This Week in Noe Valley: Holiday Spirit Arrives in the Wishing Tree, the Tree Twins, and Christmas on Dolores

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

• The 8th night of Hannukah in the Town Square [@Scott_Wiener]
• Headscratcher story about a build-your-own 2 million home [The Front Steps]
• The J Church returns to underground service after a vocal minority protests [SF Examiner]
• Jury convicts man in savage 2019 Noe Valley murder of his girlfriend [SFBay.ca]
• The Wishing Tree on 23rd St is back [Wishing Tree]
• 3 perfect hours on Slow Sanchez [SF Chronicle]
• Christmas on Dolores [kailyninsf] 
• Spotted on 24th St: The TreeTwins [treetwins]

[Photo: The Folio SF bookstore team gets in the holiday spirit #shoplocal via foliosf]

This Week in Noe Valley: Slow Streets Considered, Winter Wonderland, Labor Shortages Hit Home

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

• Are slow streets a good idea? Carl Nolte investigates slow Sanchez St [SF Chronicle]
• Winter Wonderland parklet [@marcellemoran]
• Noe Valley family continues to fight eviction [SFExaminer]
• French Tulip sign sums up the Noe Valley labor market [@NoeValleySF]
• More on the labor shortage in Noe Valley (vaccines are a factor) [ABC7]
• Cotton Candy skies [_bethannek_]
• Paradise with an inversion layer [photo_by_bill]
• Opposed Noe Valley infill project recommended for approval [SocketSite]

[Photo: Fnnch salmon mural on 23rd Street via mrp1cture]

These Weeks in Noe Valley: La Lucha Launches, Rats Shut Down Walgreens, Getting Used to Living with COVID

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

• Living in a 70-square foot space in Noe Valley [Insider]
• Good morning, Noe Valley [@bats1234]
• La Lucha coffee shop on Sanchez is open [@SFjkdineen]
• Getting used to living with COVID: Interview with Noe Valley resident Bob Wachter, Chair of UCSF Dept of Medicine [Noe Valley Voice]
• Severe rat infestation temporarily closes Noe Valley Walgreens [SFGate]

[Photo: Simpler times on 24th Street via ardna65]

This Week in Noe Valley: Happy Halloween, Our Cool Library and a Stroller Spa Is Coming

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

• Cool: The Noe Valley library is one of the seven SF Carnegie libraries built 1901-1921 [@FromSF] 
• Get ready for costume cuteness: Sanchez Halloween Stroll on Sunday from 2-4 [Slow Sanchez]
• Sales at One Stop Party Shop on Church are booming [@SFChronicle]
• Noe Valley Pet Co and Maxwell's are hosting "Howl-O-Ween Pet Parade and Costume Contest" Sunday at 2pm [Bay Area Reporter]
• Noe Valley descends into self parody with the Stroller Spa [@twliterary]
• Nighttime on Slow Sanchez [@slowsanchez]

[Photo: Halloween via iamsabrina88]

This Week in Noe Valley: Noe Valley Eviction, Walgreens Closures - and Some Local Magic

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

• Walgreens closing 5 stores including one on Cesar Chavez – controversy ensues [SFGate]
• Throwback: Remember Steven Fowler? [Nicki Swift]
• Longtime SF housing activist now facing Noe Valley eviction [SF Chronicle]
• Artist pop-up at 3903 24th Street extended to Nov 15 [jamielovejoyart]
• The One Stop Party Shop is hopping [sarahromontoya]
• Candy colored house [elenaarielle]
• The Bell on Slow Sanchez goes next level for Halloween [@slowsanchezsf]

[Photo: Magical Noe Valley via lisawolfe.sf]

This Week in Noe Valley: Folio Books Changes Hands, Fleet Week and Halloween + Block Party Are Coming

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

• Oct NVV: Hate for the Diamond St apartments and love for Village Rotisserie [NVV]
• Folio books owner Paula Foley is retiring and handing over the reins to 3 passionate readers [Folio]
• How Video Wave, SF’s last video rental store, survives [SFExaminer]
• The Navy’s brass quintet in the Town Square [@TerryMcSweeney]
• A new Indonesian pop-up makes its debut at the Noe Valley Farmer's Market [Nusa]
• Cute: Halloween is coming [kimstragram_31]
• Next week: Block party on Sanchez at 26th on Oct 17 including art, music and more [Slow Sanchez]

[Photo: Fleet Week in Noe Valley via eyeofted]

These Weeks in Noe Valley: So Long BistroSF, Hello Cute New Uma Casa Parklet and (Soon!) La Lucha

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

• Uma Casa gets creative with a cool new parklet [@VerteAdelie]
• New coffee shop La Lucha at 29th and Sanchez is looking lit [@SFjkdineen]
• Opening date for La Lucha? “Next few weeks” [@DEEPRIPLEY]
• Yep, it’s decorative gourd season in the hood [chrispatil]
• The dogs of Sanchez [jeffwalksdogs]
• After a good run (and pandemic creativity) SF Bistro bows out [bistrosfgrill]
• Gallery of Jewels has been hit with theft 3 times in the pandemic [NBV Bay Area]
• Noe Valley resident and rock and roll journalist Ben Fong Torres reminisces [SF Chronicle Datebook]
• More frequency coming to the J Church [@jeffreytumlin]
• Fridays at 4:30 – Sanchez Cleanup & Happy Hour [@slowsanchezsf]

[Photo: Sunrise via patoviejo]

This Week in Noe Valley: Rotisserie Chicken Arrives and a Car Wrecks Gallery of Jewels Storefront

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

• Sanchez Slow Street permanently going slow! [@slowsanchezsf]
• Australian-style Village Rotisserie opens, then closes, and will reopen for real on Sept 14 [Eater]
• Gallery of Jewels storefront gets wrecked by a car [@shaketini]
• In addition to Wink, When Modern Was is taking over other half of Rabat [NVV]
• Bernie’s makes Eater’s Best Coffee Shops list [EaterSF]
• The season of beautiful sunsets [ithenightowl]
• Burning Man, Noe Valley style [@cathyaster]

[Photo: Heat relief via sanfranciscoworld]