:

As you may have noticed, the DAVIDsTEA in Noe Valley still isn't open. Construction was moving along right on schedule, but they hit a snag with the City in terms of receiving approval on a fire rating for the building. It has all been cleared up now, but the delays caused the opening to be pushed back. All systems now seem to be "go" for a new opening date of October 27.

[NVSF: Interview: David Segal of DAVIDsTEA]

This Week In Noe Valley: Top Chef In Noe Valley, Whole Foods Turns Three, And An Awesome Passive Aggressive Note

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

• Incanto's Chris Cosentino wins Top Chef Masters final; Mark Pastore pens a great Letter [Inside Scoop, Incanto]
• This neighbor doesn't understand some basic rules but writes a great note [@LarsenPro]
• Whole Foods Noe Valley turns three on Saturday and there will be a party of sorts [@immortalsrun]
• San Francisco is the best city to live in regardless of haters in the comments [Businessweek]
• A Lovejoys offshoot is opening in Pacifica [Patch]

[Photo: Penseroso]

Public Meeting: SF Public Libraries

This Saturday the San Francisco Public library would like to fulfill it's voter-mandated obligation to update it's services based on community input:

The Library Preservation Fund, renewed by Proposition D in November 2007, requires that the San Francisco Library Commission assess and modify as appropriate the hours of operation of the Main and branch libraries at least once every five years. The public hearings are a key component of this process.

These public hearings will also allow residents to give SFPL their ideas about library services and priorities and allow the Library to present ideas about its future goals and initiatives.

In case you can't make it, the next meeting will be on Oct 2nd at the Bernal Heights Branch Library. More details at the SFPL website.

What: Library Operating Hours Public Meeting
When: Sat, 9/29/2012, 1:00-3:00pm
Where: 451 Jersey Street

Moving: Heliotrope

After a 2+ year run at 1515 Church St, a sign in the window of Heliotrope announces that the store is taking it's eco-friendly and natural skincare products to a new location at 806 Valencia St in November. The reason for the move? Not the ADA lawsuits that have troubled so many local small businesses. The owners are hoping instead for a location with "more foot traffic."

The shop is still open for now - and even once it moves, you can still get Heliotrope lotions and soaps at Loft on 24th St.

Heliotrope 
806 Valencia at 19th (starting Nov 2012)
415-643-4847

A Most Excellent Map Of Employee Shuttle Bus Stops

No routes have been published of employee shuttle bus stops, but Realtors seem to know where they are - they're a huge bonus for selling or renting property in Noe Valley and other neighborhoods to those commuting to Silicon Valley. Neighbors have loved/hated them since around 2008. The City conducted a study concluding there's money to be made in regulation. But no one has quantified what everyone wants to know - how many people ride them and do they do more harm than good?

Data visualization experts at Stamen Design were commissioned by Zero1 to study how many people make the commute from San Francisco to the Silicon Valley, urban to suburban. It was a long process, and the above map was created. The nut? Besides the really cool graphic? "At a rough estimate, these shuttles transport about 40% of the amount of passengers Caltrain moves each day. Google alone runs about 125 trips daily, all over the city."

[Stamen: The City from the Valley (2012)]
[Zero1 Biennial]

This Week In Noe Valley: A New Restaurant In Noe, Space Shuttle Endeavor Buzzes The 'Hood, A New $4.25M Comp

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

• Samsung Galaxy owners can have their own Noe Valley case - sorry iPhone 5 users [Zazzle]
• Pushing the envelope once again? $4.25M new construction single family home [Curbed]
• Another fire in Noe Valley - no one injured [CBS Local]
• That Tao space? Eater previews Company [Eater]
• Noe Valley condos (still) average $1M plus [Downing & Co]
• Todd David fights for the kids [KALW]

[Photo: Space Shuttle Endeavor from Noe Valley via @Rafe]

This Week In Noe Valley: Uni The New Foie Gras, Rent Control Isn't, Probate Sale Shows Market Is Out Of Control

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

• Hard won lesson: the shifting cost of living in Noe [@sfgirlbybay]
• Copper Thief's dump fixer sells for $1.3M [Curbed]
• Uni at La Ciccia makes a dubious trend list [Zagat]
• Juicey Lucy's is a local alternative to "cleanse" diets [SF Weekly]
• Noe Valley gets an F on cost of living and other fun stats [areavibes]

[Photo: ‏@nutritionella]

Video: Thief Empties Box Left By OnTrac

This video via the Noe Valley Parent email list, while lacking drama, captures an OnTrac delivery and subsequent pilfering of said delivery. The loot? Kids vitamins.

So much for the convenience of Amazon Prime.