What: Upper Noe Neighbors monthly meeting. "We'll be featuring many of the candidates for District 8 supervisor. Great opportunity for Noe Valley residents to get a head start on evaluating the candidates."
When: Tonight, Thursday the 22nd, 7:30pm
Where: Upper Noe Recreation Center, Day/Sanchez
Can't make it? With only a year left in this campaign there will likely be many more opportunities to meet Rafael Mandelman, Scott Wiener, Rebecca Prozan, Laura Spanjian and whomever else dreams of taking Bevan Dufty's seat on the Board.
Update: SF FYI net attended.
October 22, 2009
October 20, 2009
2009 Noe Valley Harvest Festival
This Saturday is the 5th Annual Noe Valley Harvest Festival and we find ourselves repeating what we wrote last year:
Posters have popped up around the neighborhood, and organizers apparently spoke to the Noe Valley Voice [Ed.--link is to current article], but the Festival website is sorely lacking (odd in such a tech savvy neighborhood). And... the poster instructs: "Please visit our website for more information." Nice idea, but with one week to go there is still almost nothing there.So here is the information from the poster (kindly sent to us by the entertainment/parking coordinator:
When: October 24, 10am - 5pm
Where: 24th between Church and Sanchez
Cost: Free
What: "Celebrate exhibiting artists, craftspeople & non-profits which support our Noe Valley economy & community. With more than 60 different types of crafts, jewelry and artwork to choose from, support our exhibitors and get a jump on your holiday shopping!"
Schedule of Events (Main Stage):
10:00 Welcome Announcements, Emcee Michael Capozzola
10:15-11:00 The Alphabet Rockers
11:30 Kids Costume Contest
12:15-1:15 Wee the Band
1:15-1:30 Hoop the Flow (hula hoop demo)
1:30 Dog Costume Contest
2:00-3:00 Lovitt-Page Rock Band
3:15 Pie-Eating Contest sponsored by Noe Valley Bakery
3:30 Gypsy Tease Flamenco Dance [Ed.--guessing that this is the right link/artist.]
4:00-5:00 Go Van Gogh
11:00-3:00 Hayride, free for kids, departs from Walgreens
8:00pm Lost in the Fog screening in the parking lot between Le Zinc and le Shack. "Refreshments" provided by Whole Foods. Bring a blanket and chair.
Additional family-friendly entertainment includes: photo booth, juggler, dunk tank, balloon artist, face painting, caricaturist, jumpy tents, and of course ... a pumpkin patch.
[Noe Valley Harvest Festival]
[NVV: How to Raise Hay At the Oct. 24 Harvest Festival]
[NVSF: Photos: Noe Valley Harvest Festival (2008)]
October 16, 2009
The Big Rumble: What Happens To Noe When The Earth Shakes?
Liquefaction susceptibility. Red = bad.Tomorrow marks the 20th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake with events around the Bay Area like The Big Rumble. Many sites are collecting stories and we'd like your stories too. While Noe is entirely on bedrock, there was a whole lot of shaking going on. St. Paul's sustained near-fatal damage, and we found various reports of things knocked off shelves and neighbors helping each other. Best we can tell, Noe escaped largely unharmed.
Were you here -- what happened in Noe Valley? Please tell your story in the comments.
[ABAG: Liquefaction Susceptibility Map]
October 15, 2009
Benefit: 30th St Senior Center 30th Anniversary Auction
Yes it's late notice, but this Saturday is the 30th Anniversary of On Lok's 30th St Senior Center. Big Party and silent auction at Patio Español. Items for auction include everything from handmade paper notebooks to tickets on Southwest Airlines. Luminaries in attendance (and also auctioning their time) include Supervisors Bevan Dufty, David Campos and John Avalos; Senators Leland Yee and Mark Leno; and Capt David Lazar (SFPD, Ingleside). (If you'd like a cleaner copy of items for auction send us an email.)
Sponsoring organizations: Liberty Hill Neighborhood Association, San Jose/Guerrero, North West Bernal Alliance, Dolores Triangle Neighborhood Association, Treat 1000, Lower 24th Street Merchants & Neighbors Association, Fair Oaks Community Coalition, Upper Noe Neighbors, Noe Valley Merchants Association, Glen Park Neighborhood Assn, Open House.
Call or email Marianne Hampton if you want to bid on any of these items. Auction runs from 5-8:30 Saturday night 10/17/09. You can call Marianne to check on your bid at any time: (415) 601-7845 or marianne.hampton@gmail.com.
October 12, 2009
Blue Church: Demolished
The developer may not start construction for 9-10 months (according to the Voice), but they're not risking losing the project to appeal after such a lengthy battle for permits.
Update: A couple reader-submitted photos from just before the Blue Church was only a hole in the ground.
Photo: S Yao
Photo: K Wallace[NVSF: Blue church: Slated For Demo]
Now You Can Smell Like Noe Valley For Only $4.25
"Fresh and invigorating like San Francisco's chilly fog, Noe Valley is a bracing 'guy' scent that also works for women."
[Etsy: Savor Soap]
October 8, 2009
NVV: 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 highlights from the latest issue. Links are to stories we've covered at NVSF.
October 2009
Front page: Volunteer gardeners restore Sally Brunn Library planters; Man who died mysteriously along Muni tracks identified as NV resident Bill Nelson (death still a mystery); Harvest Fest coming Oct. 24; NV neighbors take care of their own after 27th St fire; Halloween is coming; Local filmmaker Peter Esmonde debuts his first feature-length film, Trimpin: The Sound of Invention; St. Paul's steeple repair.
Letters: A 5 paragraph gripe about Whole Foods nixing the curbside CRV recycling ("I now have to pay carfare to cart my bottles and cans down to Market Street... It's inconvenient"); a rebuke to people who feed carnivorous birds like crows and ravens - either by hand or with open garbage cans; a heartfelt thank you to generous neighbors from the Moresco family (a fire broke out in their 27th St home while they were on vacation in Spain).
Op-Ed: 24th St Whole Foods opens. No ruckus ensues.
Features: Interviews with neighbors of Guerrero Park at San Jose; Blue Church on Church eviction done but due to "weak economic conditions" the developer won't start construction for 9-10 months.
Cost of Living in Noe: 7 single-family homes sold in August with an average price of 1.26 Million. Rent: Yup, still expensive.
Short Takes: Look for "drive by" Trolley Dancing (!) on the J Church on Oct. 16 and 17 and dance performances in Dolores Park - details at epiphanydance.org; Dogtoberfest returns at Upper Douglass Park on Oct. 24 - get the full scoop at fuddp.org; Noe Valley Chamber Music series starts Oct. 25 - details and calendar at nvcm.org; Cupcake tasting for couples at Cooks Boulevard on Nov. 1; Open Studios hits Noe Valley this weekend. (Ed--No word on last month's Noe Valley Association survey results.)
Store Trek: Bubbles and Shampoo, Loft 1513 (wearable art/clothing store, 1513 Church @ 27th).
Traveling Voice: Sightings in Moab, French Polynesia and at Buckingham Palace.
Rumors: The mystery store is revealed: Star Magic, a pop-up reincarnation of a 1979 NV store called Gift of the Magi, is moving into the Simply Chic space for 3 months. The store will sell "contemporary items relating to ecology," natural clothing, and gift items; Harry Aleo lionized by the WSJ; Noeteca opens; Riki and GNC spaces still empty - the only interested parties so far are a yoga studio, a gym and a nail salon...; Streetlight building still for sale; Old Republic Title Company opens; Stephen "worst man of the year" Fowler is leaving Noe; Twitter CEO Evan Williams moves to Noe; La Boulange opening in Nov.; Mi Lindo Yucatan closed; Real Foods is still blight;
[The Noe Valley Voice]
Photo: Water Water Everywhere
The scene at yesterday's water main break at 24th and Diamond as shot by reader Daniel Sams. All cleaned up now, but the SFPUC may have to tear up that intersection for repairs.
[SFAppeal: Noe Valley Water Main Break May Cause Street Closure]
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