This Week in Noe Valley: Class Baiting, Rainbows and See Jane Run Catches a Break

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

• It rained… and then ... rainbows [beldenbarns and caragpw]
• A barista at Bernie’s was badly injured in a motorcycle accident – campaign here for those who want to help [gofundme]
• So that’s what they call a Victorian gut and flip [Curbed]
• A job post for a fancy $175K butler in Noe Valley blows up Twitter (and is almost certainly bogus) [The Guardian]
• Hahn’s Hibachi is closing for good at the end of April [@crsy]
• ICYMI: The For Lease sign is down and something is happening at the 25th and Church restaurant space... [@noevalleysf]
• The Temporarium coffee shop at the edge of Noe Valley (22nd and Guerrero] is now open [the_temporarium]
• See Jane Run negotiates a 6 month reprieve – see the comments [Robert Blaylock]
• The Lotus Method, workouts for expecting Moms, opens in April on 24th St [Lotus Method]
• Noe Valley resident Jade Stone stars in clever Exploratorium send-up [Bum Vivant]

[Photo: Bernie’s in the Spring via wannabefashionblogger]

Moving: See Jane Run

Well this is too bad: Another genuinely useful local store is apparently being priced out of its space. Early this week the signs appeared in See Jane Run’s windows at 3910 24th Street that they had lost their lease. Chatting up the staff there, it seems SJR didn’t lose its lease so much as the owners decided not to renew the lease at the new (in the staff's words) “greedy landlord” prices. The woman-owned and operated San Francisco company was founded in 2000 and is actively looking for a new space for a local store – hopefully in Noe Valley – and there’s currently no set date for closing. We have to think the pending construction next door may also have been a factor in SJR's decision to look around.

The owners are renting month-to-month in the meantime and it’s a great time to scoop up merchandise for 10-70% off. There’s also a See Jane Run store in Oakland on College Ave.

See Jane Run is one of many local shops to face rising rents in the last 12 months including Video Wave, Cradle of the Sun, In-House, Common Scents and Noe Valley Music (now a nail salon).

NVV March 2016: We Read It So You Don't Have To

The Noe Valley Voice is published ten times a year and has been a neighborhood fixture since 1977. Here are notable highlights from the latest issue. Links are to stories we've covered here on NVSF or other resources. Follow the NVV link at the bottom for full articles and all the ads.

March 2016

Front Page: Janis Joplin's psychedelic Porsche that she drove while living in Noe Valley sold for $1.76 million in December; A profile of Todd David, president of the Friends of Noe Valley and political director of Scott Wiener's Senate campaign; The proposed Town Square animal sculptures are criticized for being unsafe to climb and for looking like "lumps;" Word Week is back March 20-26.

Letters: A plea for Noe Valleyeons to consider the Affordable Housing Density Bonus Program; A long rambling letter from someone who misses Real Foods and hates what's happening on 24th St; No love for Whole Foods' loud holiday trucks and parking grab; A complaint about Haystack Pizza adding $2.25 to the bill for whole wheat crust; An appreciation for Wilkes Bashford (RIP).

Features: Alex Louh of the old St. Paul's Market died of cancer in January. RIP Father Tom Seagrave a former Noe Valley priest at St. Paul's parish. In memory of writer and teacher Jane Underwood.

Cost of Living in Noe: The most expensive home sold for $4.5 million on Cesar Chavez at Noe. Rents are cooling off slightly (but not much).

Short Takes: The Peaks, Valley Tavern and The Dubliner will all be celebrating St. Patrick's Day in style on March 17; The Noe Valley Easter Egg Hunt is back, on Saturday March 26 (10 to noon) at Douglass Park thanks to sponsorship from the Droubi and Roddick families.

Store Trek: Lazeez Mediterranean Grill, 3915 24th St. (reviews here)

Rumors and Tidbits: A For Lease sign has appeared in the window of 1298 Church St. - the completed but unused restaurant is seeking a new tenant; Mylene's beauty Shop has transformed into Moe's Barber and Beauty Parlor on 24th St.; chef Paul Svensson was at the Noe Valley Farmer's Market with a film crew for a possible documentary about food (maybe); The bathrooms are now open at Noe Courts; BJ Droubi is retiring and moving to Sacramento - the real estate business is going to her daughter Lamisse; SFPD beat officer Lorraine Lombardo has retired; The restored Noe Valley firehouse at 3816 22nd St. is for rent on Airbnb for $1500 per night; Smash and grab car break-ins are on the rise (moral: don't leave anything in your car); Shoe Biz is no longer a small local shop; The Rabbit Hole Children's Theater is moving into the corner of Diamond and 24th (a former laundromat).

[The Noe Valley Voice]

This Week in Noe Valley: Daylight Savings, Pop-ups Popping Up and Rainy Day Politics

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

• Noe Valley’s Dorian Clair will reset San Francisco’s grandest clock for daylight savings time [SF Gate]
• A tribute to former NV resident and LGBT activist Charlotte Coleman [SF Bay Times]
• ICYMI: Art proposal for the Noe Valley Town Square [SFAC]
• Guggenheimish at the edge of Noe [kristynaarcher]
• Word Week, Noe Valley’s annual lit festival starts March 20 [Word Week]
• The stories behind SF neighborhood names [SF Gate]
• Spotted all around Noe Valley #IDKNotTrumpTho [merrij]
• The top 10 (!) brunches in Noe Valley [The Culture Trip]
• A massive price cut on a completely remodeled home for sale [SocketSite]
• Fair Oaks Halloween is a selling point for this new home? [7x7]
• Surprise! Study finds the Bay Area housing crisis is fueled by greed [SF Chronicle]
• Spin City Coffee hosts a cute pop-up dinner [spincitycoffee]
• A community pop-up at The Root on March 13 includes food, palm reading and shopping [millielottietotes]
• Hamlet adds Happy Hour weekdays from 4-5:30 [hamlet_sf]

[Photo: Rainy days via larsenpro]

This Week In Noe Valley: Questions About Bom Dia's Transformation And Housing Prices Getting Pricier

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

• Bom Dia Market is closed while they transform into a cafe... [Bom Dia]
• ...but Bom Dia doesn't have any permits to do the work. Why close? [@NoeValleySF]
• FWIW, here's Bom Dia's application from last June [DBI]
• Still hot #1: $1.8M Fixer on Clipper [Curbed]
• Still hot #2: 4 unit building on Sanchez for $3M (and it can't go condo) [@JustSoldinSF]
• Still hot #3: Gorgeous 5/5.5 on Fair Oaks asks $5M [Sotheby's]
• A handy guide for newbies to SF's public transit [@AAAArch]
• The Little Chihuahua will return in a few weeks with new floors [@TLChihuahua]
• Haystack Pizza adds outdoor seating [@NoeValleySF]

[Photo: kslatzlifestyle]

This Week in Noe Valley: New Trees, Housing Crisis Workarounds, and the End of Google Buses?

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

• New trees! Saturday was a mass planting day by FUF [@mhjin]
• The high-end Vietnamese restaurant at 29th and Church suspends its campaign [@NoeValleySF]
• The beginning of the end of shuttle buses in Noe Valley? [SF Examiner]
• An interview with the founders of Townsquared who hatched their product in Noe Valley [PC Mag]
• Are your neighbors adding a 2 bedroom inlaw in their backyard to solve the housing crisis? [Atlantic]
• District 8 Supervisor Scott Wiener is launching his Senate campaign from an HQ in the Castro [Scott Wiener]
• Support Noe Valley Chamber Music at the 2016 Benefit Concert [NVCM]

[Photo: Spring day from Noeteca via kjchdimo]

This Week in Noe Valley: Town Square Art Worries and Noe Valley “Charm”

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

• Surprise! There are some worries about the first Wowhaus art designs for the Noe Valley Town Square [SF Rec & Park and SFAC]
• Cooling ahead for SF real estate including Noe Valley? [CNBC]
• Noe Valley is 13th most competitive neighborhood for real estate in the nation [Realtor Mag]
• Another enthusiastic review of Hamlet [Do the Bay]
• Noe Valley makes a “most charming neighborhood” list [Curbed]
• You may have seen a Panther in the hood during the Super Bowl [NY Post]
• Beautiful sunrises this week [SpinCityCoffee and mitali and instabishnu]
• Spotted: Cookie prostitutes [@khartline]

[Photo: Plum trees blooming via theheadlandsblog]

NVV February 2016: We Read It So You Don't Have To

The Noe Valley Voice is published ten times a year and has been a neighborhood fixture since 1977. Here are notable highlights from the latest issue. Links are to stories we've covered here on NVSF or other resources. Follow the NVV link at the bottom for full articles and all the ads.

February 2016

Front Page: Design shop Wowhaus has won the commission to create the public art for the Town Square -- comments wanted; St. Luke's is under construction; the Affordable Housing Bonus Program is controversial with Noe Valley residents; a foster dog named Peanut needs a home and gets a ginormous feature story; SFMTA traffic engineers are still trying to slow down traffic and protect pedestrians and cyclists at the I-280 merge.

Letters: A neighbor reminds you to check the dates on construction sawhorses (contractor parking) - they might be expired; a 23rd St resident believes that traffic and speeding on his street are on the rise; a house garage on the 4700 block of 25th street was burgled; RIP to the dapper Wilkes Bashford, a longtime Noe Valley resident. Sidebar: the most common crimes in our little burg? Burglary, disturbing the peace, fraud, stolen cars, theft and vehicle break-ins.

Features: A full rundown of what transpired at the January 14 District 8 security meeting.

Cost of Living in Noe: Housing prices are up 20 percent year over year thanks to tight supply. Rents are flattening out (but still high).

Store Trek: Charlie's Corner, 4102 24th St. at Castro

Rumors and Tidbits: Lots of For Rent signs still on 24th Street including Common Scents and In-House - as are many storefronts over the hill in Eureka Valley/Castro; Hahn's Hibachi is closing for good after many rumors and 20 years; Pomelo is no longer serving dinner - for now; construction will begin soon on the former Bliss Bar which is becoming a thai noodle bar [Ed.--construction is underway]; La Boulangerie is open; Hamlet is open; the former toy store The Ark is papered over and will become a retail store for kitchen goods; Portuguese restaurant Uma Casa will come to life in the old Incanto restaurant space this summer.

[The Noe Valley Voice]