Volume XL, No. 5 June 2016
Our 40th Year THE NOE VALLEY VOICE First Woman in The Editor’s Seat Trailblazer at the SF Chronicle
By Matthew S. Bajko
t one point in time, Audrey Cooper Awanted to be named a U.S. Supreme Court justice. It was largely due to her idolizing the court's first female justice, Sandra Day O'Connor, the only woman she knew of who held a position of power. Then the realization she would first need to graduate from law school set in, and Cooper turned her career aspirations toward journalism. In 1999 she graduated magna cum laude from Boston Univer-
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It Bobbles the Mind. Noe Valley resident Audrey Cooper has a fondness for San Francisco Giants bobbleheads as well as a penchant for investigative journalism. Photo by Beverly Tharp The State of the Economy for Noe Retail New Stops. Muni mapped a more efficient High Rents and Online Shopping The woman returned to the 24th Street pathway for the 35-Eureka bus. It now goes Put the Squeeze on Local Merchants shop in Noe Valley and asked Caner if she Photo by Pamela Gerard could match the price of an identical dress to Glen Park BART. By Tim Simmers online. hen store manager Inci Caner no- “It’s very frustrating,” sighed Caner, The Wheels on Wticed a woman photographing a who’s up against a cultural change she dress in her Rabat clothing boutique re- The Bus Arrive cently, she sensed what was next. CONTINUED ON PAGE 13 More Often 35-Eureka Route Changes
By Olivia Starr
n April 23 of this year, the 35- O Eureka—a community bus line neg- lected for decades and once threatened al- together—finally got some traction. The Time Passages. This hallway in Hank San Francisco Municipal Transportation Dunlop’s 23rd Street Victorian exudes a Agency made two major service im- warm and inviting richness. provements on the line, which runs north- Photo by Najib Joe Hakim south on Eureka and Diamond streets through Noe Valley. The first was to ex-
CONTINUED ON PAGE 11 Surrounded by History Local Mom Lives What It’s Like to Live in a For LEGOs Noe Valley Victorian Bricks 4 Kidz Franchise a Hit By Richard May With Schools an Francisco is famous for its Victo- By Heather World Srian architecture, and Noe Valley is well-known as one of its Victorian neigh- hree years ago, around the time her borhoods. There are bus tours and walk- Ttoddler started playing with LEGOs, ing tours galore of our neighborhood and Upper Noe resident Kim Nguyen-Ehren- others throughout the city, especially reich had an epiphany: maybe the popu- Alamo Square with its “Painted Ladies.” lar toy could lay the foundation for her But Victorian buildings—built during own future. and after the reign of Queen Victoria, A scientist at a medical device firm for from 1837 to 1901—are disappearing, nine years, Nguyen-Ehrenreich had long and have been since they stopped making dreamed of teaching science to children, them. especially to disadvantaged youth. The Great Fire of 1906—after the “That’s my passion—to provide these Great Earthquake of the same year—was kids with the different opportunities that the first great destroyer. The next great Working More for Less. Dona Taylor of When Modern Was looks relaxed in this photo CONTINUED ON PAGE 11 but confesses to a nervousness about the future for Noe Valley retail. Photo by Pamela Gerard CONTINUED ON PAGE 14 2 The Noe Valley Voice • June 2016 • Our 40th Year
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Check out our youth MYT SUMMER CAMPS! ernie’s Ba local girl’s coffee shop Black Virgins Are Lightning in Not forColette Hipsters The Real the Brain ECHOUncensored BROWN Americans COREY FISCHER LORRI HOLT DAN HOYLE Proudly Serving La Coppa Coffee Featuring a Variety of Desserts Delivered Fresh Daily Marsh Youth Theater from Raison d’Etre Bakeries SummerElect to Camps From Piss Waiting Period Serving an Assortment of Teas & Blended Beverages &Laugh Fool La La! to Bliss BRIAN Open 7 Days – 5:30 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. UNIQUE WILL DURST ADY LADY COPELAND DERIQUE 415.642.1192 [email protected] Tickets: www.themarsh.org 415-282-3055 3966 24th Street Crocker Galleria between Sanchez & Noe Post Street near Montgomery The Noe Valley Voice • June 2016 • Our 40th Year 7 LETTERS 47¢ CRIME SNAPSHOT here were at least 255 incidents in Noe Valley reported to police from January through April 2016, according to a Noe Valley Voice search on Bouquets to Garden Tour Team Susan Floore T CrimeMapping.com, a website that extracts crime data from the SFPD and other Editor: 30th Street Senior Center police departments around the country. That number was 20 percent higher than the The Friends of Noe Valley would like We also want to thank again and again total for the four previous months (September through December 2015), when 212 to give a great big shout out to all the won- and again the wonderfully generous Noe incidents were reported (see February 2016 Voice). However, more than half of the derful people who made the 2016 Noe Valley individuals and businesses who increase was in reports of fraud—they went from 15 to 38 incidents. Other crimes Valley Garden Tour a huge success! The sponsored the garden tour. Seriously, we on the rise included assault (12 to 15), car theft (31 to 35), robbery (4 to 6), and car May 21 weather cooperated, the turnout couldn’t do it without them! break-ins (15 to 24). Thefts/larceny were down (23 to 19), and burglaries stayed was great, and the gardens were magnif- about the same (51 to 50). Here’s the breakdown for the first four months of 2016: icent! A donation will be made to Fair- BJ Droubi Team mount Elementary School for their out- Cliché Noe Gifts + Home Type January February March April TOTAL door science and garden program. Climb Realty Arson 0 0 0 0 0 Assault 3 4 3 5 15 First off, let’s hear it for the gracious DAVIDsTEA Burglary 5 13 15 17 50 garden hosts who shared their impressive Dennis Otto/Pacific Union Disturbing the peace 10 11 14 12 47 gardens with us this year: Dirty Hoe Landscaping Drug/alcohol violations 0 0 1 0 1 Flora Grubb Gardens Elizabeth and Michael Shaefer DUI 1 0 3 0 4 Hill & Co. Fran and Kathleen Schlier Fraud 17 9 6 6 38 Noe Valley Merchants and Homicide 0 0 0 0 0 Jane Phillips Professionals Association Motor vehicle thefts 3 9 14 9 35 Jessica Bridges Mikesell NOVY Restaurant Robbery 0 1 4 1 6 Mark Larvo Umpqua Bank Sex crime 0 1 1 0 2 Mike and SA Underhill Sloat Garden Centers Theft/larceny 5 6 3 5 19 Sarah Burbridge Stephanie Johnson/Pacific Union Vandalism 4 2 3 0 9 Vehicle break-in/theft 6 7 4 7 24 Urban Farmer Weapon 2 2 0 1 5 Valley Tavern TOTAL 56 65 71 63 255 Zephyr Real Estate The Noe Valley Voice collected the incident numbers for January through April on May 12, 2016. Noe Valley THE NOE VALLEY VOICE We are already planning for next year’s was defined as the area within a half-mile radius of 4100 26th St., a point we eyeballed as the geographical center P.O. Box 460249 garden tour. If you liked what you saw of the neighborhood. (The area included parts of Alvarado, Dolores, Day, and Douglass streets.) To map incidents San Francisco, CA 94146 on your block or in a wider neighborhood, go to www.crimemapping.com and enter an address on the home www.noevalleyvoice.com and/or want to get involved, please email page. To report incidents to police, call 911 if a crime is in progress. In non-emergency situations, call 415-553- 0123. To file an online police report, go to http://sanfranciscopolice.org/reports. The Noe Valley Voice is an independent news - [email protected]. And if paper published monthly except in January and you have a garden or know of a garden, August. It is distributed free in Noe Valley and vicinity during the first week of the month. Sub- it’s not too early to let us know. Drop us scriptions are available at $40 per year ($35 for a line. Rec and Park currently gets funding other General Fund departments. No mat- seniors) by writing to the above address. Until next year, The Voice welcomes your letters, photos, and from various sources, including appropri- ter how desperately the City would need stories, particularly on topics relating to Noe The Friends of Noe Valley ations from the General Fund. This pool funding for public health, for housing, for Valley. All items should include your name, ad- dress, and phone number, and may be edited for Garden Tour teammates: of discretionary funds is also used to sup- families, or for a disaster, no one could brevity or clarity. (Unsigned letters will not be Adrian Bonifacio port non-enterprise departments such as touch the Rec and Park set-asides. considered for publication.) Unsolicited contri- butions will be returned only if accompanied by Arete Nicholas Public Health. During the yearly budget Rec and Park would decide how most a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Jana King process, the Board of Supervisors holds of the $4.5 billion would be spent. The Noe Valley Voice is a member of the San Francisco Neighborhood Newspaper Association. Linda Lockyer public hearings and decides which de- Groups now opposing this legislation Lisa Erdos partments get what percent of those dis- include the Sierra Club, League of Wom - Email: [email protected] Website: www.noevalleyvoice.com Michelle Echenique cretionary funds. en Voters SF, Coalition for San Francisco Distribution: Call Jack, 415-385-4569 Peggy Cling If Proposition B passes, that will all Neighborhoods, San Francisco Tomor- Display Advertising: Call Pat, 415-608-7634, change because: row, SF Green Party, SF Republican or email [email protected] Class Ads: See Page 25 The Hidden Impact of Prop. B Prop. B mandates approximately $4.5 Party, SF Libertarian Party, Potrero Hill Display Advertising Deadline for the Editor: billion of funding for Rec and Park’s ex- Democratic Club, District 8 Progressive July/August Issue: June 20, 2016 Proposition B, the Recreation and Park clusive use over the next 30 years. Democratic Club, and the SF Chronicle. Editorial/Class Ad Deadline: June 15, 2016 Charter Amendment, will be on the June Prop. B takes away from the Board of Please vote NO on Proposition B! CO-PUBLISHERS/EDITORS Sally Smith, Jack Tipple 2016 ballot. Although it sounds likes a Supervisors the authority to adjust that Katherine Howard CONTRIBUTING WRITERS AND EDITORS great idea (we all love our parks), there funding during the budget process. Coalition for San Francisco Corrie M. Anders, Associate Editor are many problems with this legislation. Proposition B takes away funds from Neighborhoods Olivia Boler, Other Voices Editor Heidi Anderson, Matthew Bajko, Owen Baker-Flynn, Karol Barske, Helen Colgan, Jan Goben, Liz Highleyman, Laura McHale Holland, Suzanne Herel, Florence Holub, Tim Innes, Jeff Kaliss, Gary Kauf, Doug Konecky, Richard May, Roger Rubin, Olivia Starr, Steve Steinberg, Tim Simmers, Karen Topakian, Heather World CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Pamela Gerard, Beverly Tharp, Najib Joe Hakim, Art Bodner ACCOUNTING Jennifer O. Viereck PRODUCTION Jack Tipple, André Thélémaque DISTRIBUTION Jack Tipple, Misha Yagudin WEB DESIGN Jon Elkin, Elliot Poger ADVERTISING SALES Pat Rose, Jack Tipple PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER Contents ᭧2016 The Noe Valley Voice ST. JOHN CATHOLIC SCHOOL where community matters Carol Robinson, EA Member of the National offering traditional Association of Enrolled Agents faith-based education • Individual • Tax Planning while incorporating • Business Returns • Prior Year Returns cutting edge technology • Electronic Filing • Out-of-State Returns Call for an appointment TODAY! 300 Vicksburg Street #1, San Francisco • 415-821-3200 925 CHENERY STREET s SAN FRANCISCO, CA www.stjohnseagles.com 415.584.8383 (on the corner of 24th near Church Street) Notary Public Service IMAGE: SONPHOTO.COM 8 The Noe Valley Voice • June 2016 • Our 40th Year Farmers Market Hours: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Street reopens at 2:30 p.m. The Noe Valley Farmers Market Urges You to Support Your 24th Street Retailers Saturday is a great day to come and connect with your friends and family at the Noe Valley Farmers Market. We also encourage you to support our local businesses that have gone out of their way to help make the Saturday farmers market a reality. In this era of skyrocketing commercial rents and intense Internet competition, small local businesses who do so much to shape the character of our community depend on our attention, loyalty, and support. So when you come down to pick up your fruits and vegetables from your local farmers and commune with your neighbors, remember to also shop local at these wonderful stores and restaurants that border our market: Astrid’s Rabat Shoes Good News David's Tea See Jane Run French Tulip Spectacles for Humans Holey Bagel 24th Street Cheese Company Pete's Cleaners & Laundry Martha & Bros. Coffee Co. Pressed Juicery Olive This Olive That Savor Xela Imports www.noevalleyfarmersmarket.com THE CROSSWORD BY MICHAEL BLAKE Themed Restaurants ACROSS 1. ___ vu Saint Philip 5. Dilapidated 11. Alias: Abbr. 14. Kind of history or hygiene 15. “I’ve had enough!” 16. Measurement unit the Apostle for FM radio: Abbr. 17. Sushi bar with ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE & FAITH minuscule portions? 19. Go to the plate 20. Bud, in the hood has been educating the whole 21. Australian outlaw child, producing life-long learners, Kelly 22. Kind of missile once based on responsible citizens. The success of Angel Island 23. Church Street commitment to a school culture that is restaurant known for histrionics? child-centered and student-focused. 27. Sailor “Rockalicious” 8. Muhammad and 37. ___ buco 28. Small drink 57. In the manner of Laila Ali, e.g. 39. Letters on a stealth 29. Blind part 58. Dandy 9. Kind of veil fighter 30. Words of Now Accepting Applications for Grades K-8 59. Asian war site, for 10. Affirmative vote 40. Seaborne force understanding short 11. Sphere of 41. Paradise 32. Esso station Catholic and Non-Catholic Families Welcome! 60. Peruvian place operation 46. Like ’70s slacks, giveaway where your table is 12. Fabric in Dockers, often 34. First name in a plank atop a often 47. 1840s President For school tours or to talk with current parents, please call 415-824-8467. drumming ladder? 13. Montezuma, for and family 38. 24th Street bar 65. CSI evidence one 49. Quarrel with jumpy • School Hours: 7:50 am - 3:00 pm 66. Even more weird 18. Bar that became Irishmen? 51. Discovers • Drop-in Extended Care 67. Last word of a Horner’s Corner 42. Desert respite 52. Toothpaste of • After-School Enrichment Programs threat 22. Locally born “Bucky Beaver” 43. Tiny bit • Additional K - 8 Curriculum: Spanish, Technology, Sports, Music, Art 68. Introduction to 23. Ottoman title 53. ___ Catholic 44. “___ tu” (1974 Diego? 24. Arm or leg • Preschool Conveniently Located On-Campus hit) 54. Count in music 69. Famous flops 25. Libra gem 45. Weightiest U.S. 55. Lowly office role 70. Cincinnati nine President 26. Golfer Dave or 60. Pay for a lawyer rocker Johnny 48. One who served in 61. Animation still Saint Philip the Apostle School DOWN 59-Across 27. Old Yugoslav 62. “___ gratia artis” 1. “I’m such a fool!” leader 665 Elizabeth Street 50. Eponymous 63. Acid, briefly San Francisco, CA 94114 Chinese general 2. Tide rival 31. Took out some 64. ___ Moines words, say 51. 24th Street eatery 3. Scout gatherings (415) 824-8467 that may disappear 4. Anti-theft device 33. Traders’ card Solution on Page 33 SaintPhilipSchool.org unexpectedly? 5. ___-Cone game since 1904 35. Home of Dancer Note: The current Voice [email protected] 56. Apple product 6. Not vert. Crossword and all past advertised as 7. Fix and Blixen puzzles can be found at 36. Airbnb user www.noevalleyvoice.com. The Noe Valley Voice • June 2016 • Our 40th Year 9 Noe Resident Shapes Settling into the Neighborhood Cooper and her husband, Kirk Seward, Daily Coverage of are childhood sweethearts who started The City dating as teenagers in Kansas City. They both ended up attending college in Boston CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 and then moved together to California. Two years ago they moved to the heart sity with degrees in both journalism and of Noe Valley with their son, who is now political science. 3 years old, after their bid for a house in “My mom would say, ‘You would be a the city’s Cole Valley neighborhood fell great reporter.’ I would always get our through. babysitter to tell us things they probably “We are still in the process of furnish- shouldn’t tell us,” recalled Cooper. ing it,” Cooper explained as for why the Plus, she admitted, “I would have been front room was devoid of furnishings a terrible judge. I have no poker face. other than children’s toys. “This weekend That’s one thing.” we are buying the rest of the furniture.” She worked for a variety of media out- They had been living in a loft inside the lets in northern California before landing historic Clock Tower building South of at the San Francisco Chronicle in 2006 Market that abuts the approach to the Bay as an assistant metro editor. Seven years Bridge. While they loved their ware- later Cooper was named managing editor. house-like space, mere blocks away from Then, in January of 2015, the Noe Val- Editor-in-Chief Audrey Cooper presides over the newsroom of the San Francisco Chronicle, the Chronicle building, their nursery was ley resident was appointed by the Hearst which she reports has hired 50 new employees in the past two years. Photo by Beverly Tharp set up in a walk-in closet and the family Corporation, which owns the 152-year- needed to move to a larger home. old paper, as the Chronicle’s first female As soon as she walked into the Noe editor-in-chief. Cooper, 38, also became cause they are not being replaced by a 23- homelessness issues and highlighting Valley property, Cooper recalled saying the youngest woman to lead a major year-old who knows Snapchat.” myriad solutions to solve the problem. to her husband, “Get those people out of newspaper in America. Many of the paper’s journalists have Cooper enlisted 50 media outlets in the my house,” about the other potential buy- “The one institution we have that is gone through a special incubator program Bay Area to participate in the project, ers that day. The seller received just three more powerful than a branch of govern- set up two years ago in a separate build- with a flood of coverage scheduled to be- bids, which Cooper believes was due to ment is the Fourth Estate. It sounds ing away from the newsroom that teaches gin Wednesday, June 29. his disclosing that the woman who had cheesy, but it’s true,” Cooper told the Noe them how to harness various digital tools Since the series was announced in owned it had died there. Valley Voice during an interview at her to report the news. May, journalists in at least three other They put together a video about their home in early May. “They learn how to tell stories for a cities have committed to jointly publish family to lift their chances, though The paper has a daily circulation of digital audience,” explained Cooper. their own stories about homelessness in Cooper suspects what gave them an edge 167,602 that increases to 252,088 on Sun- One example of the paper’s drive to tell their coverage areas. The project speaks against the other bidders was the fact their days, according to the company’s 2016 stories using multiple platforms was its to Cooper’s belief that the media can play son was born on the same day as the media kit. It’s SFGATE.com website has “Last Men Standing” report on long-term a powerful role in highlighting societal is- seller’s son. a weekly audience of 669,500 users, survivors of AIDS, which included an in- sues and can exert pressure on politicians while the SFChronicle.com reaches depth story that ran in March as well as a and community leaders to act. Stroller Matched 174,700 users per week. feature-length documentary that screened “I became a journalist because people Unfamiliar with the neighborhood, at the Castro Theatre in April. A reporter, cannot make good decisions about their Cooper said she did have reservations at Paper Is Growing photographers, and videographers spent community without good information,” first about relocating to Noe Valley, as it Unlike other papers across the country 10 months working on the project. (The said Cooper. “That is my true north. Even “seemed really far away to me.” But those that have laid off staff and seen revenues film will be reprised on June 19 at the Vic- if people don’t buy the paper, they still concerns subsided as soon as they took drop, the Chronicle, with a newsroom of toria Theatre, as part of the San Francisco need to be informed.” their son to a nearby park and saw not 200 people, has brought on 50 new peo- International LGBTQ Film Festival.) This month the SFChronicle.com site only the diverse array of families there, ple in the last two years and continues to More Chronicle special reports are in is expected to drop its firewall and allow but that everyone had the same stroller as hire. the works, as Cooper is pushing her staff people to read for free a certain number they. “If you look at our masthead, there is to produce in-depth coverage on a more of stories, likely 10 per month. To read “I think we have found our people,” not a single straight white man on it. We frequent basis. She also has assigned five more stories, users would need to buy a Cooper told her husband that day. “It is have the most diverse leadership team reporters to an investigative team tasked subscription, costing $10 a month. really a lovely place to live in the city…. anywhere,” said Cooper. with digging deeper into stories, with re- “We need to get people reading it and We have left the garage door open twice She also pointed out that the paper is cent examples being sexual harassment at realize there is value to it,” said Cooper, and nothing was stolen.” no longer hemorrhaging $1 million a UC Berkeley and police shootings in San who reads the paper first on her cellphone Due to death threats she has received week, and instead is generating revenue Francisco. before picking up the printed edition. while being editor of the Chronicle, these days. The last three years, said “I strongly believe if you want the The Homelessness Project Cooper asked that neither the address of Cooper, the paper has been in the black. Chronicle to exist the next couple of the couple’s home, which they bought for “Our digital subscriptions are going Later this month the Chronicle is set to decades, you need community financial $2.5 million, nor the name of their son be up,” she said. “People are happier be- run a series of stories examining the city’s support.” disclosed. She doubts the vitriol is due to her being a woman. It comes with the job, she said. Art for Town Square Project Almost Set “I am sure Phil Bronstein got more,” More Realistic Owls Preferred to be 3 feet in height and the smaller one said Cooper, referring to the paper’s edi- Ones With Heart Shape would be 28 inches. The pair is meant to tor from 2000 through 2008, who was fre- evoke the image of a parent and child. quently in the media spotlight. “I don’t By Matthew S. Bajko Bay Area-based firm Wowhaus, com- think it is a gender thing.” prised of married couple Scott Constable On the Job Day and Night iteralism is set to beat out abstraction and Ene Osteraas-Constable, last fall won Lin the selection of the artwork for the the $37,100 commission to create the On a good week, Cooper spends 60 Noe Valley Town Square project. public artwork for the under-construction hours at work. A bad week can run to 100 After months of public debate and sev- plaza at 3861 24th St., between Sanchez hours. Most days she is at the newsroom eral iterations of the statuary proposed for and Vicksburg streets. by 8:30 a.m., and most nights she is at the new public park being built on 24th Selected on a fast-track basis so their some community event. Street, city art leaders are poised to ap- work could be installed before the This pair of owls, one of two designs put When the 6.0 Napa earthquake struck prove a pair of realistic-looking bronze planned October opening of the Town forward by Wowhaus in April, is the one in August of 2014, Cooper was jostled most likely to be chosen as “Garden owl statues when they meet this month. Square, the artists instead saw the ap- awake like many Bay Area residents. Her Guardians” for the Noe Valley Town Square. Based on feedback from residents, the proval process bog down due to bureau- whole house shook, she recalled, and by San Francisco Arts Commission’s Visual cratic and public concerns about their ini- 3:30 a.m. she was on her way to the news- Arts Committee voted at its May 25 meet- tial designs. room. The event prepared her, somewhat, ing to endorse the more lifelike interpre- As the Noe Valley Voice has reported, lic to speak at the May hearing, the for how the paper under her watch would tation of the avian creatures, with pro- the first proposal featuring a large owl woman also noted, “In folk music hoot cover a major temblor, should one again nounced beaks and feet. In doing so, they and two smaller toad statues was owls are signals of death.” strike the Bay Area. rejected a second version that would have scrapped due to safety and access con- Her comment prompted arts commis- The biggest challenge, depending on rendered the owl couplet in a more heart- cerns. A reworked design featuring three sioner Jessica Silverman, who serves on the timing and impact on the region’s like fashion. owls was deemed too “skull-like” and the Visual Arts Committee, to respond transportation network, could be mobiliz- The committee voted unanimously 3- scary for children, leading to the submis- that she felt Wowhaus had addressed the ing her staff, said Cooper, as many in the 0, with two members absent. The full arts sion of the two different versions of an majority of the criticisms expressed about newsroom have been priced out of San commission should approve its recom- owl pair. their concept. Francisco and live in the East Bay. On her mendation at its Monday, June 6, meet- The choice to feature the birds contin- “It has been a long process. I think the to-do list this year is developing a “solid ing. ues to draw derision, with an elderly artistic duo has done a pretty good job of engagement plan,” a way to be prepared To be installed on a pathway that leads neighborhood resident telling the com- hearing the concerns of the community,” for the next Big One. to the Town Square’s children’s play mittee that the latest owl renderings fail said Silverman. “I think once in situ [the “It keeps me up often at night,” Cooper space, the taller of the two statues would to delight. The only member of the pub- statues] will look really great.” Ⅲ said. Ⅲ 10 The Noe Valley Voice • June 2016 • Our 40th Year friends are welcome to join in as author Summer Readings Joanne David reads from her new chil- And Benefits at dren’s book Honeyboy. Best of all, from Betty Taisch 1 to 3 p.m., Folio will donate 20 percent Folio Books of all book sales to Rocket Dog Rescue. 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They design LEGO camp curricu- She also wanted to spend more time lum, coordinate with schools, and handle with her son, Oliver, born in 2011. So class registration. when she read about a LEGO-based pro- Most of all they teach. This fall, Bricks gram for teaching science called Bricks 4 4 Kidz will be reaching hundreds of stu- Kidz in Entrepreneur magazine, she dents at more than 20 elementary schools. jumped at the chance to start a local fran- The program also will run camps at Re- chise. cess Urban Recreation in Potrero Hill and Quitting her job, Nguyen-Ehrenreich Peek-a-Boo Factory in West Portal. launched the Noe Valley/San Francisco Classes vary from once or twice a week branch of Bricks 4 Kidz, a company to 8- or 15-week series. Summer camps, founded in 2008 by Michelle Cote of St. which are a week long, often focus on a Augustine, Fla. single topic, such as World Architecture, The program appealed to Nguyen- Interesting Inventions, or The World of Ehrenreich because teachers had written DNA. If students finish building early, its rich curriculum, which weaves sci- they play with their models—adding, ence, technology, engineering, and math modifying, or reinventing. into 250 lesson plans adaptable for chil- “They can come up with so many vari- dren 2½ to 13 years old. ations,” says Nguyen-Ehrenreich. “It’s Building her business brick by brick, Kim Nguyen-Ehrenreich hopes to eventually have a Classes start with a 10-minute intro- very fulfilling to see how kids are just so storefront where she can host a science lab and larger-LEGO play for younger children. duction to a topic—the mechanics, pur- creative.” Photo by Beverly Tharp pose and history of windmills, for exam- Numbers Didn’t Add Up ple. Then children are paired off and This summer, she will offer a girls-only Ehrenreich explored the world around her given LEGO bricks and instructions to Although her business was thriving by science camp at Peek-a-Boo Factory. Us- while untangling nets, gutting fish, and build a model, in this case a windmill. the second year, one equation continued ing the popular acronym for science, sacking oysters. LEGOs are an ideal teaching tool, to trouble Nguyen-Ehrenreich. The ratio technology, engineering, art, and math, Her parents were neither rich nor am- Nguyen-Ehrenreich believes. Kids fol- of boys to girls in the classes was roughly the class is called STEAM for Girls and bitious on her behalf. low instructions to build exciting models two to one. She started focusing on inspir- has a different theme each day: inven- “My parents never pushed me, and I’m and machines with moving parts, and ing a new generation of girl scientists. tions, programming, experiments. glad,” she says. “I was responsible, so they mistakes are easy to fix. trusted me to make my own decisions.” “We know once they hit tweens they Teach a Girl to Fish… “It’s self-instructive in a way, and it’s can get distracted, but if we have a foun- She went to Louisiana State University really easy to take [the bricks] apart and dation of interest, I feel like it will be less Nguyen-Ehrenreich’s own interest in and majored in zoology with a concentra- put them in the right place,” she says. emotional work as parents and as a com- science started at an early age. Born in tion in marine biology and a minor in munity to keep these girls engaged,” she 1973 in war-torn South Vietnam, she chemistry. Encouraged by a professor in Model Growth says. moved to the United States with her par- a lab where she was working, she went on What started as one private class of To attract more girls, she broadened ents and brother in 1979. The family lived to get a master’s in biology. four students taught at a rented studio her class themes, exploring architecture, first in rural Illinois and then Philadelphia After working as a research associate quickly expanded as Nguyen-Ehrenreich animals, and space, in addition to the before settling in Buras, a tiny town on at LSU for a couple of years, she moved began partnering with local elementary more standard fare of energy and matter. the boggy tip of Louisiana. to San Diego to work at a startup. When schools. By the spring of 2014, she’d She and her staff also highlighted fe- At home at last in a familiar muggy cli- that crashed in 2004, she moved to San brought LEGO classes to afterschool pro- male scientists on their Facebook page. mate, her father began to fish for a living, Francisco, a city she’d fallen in love with grams at Rooftop Elementary, San Fran- “I feel like a lot of time these women’s taking his oldest daughter with him on the during a previous visit. She soon had a job cisco Community School, and Synergy input was overlooked,” she says. “We boat. Instead of summer camps and after- School, and started offering day camps need better role models for girls.” school enrichment programs, Nguyen- CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 Also, riders had been lobbying for years, 35-Eureka Now in letters and at hearings, for greater fre- Bound for BART quency on the line. The recent upgrades were approved as CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 part of the SFMTA’s “Muni Forward” program. The program falls under the tend the southern end of the line to umbrella of the Transit Effectiveness “downtown” Glen Park. Now the route Project, begun in March of 2014. It’s “a takes riders from the Castro (or Noe Val- multi-year planning effort that identified ley) to the Glen Park BART Station via a service changes to improve Muni city- new segment along Chenery Street. A to- wide,” said Rose. tal of six stops have been added along the J-Church, 48, and 24 Also Improved route to the station. New stops on Chen- ery are at Miguel, Mateo, Roanoke, Cas- The SFMTA also made changes to sev- tro, and Diamond streets. eral other transit lines crossing Noe Val- Second, the 35-Eureka’s frequency has ley. been increased, to every 25 minutes in the • Service on the J-Church, as well as morning and every 15 minutes in the on all other Muni Metro lines, was in- evening. creased on weekends. Now trains are Also, with the 35’s new extension, rid- scheduled to arrive every 10 minutes on ers can more easily transfer to buses in Saturday, and every 12 minutes on Sun- Glen Park, such as the 23 Monterey, 36 day. Teresita, and 44 O’Shaughnessy. • Owl service was added to the 48- So far, the reaction to the service Quintara-24th Street line. Service will changes has been positive, especially to run every half hour between 1 a.m. and 5 the increased times, says Paul Rose, chief a.m. on the part of the route that goes from spokesperson for the SFMTA. One San Elizabeth and Diamond streets to Third Francisco resident gleefully tweeted, and 22nd streets. “YAY!!” with the hashtag #35Eureka af- The upgrades, which went into effect ter learning of the upgrade in early April. the weekend of April 23-24, were part of Though the changes to the physical the fourth round of changes made in route have caused no apparent upset, the “Muni Forward,” a program of citywide new schedule has created some disruption multilingual letter to those living along www.sfmta.com. service improvements launched in April among riders who had not received the the addition, signage at stops, and infor- Prior to the changes, the 35-Eureka, of 2015. word. One confused Twitter user tagged mational “ambassadors” riding the bus which starts at Castro and Market, ended In an earlier round, frequency on the @sfmta_muni on May 7 to ask if the bus and standing at the Glen Park BART Sta- a few blocks outside of Glen Park. How- 24-Divisadero line was increased during was still running every 30 minutes, which tion a month before and two weeks after ever, the city was conscious of the fact a.m. and p.m. peak times, from 10 to 9 had been the frequency prior to the the changes went into effect. that the blocks from the last stop to the minutes. changes. In addition, it posted updates on social BART station included a steep hill which For a look at all of the Muni Forward Rose said the agency used a variety of media, sent email blasts, and published made it “challenging for people to walk changes, go to https://www.sfmta.com/pro- media to spread the news, including a several blog posts on its website, to and from the 35 to BART,” said Rose. jects-planning/projects/muni-forward-0. Ⅲ 12 The Noe Valley Voice • June 2016 • Our 40th Year and Leonard Flynn, among others. LEGO Entrepreneur Still, she has seen firsthand the A Model for Girls achievement gap that frightens off many Some Shops Bruised Over Farmers Market’s middle-class parents. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 11 Saturday Location “There are schools where fifth-graders are having trouble building models meant holidays. on the Peninsula, working as a research Businesses Say Speed Up for kindergartners,” she says, because of Olga Terry, owner of Spectacles for scientist. Town Square Construction lack of early childhood experiences. Humans, says she’s had to ask vendors Running a small business is vastly dif- “Sometimes it takes more effort to get to move their tents from in front of her ferent from working at a large company, By Tim Simmers them engaged, but once they’re engaged store, on 24th near Vicksburg Street. so when Nguyen-Ehrenreich got ready to they learn a lot.” ince the Noe Valley Farmers Mar- They moved them, but it didn’t help start Bricks 4 Kidz SF, she networked ket moved onto 24th Street in Jan- foot traffic. From LEGO Bricks to S with other moms through support groups uary, a number of local merchants “Sometimes I have no business,” Bricks and Mortar like the Golden Gate Mothers Group and have seen a reduction in sales on crit- she says. “It’s awful.” SF Mom Entrepreneurs. Nguyen-Ehrenreich no longer offers ical Saturday shopping days. When the market was in the park- “I think you learn a lot from each other private classes beyond summer and holi- They’re anxious for the market to ing lot across the street, “customers when you’re in this community,” she day camps, but she does want to open a move back off the street, and hope hung out and would come in,” she says. The women talked about how to storefront someday. She hopes it can be construction of the Noe Valley Town said. Not now. Terry complained that structure a working mom’s day, about in Noe Valley or a nearby neighborhood. Square, scheduled to finish by the end town square construction was moving marketing, and about hiring. “My intention is to have it under an- of October, will be sped up. too slowly. She has long been active volunteering other business that is all science-for-kids “It hasn’t been good for business,” Marci Israel, co-owner of the design for neighborhood organizations, like the related but isn’t only LEGOs,” she says. says Ellen Herlihy, manager of the and gift shop WinkSF on 24th Street Friends of Noe Valley Recreation Center, She foresees classes geared toward 24th Street Cheese Shop. Vendor above Castro, suggests the market be and her son will soon start public school, younger students (using larger LEGOs), trucks and tents block the store, and moved to a different parking lot. She hopefully nearby. a drop-in science lab, and workshops tai- it’s “out of sight, out of mind,” Her- thinks the move onto 24th Street “was- Though location and start time were lored for certain groups, such as parents lihy notes. Saturday sales have slipped n’t a wise choice.” It disturbed the important to her when she began her and daughters. 30 to 40 percent. flow of foot traffic up the street, she search for a school for Oliver, test scores She will continue to focus on enticing “We want the market,” she says. said. and percentages of low-income students girls to play with science, she says. “But not on the street.” Not all merchants are grumbling. were not. “Even if they don’t go into science, it’s Most merchants support the market, “The market takes out business in the “I visit a lot of schools for my work, about building their confidence and let- but not in its current location. morning, but customers come back in and they’re all really good schools,” says ting them know they can achieve any- Veronica Ruedrich, manager of the afternoon,” says Don Norton, Nguyen-Ehrenreich, who has held Bricks thing.” Ⅲ Astrid’s Rabat Shoes at 24th and owner of Noe Valley Wine Merchants 4 Kidz classes in Junipero Serra, Paul Re- Sanchez streets, says she has seen a block down from the market. vere, San Francisco Community School, sales slide 30 percent on Saturdays, Anthony Suarez, manager of the usually her best day of the week. 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SAN FRANCISCO Food you eat. 4288 24th Street # San Francisco 415.821.7652 # fireflysf.com The Noe Valley Voice • June 2016 • Our 40th Year 13 customers who keep him going, but says Tense Times for sales dipped 10 percent this year. Small Stores on “We’re holding our own,” says David Eiland, one of the owners of mainstay 24th Street Just for Fun. With a popular mix of arts, stationery, greeting cards, toys, and CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 games, sales were up the first three thinks threatens the future of brick-and- months of this year. mortar stores. “We can be helping some- But Eiland is uneasy about the chang- one who’s not really willing to buy in ing dynamics of the shopping corridor, stores.” where traditional stores have given way It’s a dilemma small stores along 24th to services like urgent care, title compa- Street are confronting every day. Online nies, gyms, and yoga shops. The influx of shopping is driving sales down. Then such service businesses weaken Noe Val- there are the rising rents, which squeeze ley as a shopping destination, he says. out toy stores, dress shops, and other tra- Things Getting Dicey ditional retailers that create the character of the shopping district. Tack on stratos- Other local retailers are on edge, just pheric housing prices and the rising cost trying to survive. of living, which cut spending power and Video Wave owner Colin Hutton car- foot traffic, and it’s no wonder merchants ries international films, documentaries, are nervous. noir movies, mysteries, new releases, and To be sure, all is not lost. Retailers still kids’ films to entice customers. He’s Paola Bifulco Heines (left) and Alessandro Bifulco help customer Michela Petrozzi select regard 24th Street as a vibrant shopping “done fine” at his new location of over six items at Xela Imports.After 22 years on 24th Street, the owners know the value of friendly district, and they embrace the potential months, but he dreads rising rents. assistance. Photo by Pamela Gerard customers who flock to Noe Valley’s “We live in fear of the lease running lively coffee shops and restaurants. But out,” he says. “The rent is already too pops can only afford so much, and land- some beat literature and poetry. many store owners are working harder much, and we could be priced out.” Hut- lords are having to come to terms with “It’s a great location in a nice neighbor- than ever to make ends meet, and busi- ton shares his small store with Buttons that,” says Downing, who wants to see hood that’s pretty vibrant,” Foley says. ness isn’t what it used to be. Candy Bar, an old-fashioned sweets shop. small merchants thrive. She’s happy with her lease, and doesn’t “Today you have to be really, really More than half a dozen stores on 24th The idea of landlords talking more to fret over online buying because she knew good,” says Alessandro Bifulco, owner of Street have been vacated in the last year tenants about what they can afford is about it going in. Xela Imports. “You have to find the right or so, including Common Scents, In- “coming into play,” Downing says. Still, Change Is Hard product, something unique, and be a House boutique, the Ark toy store, the rents have hit $9,000 a month for some friendly place.” women’s clothing store Joshua Simon, service tenants. Merchants who can af- But merchants struggling with chang- and Cradle of the Sun stained-glass shop. ford $6,000 or $7,000 often have three or ing spending habits are feeling the pinch. “Rents have hit a ceiling, Dona Taylor, owner of When Modern four stores. “We got the store in 2008, and it was especially for mom-and-pop Was, says her sales are down 20 to 30 per- The high rents mean small stores have very good for a couple of years,” says stores. Regardless of what cent. “It’s very scary,” she says. “I’m buy- to “hit the ball out of the park” from day Yuliya Van De Sande, owner of Flowers they’re selling, mom-and-pops ing less merchandise to make up for the one, says Downing. And that’s hard to do. of the Valley. “But now we wait for holi- can only afford so much, and loss, and seeing what happens.” Of course, landlords aren’t always the days like Mother’s Day and Valentine’s Taylor also complains that shoppers of- problem. Janell Pekkain, owner of Olive Day. Everything went up pricewise, and landlords are having to come ten snap pictures with their phones of This Olive That, has a fair deal with a sup- people don’t buy flowers as much as be- to terms with that.” products in her store and search for them portive landlord. She’s been open four fore.” John Downing, Downing and Company online. She argues that landlords who years, but foot traffic has slipped at her Dani Sheehan-Meyer, owner of Cliché want small, mom-and-pop stores to stay store, just down from 24th Street on Noe Gifts + Home, says she’s in danger After 22 years, Bifulco’s variety of eth- should be working with their tenants, Vicksburg. of closing her business by the end of the nic clothes, jewelry, and one-of-a-kind finding out what they can pay, and com- Pekkain has put on in-house food year. “It’s a real challenge,” she says. gifts he travels the world for attract a loyal ing down on rents if necessary. events, featuring her California olive oil “We’re not growing, and people aren’t clientele. But sales are off 20 percent. He She pays $6,000 a month for a 1,000- and balsamic vinegar and pasta, but con- coming in. We love our loyal customers, values his younger customers, and says square-foot space, and thinks it should be sistent sales have been hard to come by. but there seems to be a missing curiosity they have money, “but they don’t shop as $4,000. Her signature product is vintage Many young tech workers who like her out there.” She has advertised and pro- much.” dressers, which sell for about $500. “I’d merchandise tell her they don’t cook moted the store, but foot traffic hasn’t im- Caner of Rabat says merchandize sits have to sell more than 10 dressers a month much. proved over the five years she’s been around longer than it used to, and busi- to make rent,” she said. “It’s painful.” open. On the Positive Side ness has become unpredictable. Busy “We’re trying to figure it out,” says Bill Rents Out of Reach weekends aren’t a sure thing anymore. Some retailers are singing a happier Hoover, owner of Gallery of Jewels, After almost four decades on 24th Street, Rents for $3,000 or $4,000 a month for tune. whose business is down 20 percent. “The Rabat has garnered a solid customer base, a 24th Street space could be had a few “My business is fine,” reports Jack Ep- street used to be hopping. But 2014 was she says. But she thinks many young peo- years ago. Now they’re up to $5,000, stein, co-owner of Chocolate Covered. the last really good year. The wheels ple work so hard they don’t have time to $6,000, $7,000, or more, says John “The neighborhood will support you if started coming off in 2015.” shop in stores. Downing of Downing and Company, a you’ve got something they want.” Ep- Carol Yenne, owner of Small Frys chil- Josh Frees, manager of Shoe Biz on Noe Valley commercial real estate broker stein sells a worldwide variety of 900 dren’s clothing store, is another retailer 24th Street, feels competition from the handling leases on 24th and elsewhere in chocolate bars, and he makes tin boxes distressed over online shopping. hot retail in stores along Valencia and the city. with San Francisco street names, poets, “It’s a bad habit,” she said. “It’s the sin- Mission streets, and wishes Noe Valley “Rents have hit a ceiling, especially for writers, and custom names on the top. gle most perplexing problem we have.” could “bring some of those shoppers up mom-and-pop stores,” he says. “Regard- He started more than two decades ago The street will have more banks, health here.” He’s thankful for the Noe Valley less of what they’re selling, mom-and- when rents were lower. That allowed him care outlets, and yoga stores and lose its to take risks and be creative with what he flavor “if the consciousness doesn’t carried. He was able to hone his tin boxes change,” she says. and make them a key product to add to Yenne lets young mothers fit their ba- his chocolate offering, and now he’s built bies into strollers and baby carriers in her a strong customer base and draws choco- store, and then they often buy them on- late industry types, too. line. Business has been flat for three or Tim Nguyen, owner of Tone of Music four years. She’s still a big fan of 24th Audio on Castro just off 24th Street, Street, but running a store isn’t getting opened his store more than two years ago any easier. and says business is steady. He runs an Donna O’Leary, owner of Ambiance, a old-school hi-fi shop, and also sells 1950s women’s clothing boutique, thinks Noe and ’60s be-bop jazz records. Valley is great, too. She operates four He’s thrilled to be in the neighborhood stores and says 24th Street is one of the where he lives, and is upbeat about the best places to do business in the city. She store’s future. “You can’t get this service likes the influx of young tech workers as online,” he says. “We have quality stereo customers. But the shifting demograph- equipment, and custom systems with ics and shrinking disposable income are products off the beaten track.” a challenge. Paula Foley, owner of Folio Books and “Customers are changing in San Fran- in her store for 2½ years, is feeling good cisco, and regular retailers have to keep about her business, too. up,” she says. “You have to re-invent “People in the community care about yourself and do more advertising. There books and reading, and we’ve done really are a lot of new people in town who don’t Flowers of the Valley owner Yuliya Van De Sande (left) is pleased to trim a bouquet for well,” she says. Foley stocks new re- know you. We’re doing okay, but San customer Raffaella Wilson.Van De Sande says flower sales have wilted a bit in recent months, leases, fiction, literary non-fiction, and Francisco used to be retail Nirvana. Now partly due to higher costs. Photo by Pamela Gerard lots of children’s books. She also carries it’s the toughest I’ve seen it.” Ⅲ 14 The Noe Valley Voice • June 2016 • Our 40th Year 25th Street Edwardian 4218-20 25th Street Photos by Najib Joe Hakim gmail.com for details. should know. Dunlop has a degree in ar- torian neighborhoods. A Noe Valley tour A Peek Inside chitecture, worked as an interiors archi- was held in 2007, and the Alliance’s 2004 1893 Queen Anne Cottage tect for Gensler Architects in San Fran- tour was on Fair Oaks Street. Three Victorians Up the street from Springer’s Edwar- cisco, has lectured extensively on The group meets monthly in a mem- CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 dian, at 4272 25th St., Bill Campbell Victorian architecture, and is still a con- ber’s Victorian home. Members exchange lives in an 1893 raised Queen Anne cot- sultant on restoration projects, including information on how to restore and main- destruction of Victorian architecture tage, raised because the basement was the the Leland Stanford Mansion. tain their properties. For more informa- came in two waves of urban renewal in ground floor, like many houses in San Dunlop points out that Victorian was tion on membership and the next house 1956 and 1964. 2,500 Victorian houses in Francisco. The living space is actually on really a time period and several architec- tour—which will be in Duboce Trian- the Western Addition were bulldozed to the second floor, up the front steps. tural styles developed during it, including gle—see www.victorianalliance.org. You erect more modern housing. But the on- Campbell bought his cottage—known Gothic Revival, Italianate, Stick, and do not have to own a Victorian to become going reason for disappearing Victorians as the Edward Fisher House—in 1969. Queen Anne. Even Edwardian, which a member. is that some new owners don’t want to When he moved in, the toilet was in its was the style after Queen Victoria died Warshell and Campbell both suggest live in them. own little room on the back porch, but he and her son Prince Edward became king, new owners of Victorians live in their Historically, however, a number of lived with that and other oddities because is included these days in “Victorian” ar- houses a while before making major Noe Valley homeowners do. The Voice he lacked enough financial resources af- chitecture. The term “Stick” derived from changes. Living in his Victorian home in spoke with three of them to learn why. ter he purchased the house to make many the use of wood (i.e., stick) framing and Hayes Valley has been “one of the most changes right away. ornamentation on building exteriors from delightful experiences,” Warshell says. 1900s Edwardian on 25th Street Luckily, he found the cottage “very liv- the 1860s to the ’90s. “Nothing about it has been particularly Wendy Springer says that it’s “great to able”—even with its quirks—so opted to Original features of Dunlop’s flat in- difficult. The house is comfortable and have a home that is multi-generational. keep most of the original look, inside and clude 12-foot ceilings, lots of large win- spacious and allows good light and air It’s how people lived in Victorian times.” out. He did, however, add central heat, re- dows throughout, original doors and flow.” Campbell says Victorians were She lives in an early 1900s Edwardian place the roof, upgrade the plumbing and wallpaper, and the original fireplace in “built for families, and families can still at 4218-20 25th St. with four children, her wiring, put two rooms and a bath in the the front parlor—which, with the help of live in them.” Springer, with her seven parents Mary Ellen and Michael Rup right, basement, and do foundation work, in the cook stove in the kitchen, used to heat adults, two dogs, and nine cats, would two dogs, two adult cats, and seven kit- 1977. In the 1980s, he had the façade re- the flat. certainly agree. Ⅲ tens she is currently fostering for San Fran- stored, using an old black-and-white Dunlop bought the building in 1968, cisco Animal Care & Control. Her home photo of his house as a guide. Its distin- two years after the last Davis family is a four-story structure built in the first guishing Queen Anne feature is the member died. He has filled it with period decade of the 20th century as two flats. steeply pitched roof with a gable front. or period-like furniture, including mas- The interior was renovated into a sin- The cottage also has a bay window, 11- sive bookshelves lining the back parlor, gle family home in 2000, 10 years before foot ceilings, and two original-condition and restored the bathroom and kitchen to Wendy moved in. The attic was enlarged tiled fireplaces with elaborately wrought a more Victorian look. Even the refriger- into a fourth floor, and an autonomous old-growth redwood and marble mantels. ator is hidden behind wood paneling. living space was created in the ground The toilet is now inside the bathroom. Victorian Alliance a floor next to the garage. 1892 Two-Family Stick Good Resource The house still has almost all of its original windows, a cornice sunburst, The third Victorian visited is an 1892 Dunlop and Campbell are longtime fish-scale siding, and interior halls that two-family flat at 3996-98 23rd St., members of the Victorian Alliance, a take a jog on their way across each floor. known as the Davis House. Building group of homeowners and others inter- Springer has decorated her part of the owner Hank Dunlop lives on the third ested in preserving Victorian buildings. house with heirloom family furniture and floor with his partner Jim Hurst, and rents The group was formed in 1973 to fight the photos from several generations. She says the second. The ground floor was origi- demolition of Victorian houses in the she changed “a few things I couldn’t live nally a market, but the Davis family, the Western Addition and the razing of the with. The [former] colors were all in second owners of the building, rebuilt City of Paris department store on Union shades of gray.” Now the walls are cream. that space into a garage and storage area. Square. Now, according to Jim Warshell, The kittens, by the way, will be up for Dunlop, when asked what style his the new president of the Victorian Al- Here’s a photo of Hank Dunlop’s house on adoption through Animal Care & Control. Victorian was, replied that “I don’t use the liance, the group focuses on education 23rd Street back when it had a corner Contact Springer at fosteranimals@ word Victorian. It’s a Stick style.” He and its annual October house tour of Vic- store. See page 15 for a present-day look. The Noe Valley Voice • June 2016 • Our 40th Year 15 1893 Queen Anne Cottage 4272 25th Street Valley Victorians: A Legacy of Awe Photos by Najib Joe Hakim 1892 Two- Family Stick 3996-98 23rd Street 16 The Noe Valley Voice • June 2016 • Our 40th Year Noe Valley Readers Top Robert and Anna Blaylock celebrated Anna’s birthday (and that of the Queen who hap- pens to be born the same day) in London. Right Judy Logan has now returned to 20th Street from a tour of the Greek islands of Lesvos and Moyvos. Where have you been lately? If you brought along a copy of the Voice, send a photo to [email protected] and we’ll get you in print. FRB-S_R.EPS Noe ValleyVa ealley Sam’s Got Good News! SummerSummummmere FESTSTT SaturdaySaturrday JuneJunne 1811-5 Please visit www.noevawww.noevalleysummerfest.comalleysummerfeest.com for event ! details! PettingPetting Zoo! ouncy 5 BoBouncy House! House! 11- 11-5 SidewalkSidewalk ChalkDr DrawingD awingw Contest 3 10-310- PRIZES!!IZES!! 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Year over Year Year over Year JUST SOLD JUST SOLD JUST SOLD $635,000 $900,000 $1,750,000 Stephanie Johnson, CRS Luxury Property Specialist 415.217.9479 [email protected] StephanieJohnsonSF.com License #01496050 18 The Noe Valley Voice • June 2016 • Our 40th Year ate community and promote good will.” Parents are asked to keep a close watch LGBTQ Film Fest SHORT on their children. They might want to join Opens June 16 the zoo. For more information, go to www.noevalleysummerfest.com. n estimated 65,000 people are TAKES Aexpected to attend the 40th an- Happy Birthday, Maurice, nual San Francisco International Festival on Noe Street LGBTQ Film Festival, screening Eric, and Antoine! over 11 days June 16 to 26. ummerFEST, Noe Valley’s annual cel- harlie’s Corner children’s bookstore The event, held in five theaters in Sebration of summer, arrives this year Chonors the birthdays of three famous San Francisco, Berkeley, and Oak- on Saturday, June 18. Kids of all ages will children’s author-illustrators in June. Lori land, will show 155 films from more be streaming to Noe and 24th streets 11 Blackburn, the store owner and a writer than 24 countries, including Ecuador, a.m. to 5 p.m., to join in the fun and visit in her own right, says, “An author’s birth- Dancers Kevin Stea, the late Gabriel Trupin, Cuba, Philippines, Sweden, Austria, the petting zoo, a corral filled with minia- day is a great way to celebrate their work. and Oliver S. Crumes III, who danced with Chile, and Netherlands. ture horses, pot-bellied pigs, woolly Kids are excited. It’s as if it was their own Madonna in her 1990 Blond Ambition tour, Kiki, the featured opening-night sheep, and amiable alpacas. birthday. The books and characters feel star in the film Strike a Pose, showing June presentation by filmmakers Sara Jor- Funnybone the Clown will be there, as like close friends.” 25 at the Castro Theatre as part of the deno and Twiggy Pucci Garcon, ex- will musicians and a cappella singers. First up is Maurice Sendak, author-il- 2016 San Francisco LGBTQ Film Festival. plores the political subculture of And yes, there will be a bouncy house. lustrator of Where the Wild Things Are. Photo by Lisa Guarnieri LGBTQ youth of color. It plays Noe Street will be closed to cars from His birthday is Tuesday, June 9. Whoop Thursday, June 16, 7 p.m., at the Cas- 24th Street north to the first driveway it up at a Wild Rumpus Jungle Party at 10 The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint Exu- tro Theatre, 429 Castro St., and again from 8 a.m. until teardown (no later than a.m., noon, 3 p.m., and 5 p.m. with sto- pery, on Tuesday, June 28. Listen to ex- on June 24, 7 p.m., at the Landmark 7 p.m.). ries, jungle dancing, Wild Things snacks, cerpts from the book in French and Eng- Piedmont in Oakland. Not to be outdone, merchants will pro- and costumes for all. lish, smell roses, wear golden crowns, On the festival’s last night, Sun- vide goodies, games, and specials all Eric Carle, author of The Very Hungry and make fluffy cotton ball sheep at 10 day, June 26, at 7 p.m., the Castro along 24th Street. Olive This Olive That Caterpillar, was born June 25. Celebrate a.m., noon, 3 p.m., and 5 p.m. Theatre will show the final episode is in charge of the chalk-drawing contest his 87th birthday Saturday, June 25, with The bookstore Charlie’s Corner is lo- in the HBO series Looking, about gay from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 304 Vicksburg, readings, watercolor art projects, and ed- cated at 4102 24th St., just west of Cas- men in San Francisco searching for just south of 24th Street. The store will ible treats at 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., and tro Street. See all the bookstore’s events love, careers, and friendship. also serve free ice cream in celebration of 3:30 p.m. and readings at CharliesCorner.com. Two of the festival’s films have lo- four years in business in Noe Valley. Sing bon anniversaire to the author of cal connections. DavidsTea at 3870 24th St. will host When City Hall Collapsed The late Gabriel Trupin of Noe the face-painting concession from 10 a.m. Valley appears in Strike a Pose, a rchitect, historian, and documentary to 3 p.m. Hula dancers will be swaying at documentary about seven male filmmaker Glenn Lym will present 1:30 p.m. in the parklet outside Just for A dancers who joined Madonna in his film Scapegoat: The 1871 to 1906 San Fun at 3982 24th St. A horse-drawn cov- 1990 on her hugely popular Blond Francisco City Hall at the Tuesday, June ered wagon will depart the Walgreens Ambition tour. The tour, which 28, meeting of the San Francisco History parking lot at Castro and Jersey streets helped raise AIDS awareness, also Association at St. Philip’s Church, 725 and clip-clop to Sanchez along 24th turned Trupin, a featured dancer, and Diamond St. Street from 2 to 5 p.m. others in the show into sudden Lym’s 52-minute film explores why All activities are free, thanks to the Noe celebrities. San Francisco’s City Hall collapsed fol- Valley Association, the Noe Valley Mer- Some scenes of the film were shot lowing the 1906 earthquake. The “scape- chants and Professionals Association, and on location at the Day Street home of goat” has always been shoddy construc- 10 businesses sponsoring events. Bob Rod - Sue Trupin, Gabriel’s mother. tion, but Lym says it’s not as simple as dick, president of the NVMPA, says the Gabriel Trupin’s career was cut short that. “The collapse was used for political group is glad to organize the fest to “cre- in 1995, when he succumbed to purposes by the power structure that lost AIDS at age 26. control of the mayor’s office and the Strike a Pose, playing Saturday, Board of Supervisors” in 1906, according June 25, 8:30 p.m., at the Castro, was to Lym’s research. filmed and directed by Ester Gould. The film will be preceded by introduc- Another AIDs-related film, Last tory remarks by Lym and followed by a Men Standing, explores the devasta- panel discussion with Lym and other his- tion, struggle, and survival of gay torians. Doors will open at 7 p.m. The men in the early days of the disease. program begins at 7:30 p.m. Admission Those featured include two Noe Val- is $5 for non-members. leyans, Kevin VandenBergh and the For more information on this and up- late Peter Greene. Timothy Hussin coming programs, such as a Glen Canyon and Erin Brethauer directed the 65- history talk on July 26 and a discussion minute documentary, which screens of “How to Research Your San Francisco Sunday, June 19, 1:30 p.m., at the Home—for Free!” on Aug. 30, go to san- Victoria Theatre, 2961 16th St. franciscohistory.org. Prices for individual screenings are $8 for members, $10 for general NOW ENROLLING Audrey II at Adda Clevenger admission. Gala tickets cost $75 for he talented young seventh- and members and $90 for the general Teighth-grade actors, dancers, and public. For more information, go to 2017-2018 singers at the Adda Clevenger School www.frameline.org/festival. 2016-2017 take on the Broadway hit musical com- —Corrie M. Anders edy Little Shop of Horrors Monday Join our Premier Club and earn % APY* .on your Money0 Market Account 3800 24th St. 415.970.9070 sterlingbank.com Call or visit to start earning more now! *The Annual Percentage Yield (APY) is effective as of 1//2015 and is subject to change without notice. $500 minimum opening deposit required in money market account. Rates are compounded monthly and paid on the entire balance in the amount. Fees may reduce earnings if the average minimum monthly balance of $500 is not maintained. Membership in the Sterling Premier Club is www.kmsofsf.org required. Contact us for Club member requirements. The Noe Valley Voice • June 2016 • Our 40th Year 19 cuWeather predicts mostly cloudy with a etc., so call 415-584-1498 or email Glen- low of 56 degrees, so plan accordingly. [email protected] for a spot. Summer in the City SHORT Look for the big screen—and crowd—at 19th and Dolores streets in the park. Scotland the Brave at Folio o what if it’s foggy and cold? Chairs are prohibited. There are lots of outdoor activi- Four Scottish writers and one Scottish S TAKES For the complete list of films, go to ties in San Francisco in June, July, musician will read and play Monday, sfntf.squarespace.com/filmnight. and August. Just wear your mukluks June 27, 7 p.m., at the Odd Mondays read- through Thursday, June 20-23. All per- and a parka. ing series’ last event before its annual formances are at 7 p.m. Tickets are $25 Film Night in the Park features summer hiatus. Writers Mary McNear for adults, $10 if you’re under 18. To re- three free films Saturdays in Dolores (Up at Butternut Lake), Mary Lee Mc- serve your seat, go to addaclevenger.org Park: Pitch Perfect, June 11; The Neal (Home Again, Home Again), An- and click on performing arts. The school Goonies, Aug. 13; and Star Wars: drew McIntyre (The Short, the Long, and is located at 180 Fair Oaks Street at 23rd The Force Awakens, Sept. 24. For a the Tall), and Julia McDonald Adams will Street. full list, go to sfntf.squarespace.com. read excerpts from their work. Music will Director/music director Alexis Koch The San Francisco Opera has two be provided by guitarist John Mc- says Little Shop of Horrors, known for its outdoor performances this summer. Cormick. BYOS (bring your own doo-wop style of rock, was chosen be- Carmen will be simulcast from the scotch). cause the students this year “are really War Memorial Opera House to The REAL San Francisco The next Odd Mondays—after vaca- creative musically...[and] really talented AT&T Park July 2 at 7:30 p.m. for Treat tion—will be Aug. 15, at 7 p.m., honor- actors who can play complex characters.” free. On Sept. 11, arias al fresco from ing the memory of breast cancer activist The difficulty, she says, is the dark humor eighborhood author Bill Yenne will the upcoming fall season will be Barbara Brenner. Susie Lampert, Bren- of the lyrics and plot. Ntell stories from and sign copies of sung—also for free—at 1:30 p.m. in ner’s life partner, will read from So Much In addition to all the humans on stage, his latest book, San Francisco Beer: A Sharon Meadow in Golden Gate to Be Done, a collection of writings by there will be four puppets who represent History of Brewing by the Bay (Arcadia Park. See sfopera.com. Brenner, edited by Barbara Sjoholm. Audrey II as she grows. Who is Audrey Press, paperback, $21.99), at Speakeasy The San Francisco Symphony Odd Mondays takes place at Folio II? You will have to buy a ticket and find Ales & Lagers, 1195 Evans Ave., Friday, plays for free twice outside during Books, 4957 24th St. For more informa- out. June 24, 4 to 7 p.m. Yenne speaks at 6 the summer, at the Stern Grove Fes- p.m. By then, you’ll probably be an ex- tion on the long-running series, go to odd- tival July 10 and Pier 27 July 24. The pert on beer yourself. mondays.com. full Stern Grove Festival can be Flick at the Dolores Drive-In Yenne has written nine previous books found at sterngrove .org. rab a blanket, picnic basket, your on beer, including Guinness: The 250- Short Takes are compiled and written by For drama queens, the San Fran- Gfriends and family and head on over Year Quest for the Perfect Pint, American Richard May. cisco Shakespeare Festival performs to Dolores Park Saturday, June 11. San Beers: Twelve Brands That Became The Winter’s Tale for free September Francisco’s Film Night in the Park sum- Icons, and The History of Beer in Amer- weekends at 2 p.m. in the Presidio mer 2016 season begins with Pitch Per- ica. His latest “details the complete his- and McLaren Park. See sfshakes.org. fect, a romantic comedy from 2012 star- tory of brewing in San Francisco,” ac- If you want to participate rather ring Rebel Wilson and a bunch of other cording to Yenne, from before the Gold than observe, there’s the 24th Street people. The plot: Beca (one c) is new at Rush through the craft beer movement. SummerFEST June 18, the AIDS Barden University. Upon arrival, she is Yenne, who is also the author of 10 Walk July 17, the San Francisco hounded into joining an all-women novels, will appear in Noe Valley at Fo- Marathon July 31, and the Noe Val- singing group and they take on their male lio Books, 3957 24th St., Thursday, July ley Wine Walk Aug. 18. Street fairs counterparts in a campus song contest. To 14, 7 p.m. Raise a stein for Bastille Day! abound, of course, and there’s the see the trailer, go to youtube.com. The LGBT Pride Festival June 25-26. movie’s rated 7.2 (out of 10) on IMDb Neighborhood History Hikes After all this, you’ll be glad it’s and 81 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, fall. which is fresh. This summer, San Francisco City —Richard May The event is free and starts at dusk. Guides is offering six historical hikes in Sundown will be at 8:32 p.m. and Ac- Noe Valley, and the Glen Park Neighbor- hoods History Project has scheduled two just over the hill. n g 1 0 t i 0 r a y b e The City Guides Noe walking tours are e a l r Sundays June 5 and 19, July 3 and 17, and E s C Aug. 7 and 21. Meet at 1:30 p.m. outside the Noe Valley Library at 451 Jersey St. The route is mainly level but be sure to wear comfortable shoes. Local guides, coordinated by Sue Walsh, lead the walk. It’s free but donations to the nonprofit are appreciated. The first Glen Park walk is “A Trestle Ran Through It: Early Days in Glen Park Village,” Saturday, June 11, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Meet at the Glen Park BART Station. On July 9, meet at 10 a.m. at the Glen Park Cow Sign on Elk Street near Chenery Street for “Bovines, Dyna- mite, and High-Flying Shows: The Amazing History of Glen Canyon Park.” Both walks are conducted by Glen Park historian Evelyn Rose. A $5 donation is requested. Space is limited on Bovines, 20 The Noe Valley Voice • June 2016 • Our 40th Year Noe Valley Views The Storm Passes. These dramatic clouds caught the eye of our photographer near the iconic spires of St. Paul’s on Church Street. Photo by Najib Joe Hakim 0° PENDING PENDING (REPRESENTED BUYER) Selling SF: Top 10 Producers Company-Wide "SellingSF is simply the best. After we moved out, we handed them the keys and they took care of the rest! They are meticulous, timely, and most importantly kind-hearted people you can really trust.”—Ross S. 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Days Sale Price as Total Sales No. Price ($) Price ($) Price ($) on Market % of List Price Living in Noe Single-family homes April 2016 15 $1,175,000 $4,500,000 $2,363,800 41 105% March 2016 6 $1,460,000 $4,997,500 $2,726,250 22 107% April House Sales April 2015 14 $1,315,000 $5,400,000 $2,692,143 25 107% Springy Condominiums April 2016 7 $694,000 $1,675,000 $1,269,143 32 109% By Corrie M. Anders March 2016 8 $806,000 $2,460,000 $1,474,750 14 113% ome sales in Noe Valley surged in April 2015 9 $630,000 $2,415,000 $1,394,444 22 120% HApril as buyers purchased 15 single- 2- to 4-unit buildings family detached homes at an average April 2016 3 $1,200,000 $2,220,000 $1,623,333 22 115% price of $2.4 million. The sales activity was on a par with the March 2016 1 $1,818,000 $1,818,000 $1,818,000 19 114% 14 transactions recorded in April of last April 2015 6 $1,315,000 $2,225,000 $1,660,000 34 year, according to data supplied to the 120% Noe Valley Voice by Zephyr Real Estate. April buyers purchased this brand-new, five- 5+unit buildings The total also was considerably higher bedroom house on a Cesar Chavez Street April 2016 0 — — —— — than in the first three months of the year, hillside for $4.5 million, almost $1 million May 2016 0 — — —— — when sales numbered a mere five (Janu- less than the sellers’ asking price. The property offered many luxury amenities, ary), eight (February), and six (March). April 2015 0 — — —— — including panoramic views from three levels. “We’re picking back up for the spring,” * Survey includes all Noe Valley home sales completed during the month. Noe Valley for purposes said Zephyr president Randall Kostick, of this survey is loosely defined as the area bordered by Grand View, 22nd, Guerrero, and 30th noting that sales traditionally slow during originally sought. streets. The Voice thanks Zephyr Real Estate (zephyrre.com) for providing sales data. NVV 6/2016 the winter. Buyers also took longer to close es- As the number of sales rose, buyers crow—41 days compared to 25 days last moderated their spending habits. year. Kostick pointed out, though, that but a far cry from last year, when the typ- ing on the market since last year in Homebuyers on average paid 5 percent one high-end property took six months to ical unit closed escrow for 20 percent SOMA and other neighborhoods. Those above the sellers’ asking price in April, sell, pushing up the average time on the above asking. units could have attracted potential buy- compared to April a year ago, when they market. Kostick noted that the “real boom” in ers who might otherwise be shopping in gave 7 percent more than what the sellers Noe Valley’s most expensive detached Noe Valley condos occurred two years Noe Valley. home in April was an ultramodern prop- ago. Still, the most expensive condominium erty in the 4300 block of Cesar Chavez In April 2014, for example, 100 percent sold in April fetched $1,675,000—20 per- Street, between Diamond and Douglass of all Noe Valley condos sold for more cent above the asking price. The two-bed- streets. than their asking price. That figure room, two-bath unit, located in the 4500 The swank hillside home sold for $4.5 dropped to 85 percent a year ago and block of 25th Street between Douglass million, nearly $1 million less than the dipped below 80 percent in April of this Street and Hoffman Avenue, had 1,244 asking price ($5,495,000)—an 18.1 per- year. square feet of space, a gourmet kitchen, cent reduction—and was on the market Kostick said Noe Valley might be feel- marble countertops, a deck, radiant heat, for 75 days before the deal was finalized. ing the impact of a large supply of newly and two parking spaces. Ⅲ Built in 2015, the house offered five built luxury condos that have been com- bedrooms and five baths in 4,200 square feet of living space. It also featured a chef’s kitchen, radiant heat, a media room, numerous floor-to-ceiling glass walls, and panoramic views from three levels. The garage afforded room for just one car, however. Condos Comfortable While house sales were rising, the con- dominium market was staying relatively A two-bedroom condominium in this 1999 building on 25th Street sold in April for flat. Seven condos changed hands during $1,695,000—20 percent more than the April, compared to nine sales a year ear- asking price. The unit included a gourmet lier. kitchen, two remodeled bathrooms, a deck, Buyers on average paid 9 percent more and two-car parking. Photos by Corrie M. Anders than the list price—nothing to sneeze at Noe Valley Rents** No. in Range Average Average Average Unit Sample May 2016 May 2016 April 2016 May 2015 Studio 5 $1,975 - $2,400 $2,273 / mo. $2,336 / mo. $2,391 / mo. 1-bdrm 28 $2,175 - $4,650 $3,305 / mo. $3,302 / mo. $3,404 / mo. 2-bdrm 47 $3,000 - $6,395 $4,237 / mo. $4,528 / mo. $4,324 / mo. 3-bdrm 13 $5,000 - $8,300 $6,180 / mo. $5,532 / mo. $6,275 / mo. 4+-bdrm 11 $4,895 - $12,000 $9,159 / mo. $10,320 / mo. $9,309 / mo. ** This survey is based on a sample of 104 Noe Valley apartment listings appearing on Craigslist.org from May 1-8, 2016. NVV 6/2016 Carol Robinson, EA Member of the National Association of Enrolled Agents • Individual • Tax Planning • Business Returns • Prior Year Returns • Electronic Filing • Out-of-State Returns Call for an appointment TODAY! 300 Vicksburg Street #1, San Francisco • 415-821-3200 (on the corner of 24th near Church Street) Notary Public Service 22 The Noe Valley Voice • June 2016 • Our 40th Year As they built up their business, they moved into a larger space on Nob Hill in 2014 that could accommodate three STORE teaching rooms. They brought on more vocal coaches in addition to Nichole and TREK are currently looking to further grow their 10-person staff. Store Trek is a regular Voice column fea- “We wanted to grow a community. I turing new stores and businesses in Noe could only see so many students myself,” Valley. This month, we profile the local said Nichole. branch of a Nob Hill music studio that of- Their student population runs the fers private and group lessons in voice, gamut from youth and young adults inter- performance, and songwriting. ested in music careers to older adults in their 50s to 70s looking to learn a new SONGBIRD STUDIOS skill. The studio is now working with 3823 24th St. near Church Street close to 150 students. 415-935-4383 “I thought originally we would focus http://songbirdsf.com/ on kids. It has been somewhat surprising rom the sidewalk, the only indication to see so many adults as well as people Fthat the “birds” may be chirping away looking for fun creative outlets, and inside Songbird Studios’ Noe Valley lo- singing is one of those,” said Nichole. cation is the company’s bluebird mascot “Everyone should sing and be out there and name affixed above the door. having fun with it.” Down a short walkway, hidden from Whether people can carry a tune or not, passersby on the street, is a rather spa- all are welcome at Songbird. cious main room the company uses for “I am a strong believer everybody can gospel workshops and community events. get something out of singing. Not that Above are four small teaching rooms, everyone will be the next Beyoncé,” said each adorned with a keyboard, micro- Nichole. “My feeling is anyone can get phone, and PA system for students prac- so much out of singing in terms of stress ticing their singing chops. relief, confidence-building, and express- “We are tucked away and don’t have a ing their creativity through the more per- giant storefront. But it has worked in our sonal and emotional side of singing. favor because we can be a little louder,” There is a lot to gain from doing it or just noted Niall David, who co-owns Song- the activity of doing it.” bird Studios with his wife, Whitney Nichole particularly enjoys working Nichole. with people who believe they are tone The couple, together nearly a decade, Student assistant Kathy Parmisano at a piano in Songbird Studios. Photo by Pamela Gerard deaf or don’t hear pitch and are thus was expecting the birth of their first child afraid to use their singing voice. in mid-May when they spoke to the Noe cated on Pine Street in Nob Hill. with our neighbors really quickly.” “I love to break down those walls and Valley Voice. Now living in Marin, hav- “We love it. Noe Valley is super And the expansion of the business help people learn to have fun with your ing moved out of San Francisco at the end friendly. The people are just so wonder- “grew faster than I could have imagined,” voice,” she said. of 2015, the couple opened the 24th Street ful,” said Nichole, 32, who abandoned a added Nichole, who is currently on ma- Songbird sells memberships that start studio a year ago in late June. legal career after graduating from Yale ternity leave. at $115 per month. Students can choose They were looking to expand to a sec- University when she realized her true pas- A California native, Nichole launched the lesson length that best suits their ond location in a neighborhood that sion was singing and music education. her own studio in 2009 under the name needs, be it 30, 45 or 60 minutes, as well wouldn’t compete with their studio lo- “We felt really at home and made friends Whitney Nichole Vocal Coaching in a as the frequency: part-time (two les- small space in Hayes Valley. A year later, sons/month, every other week) or full- when David, 38, who owns his own pho- time (four lessons/month, once a week). tography business, began handling ad- Both of the studio locations, in Nob ministrative and business duties for the Hill and Noe Valley, are open for lessons singing studio, the couple decided to re- Monday through Friday, noon to 8 p.m., brand. and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. photo: Amanda Brauning The new name is derived from their Songbird Studios’ office hours are 11 shared avian affections and their referring a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays. The staff can to each other as “bird.” also be contacted via email at “Songbird brings our love of music and [email protected]. birds together,” explained David. —Matthew S. 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Her company, the Bosky Dell, bine to create a beautiful presence. makes floral arrangements for any occa- sion, including weddings. The creations VOILA are known for their simplicity. Greenery 1431 Castro St. between Jersey and includes an air plant in a geometric glass 25th streets vessel ($95) and a small cactus in a glass 415-678-5759 vase filled with dark pebbles ($35). Flo- voilasf.com ral arrangements can be viewed and or- On May 1, the new shop VOILA dered online at theboskydell.com, and ei- marked its arrival in Noe Valley with a ther delivered or picked up at VOILA. grand opening at 1431 Castro St. Video Prices range from $45 to $165. Wave had previously occupied the store- Aside from hiring a contractor to do the front, until the movie rental shop moved heavy lifting, Dazogbo re-vamped the to 24th Street last year. space herself. She chose neutral paints— The space has been completely trans- VOILA owner-designer Aline Dazogbo models “The Perfect Cardigan” for wear on foggy days white, black, and cream—in keeping with formed into what owner Aline Dazogbo or nights in San Francisco. Photo by Pamela Gerard her desire to make the place minimalist calls a “one-stop shopping experience.” and simple. Hanging from the ceiling is a “It’s like a treat. It lifts you up,” she leather, or silk. Prices range from $290 to Salon Services chandelier she bought in Oakland two says of her boutique, which is one part $620. Through the store window, passersby years ago and has been saving for just the nail salon, one part fashion and acces- ‘Third Culture Kid’ see three comfy chairs where manicures right space. sories shop, and one part floral design and pedicures take place. All of the pol- “In French, voila means, ‘Here it is, showcase. She collaborates with Ann Originally from Benin in West Africa, ishes are non-toxic, paraben-free, and here we go,’” says Dazogbo. “We’re Nguyen, who provides manicure and Dazogbo has lived all over the globe. The even vegan. “I think we’re the only salon combining three different media in one waxing services, and Maggie Carson Ro- daughter of a diplomat, she grew up to offer Chanel nail polishes in the neigh- space that offer the same vision to the cus- mano, a floral designer. speaking French and attending interna- borhood,” Dazogbo says. “Everyone tomer who will be a little bit of a fashion- Dazogbo, 32, also owns Aline’s Closet tional schools. She studied fashion at ES- wants Chanel!” ista, a little bit of an artist, a little bit of a in the Lower Haight. She opened the tiny MOD International in Paris. In addition Other polish brands include Silky, OPI, creative mind.” boutique six years ago to sell her to French and English, Dazogbo is con- Butter, Zoya, CND Shellac, Gel, and VOILA is open Tuesday through Sun- women’s fashion designs, which are versant in Spanish, Portuguese, and Fon, Dare to Wear. A manicure or pedicure in- day, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Walk-ins for nail made to order and produced right in the her native African language. cludes a choice of essential oils. Prices and waxing treatments are welcome, but shop with the assistance of her seamstress “I call myself a third culture kid, raised start at $20 for a basic manicure and go given the small space, calling ahead for and mentor, Olga Wilson. Clients look between Africa and France.” She speaks up to $45 for the VOILA Pedicure, which an appointment is recommended. During through the samples of styles and fabrics quickly, lacing her sentences with French includes an exfoliating scrub, callus re- the month of June, customers who men- before being fitted. They choose what expressions and laughter. mover, and mask or paraffin. tion this article will receive 15 percent they like, and their purchases are ready in Every piece in her collection has a lit- Waxing services are done in a private off all clothes and jewelry. about three weeks for pickup. tle cowrie shell sewn discreetly at the bot- room at the rear of the store. The exten- tom. “It’s my logo because in Benin, the —Olivia Boler The Perfect Cardigan cowrie shells were currency,” Dazogbo “I don’t believe in one size fits all,” says. “You can also find them on the Dazogbo says. “What looks good on my beach and they’re used in divination. It’s six-foot-tall sister will not look good on a symbol and link to my home country.” my smaller frame.” Dazogbo is clearly passionate about The signature piece of what she calls fashion, creativity, and travel. She be- the Take Away Capsule Collection is the lieves in zero-waste production, upcy- innovative Perfect Cardigan. Dazogbo cling, and sourcing locally, while also takes one off a hanger of the boutique’s connecting her clients to artisans and clothes rack to demonstrate the way it products from various regions in Africa. converts from a cardigan to a poncho or Accessories make up the bulk of items cape. It can also be flipped upside down for sale at VOILA. Some of the jewelry to become a hoodie with a peekaboo has been crafted by Dazogbo herself, like back. necklaces with beads brought back from Foggy San Francisco evenings were Benin ($45 to $145). Other more metal- her inspiration. “My hair gets very poofy, based cuffs and necklaces ($85 to $155) so to protect it, I need a hood for the walk are made by the Sahara’s Touareg tribe, home,” she says with a smile. and there are beaded bracelets from Sene- Dazogbo recently moved to Noe Val- gal ($72). ley, just four blocks from the shop. “I love Leather purses, shoppers ($290), and the diversity of the neighborhood, and the clutches are designed and crafted in Nige- colorful architecture. It’s comfortable— ria by one of her best friends, Haowa safe and friendly.” Bello, under her label Madame Coquette. Because the Perfect Cardigan is made Small African wooden animals ($15) can to order, production has been small. In be used as toys, décor, or place-setting January, Dazogbo raised over $17,300 on markers. Whimsical toy cars and motor- Kickstarter to purchase the materials and cycles, made of recycled bottle caps, equipment needed to produce a larger run wire, and tape ($75), are common in of 500 cardigans. Clients can choose from Senegal, and Dazogbo thinks they are materials that include bamboo, wool, great decorative pieces. Quit Smoking in One Session DR. JONATHON D. GRAY • HYPNOSIS • SAN FRANCISCO • 415-563-2333 Addictions • Stress Reduction • Pain Control • Weight Control Phobias • Optimum Performance http://drjonathongray.com 24 The Noe Valley Voice • June 2016 • Our 40th Year Noe Valley Readers It’s a long way from Duncan Street (or even Jersey) but these intrepid travelers and Voice readers (from left to right Eric Pfeiffer, John Hudson, John Gilliland and Peter Weiser) carried a reminder of home on their tour of Myanmar and while sailing the Andaman Sea. The group posed here in front of one of the great Buddhist stupas in Bagan, Myanmar. TakeTake the Next Step! 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At Children’s Day School, chickens—and eggs—are some of our best teachers. With our main campus a home to a working farm and organic garden, we’ve made the environment a core component of a rigorous curriculum that is project-based, The city’s Junior Warriors get their hustle on at a recent clinic. Photo courtesy Chris Faust integrated across academic Basketball Camps All Summer at Upper Noe Rec Center disciplines and designed to prepare and inspire. We expect vertaken by Golden State Warriors fever, Upper Noe Recreation Center will host Oseven week-long basketball camps this summer, the first starting June 6 and the great things of our students, last ending Aug. 5. Each camp will run Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. because we know that passionate In addition, regional competition for the all-city Mayor’s Inaugural Three-on- citizens change the world. Three Basketball Tournament will happen at the park on June 24. The series is free for boys and girls ages 6 to 17. One boys’ team and one girls’ team in each of several age categories will advance to the finals at Kezar Pavilion on July 9. Sign up before June 17 by phone or in person at the Upper Noe Rec Center office, 415-970-8061. To accommodate the hoops play, the normal rec center programming has been stripped down. But the rec center’s hours of operation have been expanded and now To learn more about our approach to education, include Mondays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (June 6 through Aug. 19). visit www.cds-sf.org. Or call our Admission Oce Rec center staff say there is a new rule this summer: no congregating in the lobby during camp hours. Nannies and children can no longer park strollers or take naps in at (415) 861-5432 x337 to schedule a tour. the lobby. “Sorry for any inconvenience,” says Chris Faust of the Upper Noe Community Recreation Council, “but rec center staff have no flexibility on this rule.” Faust notes that park goers should be pleased to learn that Alvin Torres has Children’s Day School returned to Upper Noe, this time as an assistant to Facilities Coordinator Cheryl Woltjen. After almost a year away pursuing other career options, Torres accepted a 333 Dolores Street permanent position with Rec and Park. “The full-time position of facility assistant is something we have been hoping to add at Upper Noe for years now to bring more San Francisco stability and versatility to our staff,” Faust reports. www.cds-sf.org To find out about classes, visit the park, at 295 Day St. near Sanchez, or check San Francisco Rec and Park online at https://www.sfreconline.org. If you’d like to help plan events at Upper Noe, contact Woltjen ([email protected]) or consider advising the Upper Noe Community Recreation Council. The group meets on third Wednesdays, 7 p.m., in the rec center auditorium. Join Ladybug Gardeners if you can spare an hour to help tend the Bluebird Garden at the park. Email Joan Lionberger at [email protected]. M M A A To get the scoop on Joby’s Run, contact Friends of Upper Noe Dog Owners at ExcellencelcexE lenn in EEarly Clrace Childhoodd Eoohldhiy Educationducaatt nio fundogsf.org. The dog run is open daily, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. UPPER NOE REC CENTER SUMMER SESSION, JUNE 6 - AUG. 19, 2016 Noe ValleyValley PreschoolPreschool is EExpandingxpandingng MONDAY (Center open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.) Basketball Camp Mon.- Fri., 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Auditorium Free Play Mon., 10 a.m.-4 p.m.* Open Gym Mon., 2-4 p.m. NEWW TODDLERTNE ODDDLER PROGRAMPROG GRAM TUESDAY (Center open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.) Admitting childrenchildr startingstaren ting at age 2 Auditorium Free Play Tues., 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. * Petite Bakers (3-6 yrs) Tues., 10:15-11:15 a.m. Now acceptingaccNow epting applicapplications for 22016-171-610ations 7 sschool chool year Open Gym Tues., 2-8:30 p.m. * QuickStart Tennis (8-13 yrs) Tues., 3:30-4:30 p.m. Combat Athletics (8-16 yrs) Tues., 4-5:30 p.m. Tennis (18+, intermed./advanced) Tues., 6-7 p.m. Yoga - Vinyasa Flow (all levels) Tues., 6:30-7:30 p.m. Boot Camp (adult, 18+; FREE drop-in) Tues., 7:45-8:45 p.m. WEDNESDAY (Center open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.) Pilates (intermed.) Wed., 9:30-10:30 a.m. Pilates (18+) Wed., 10:30-11 a.m. Qi Gong for Seniors Wed., 1-3 p.m. Open Gym Wed., 2-5:30 p.m. * Auditorium Free Play Wed., 3:30-5:30 p.m. * Tennis (18+, beginning) Wed., 6:30-7:30 p.m. Drop-in Volleyball (18+, free) Wed., 6:30-8:30 p.m. THURSDAY (Center open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.) Auditorium Free Play Thurs., 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. * Zumba (family; drop-in, free) Thurs., 10:30–11:30 p.m. Senior Argentine Tango (55+) Thurs., 1-4 p.m. Open Gym Thurs., 2-8:30 p.m.* Zumba (family; drop-in, free) Thurs., 5:30-6:30 p.m. Yoga - Gentle Hatha (18+) Thurs., 6:45-7:45 p.m. FRIDAY (Center open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.) Pilates (18+) Fri., 10:30-11:30 a.m. Auditorium Free Play Fri., noon-4 p.m.* Open Gym Fri., 2-5:30 p.m.* Combat Athletics for Kids (8-16 yrs) Fri., 4:30-6 p.m. Karaoke (for adults, 18+) Fri., 6:30-8:30 p.m. Drop-in Volleyball (18+, free) Fri., 6:30-8:30 p.m. SATURDAY (Center open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.) PPottyottty trtrainedained not requiredrequired Open Gym Sat., 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.* Fullull or partialparF tial week Yoga - Vinyasa (18+, all levels) Sat., 9:15-10:15 a.m. Zumba (family; drop-in, free) Sat., 10:30-11:30 a.m. HHighScopeope CurriculumCcighS urriculum Auditorium Free Play Sat., noon-4:30 p.m.* QuickStart Tennis (7-9 yrs) Sat., 1-2 p.m. ToTo apply please visit:isit: wwwwww.MoldovanAcademy.comoldo.M vanAAc om.cademy SUNDAY (Center closed; outside activities only.) *Hours are subject to change. 28 The Noe Valley Voice • June 2016 • Our 40th Year June 1: Miguel Govea and Susan Pena June 8: The GREAT BOOKS perform bilingual and INTERACTIVE Discussion Group meets from 6:15 to MUSIC for children of all ages at the 8:15 pm. Noe Valley Library, 451 Jersey. Noe Valley Library. 3-4 pm. 451 Jersey. • JUNE 2016 • Elena at [email protected]. 355-5707; sfpl.org. June 8: Anya Fernald discusses HOME June 1-10: CREATIVITY EXPLORED June 1-30:: The On Lok 30th Street June 4: The Noe Valley KNITTING June 5 & 19: SF City Guides leads a COOKED: Essential Recipes for a hosts an group show, “Mythological SENIOR CENTER serves lunches for CIRCLE meets at the Noe Valley free WALKING TOUR of Noe Valley New Way to Cook. 6:30-7:30 pm. Creatures.” Mon.-Fri., 10 am-2 pm. people over 60, weekdays and Library from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm. on first and third Sundays at 1:30-3:30 Omnivore Books, 3885A Cesar CE2, 1 Arkansas, Studio E. 863-2946; Saturdays. Noon and 1 pm. 225 30th. 415 Jersey. 255-7200. pm. Meet at the Noe Valley Library, Chavez. 282-4712; creativityexplored.org. 550-2211. 451 Jersey. 557-4266; sfcityguides.org. omnivorebooks.com. June 4, 11, 18 & 25: “Meet the June 1 & 15: The PUPPY DOG TALES June 1 & July 6: The GLBT HISTORY Animals!” at the Randall Museum June 5-26: Meet at the gold fire June 9: The LGBT SENIOR discussion reading program allows children to Museum has a free day on first features California wildlife. 11 am. hydrant at 20th and Church at 11 am group meets at 30th Street Senior practice reading to Oliver, a calm Wednesdays. 11 am-7 pm. 4127 18th. Mission Art Center, 745 Treat. 695- Sundays for a City Guides walking tour Center. 10-11:30 am. 225 30th. 296- canine. For ages 4 to 7, but older 621-1107; GLBThistory.org. 5014. of the area around MISSION 8995, ext. 5. welcome. 7-8 pm. Eureka Valley DOLORES. 557-4266; sfcityguides.org. June 9: JUGGLING Tornado Mark Library, 1 Jose Sarria Court (16th & June 2: Supervisor SCOTT WIENER Bunnell performs from 3:30 to 4:30 Market). 355-5616; sfpl.org. holds open office hours from 11 am to June 5-28: Meet under the rainbow 1 pm at SF City Hall, room 274. Call flag at Harvey Milk Plaza (Castro and pm. Noe Valley Library, 451 Jersey. 355- June 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29: The Eureka 554-6968 to confirm. Market) for a City Guides walking tour 5707; sfpl.org. Valley Library offers BABY RHYME of the CASTRO. Sat., Sun. & Tues., 11 June 9-July 20: Creativity Explored and Playtime on Wednesdays, 1:30 to June 2, 9 & 16: Miss Catherine tells am. 557-4266; sfcityguides.org. hosts “Ripe,” an exhibit of ARTWORK 2:15. 1 Jose Sarria Court (16th & TODDLER TALES with books, rhymes, inspired by food. Reception June 9, 7-9 Market). 355-5616; sfpl.org. music, and movement. 10:15 & 11 am. June 6: Celebrate RAMADAN with Noe Valley Library, 451 Jersey. 355- reading, food, and crafts at Charlie’s pm; Mon.-Fri., 10 am-3 pm; Wed.-Fri., June 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29: The Castro 5707; sfpl.org. Corner Bookstore. Story times at 10 am-7 pm; Sat. & Sun., noon-5 pm. FARMERS MARKET is open every noon and 3 pm. 4102 24th. 641-1104; 3245 16th. 863-2108; June 2-16: The 15th SF Wednesday, from 4 to 8 pm, through charliescorner.com. creativityexplored.org. mid-December. Noe at Market. DOCUMENTARY FILM Festival June 10: The Noe Valley Library pcfma.com. screens at the Roxie (3117 16th), June 6, 13, 20 & 27: The Vogue (3290 Sacramento), and Great Balinise Shadow Play will be performed Augmentative and Alternative screens the 2014 FILM Guardians of June 1-29: Folio Books hosts Star (636 Jackson) theaters. For a June 25, 8 p.m., at St. Cyprian’s 2097 Communication (AAC) Conversation the Galaxy. 2-4 pm. 451 Jersey. 355- STORYTIME for toddlers every schedule: 552-5580; sfindie.com. Turk St. as part of the Noe Valley Music Club meets Mondays from 4:30 to 5707; sfpl.org. Wednesday at 10 am. 3957 24th. 821- Series. 5:30 pm. Noe Valley Library, 451 Jersey. June 2-30: Attend PUB QUIZ June 10: TAIZE service at Holy 3477; foliosf.com. 355-5707; sfpl.org. NIGHTS on Thursdays at the Dubliner, June 4-25: Each Saturday, the Noe Innocents Church is held on the June 1-29: Chris Sequeira conducts 3838 24th. 8 pm. 285-0674; Valley FARMERS MARKET brings you June 6-28: Charlie’s Corner hosts second Friday of the month, at 7:30 free senior QIGONG classes brainstormer.com. fresh produce and live musicians from FRENCH STORY TIME for kids, pm. 455 Fair Oaks. Holyinsf.org. Wednesdays 1-3 pm at the Upper Noe 8 am to 1 pm. 3861 24th. 248-1332; Mondays and Tuesdays, from 10 to June 3: The Rotunda DANCE series June 11: Green Mann and Lisa Erdos Rec Center, Day & Sanchez. 773-8185; noevalleyfarmersmarket.com. 10:30 am. 4102 24th. at SF City Hall hosts a performance by conduct a free PLANT CLINIC on the [email protected]. charliescorner.com. El Tunante, to kick off the SF Ethnic June 4-25: The Noe Valley Rec Center second Saturday of the month. 10 am- June 1-29: Holy Innocents Episcopal Dance Festival (June 3-19, at the Palace offers free YOGA CLASSES Saturdays June 7: VOTE in the California noon. 30th Street Senior Center, 225 Church offers a TAIZE style service of Fine Arts). Noon. dancersgroup.org. 9:15-10:15 am. Day & Sanchez. 970- Primary Election. Polls are open 7 am 30th. [email protected]. followed by a potluck on Wednesdays 8061; noevalleyreccenter.com. to 8 pm. sfgov.org. June 11: Glen Park historian Evelyn at 5:30 pm. 455 Fair Oaks. 824-5142. June 3-24: The Friday-night JAZZ series continues at Bird & Beckett with June 4-25: Noe Valley artist Kate June 7, 14, 21 & 28: The Eureka rose leads a tour, “A Trestle Ran June 1-29: AL-ANON meets artists Don Prell, Jimmy Ryan, and the Haug recreates RESURRECTION Valley Library offers its TODDLER Through It: Early Days in GLEN PARK Wednesdays 8 to 9:30 pm at St. Philip’s Third Quartet. 5:30-8 pm. 653 CITY, Martin Luther King Jr.’s last social TALES on Tuesdays, 10:30 am. 1 Jose Village.” 10 am-12:30 pm. Meet at the Church. 725 Diamond. 834-9940; al- Chenery. 586-3733; birdbeckett.com. protest in an exhibit “News Today: a Sarria Court (16th & Market). 355- plaza of the Glen Park BART station, anonsf.org. History of the Poor People’s Campaign 5616; sfpl.org. on Bosworth and Diamond. Reserve a June 3-24: Chris Sequeira leads a in Real Time.” Saturdays, 1-5 pm, and space at 584-1498 or June 1-30: Noe Valley OVEREATERS Friday KARAOKE for Adults group at June 7-28: Larkin Street Youth by appointment. 4431 Irving. 854-2040. [email protected]. Anonymous meets Monday through the Noe Valley Rec Center. 6:30-8:30 Services gives free HIV TESTING for Saturday, 7 am, at St. Aidan’s Church, pm. 295 Day. une 4-25: Saturday night JAZZ at Bird youth 24 and under. Tuesdays, 5-7 pm. June 11: Omnivore Books hosts a 101 Gold Mine. oasf.org. & Beckett features local performers 1800 Market. 673-0911; sfcenter.org. fundraiser for the Community Health June 3-24: Shout “BINGO!” at St. Resource Center with Rebecca Katz, June 1-30: Charlie’s Corner offers from 8 to 11 pm. 653 Chenery. Paul’s on Friday nights at 7 pm (doors June 7 & July 5: The de Young author of The Longevity Kitchen. 4-6 children’s STORY TIMES every day. birdbeckett.com. open at 5 pm). St. Paul’s Parish Hall, Museum and the Legion of Honor have pm., 3885A Cesar Chavez. 282-4712; Mon.-Fri., 10 am, noon, 3 and 5 pm; 221 Valley. 648-7538. June 5: Laura Miller introduces RAW, FREE ADMISSION on the first Tuesday omnivorebooks.com. Sat. and Sun., 10:30 am, 12:30 and 3:30 VEGAN, Not Gross: All Vegan and of the month. 750-3600; June 3-24: Dolores Park Cafe hosts pm. 4102 24th; 641-1104. Mostly Raw Recipes for People Who deyoungmuseum.org. Friday-night MUSIC and spoken word. Love to Eat. 3-4 pm. Omnivore Books, 7:30-10 pm. 501 Dolores. 621-2936; 3885A Cesar Chavez. 282-4712; doloresparkcafe.com. omnivorebooks.com. 3957 24th St.| 821-3477 foliosf.com| @foliosf | /foliosf JUNE EVENTS Book Release Party with Mary McNear 6.14 The Space Between Sisters TUESDAY Mary McNear, local author and New York Times 7PM bestseller, returns to Butternut Lake with the fourth novel of her popular series. 10% of all store book sales from 6 pm to close will go to benefit The Women’s Building, a community space for women in San Francisco. Bookworms Club With Matthew Jobin 6.17 The Skeleth FRIDAY Every 3rd Friday of the month means it is time for pizza and 6PM bookish things with readers ages 8-12 at Folio Books! We’ve been impatiently awaiting this follow-up to The Nethergrim (one of our favorite recent fantasy epics). RSVP REQUIRED: TINY.CC/SPRINGWORMS Queer Words|a quarterly literary salon 6.21 Panel discussion for inaugural event of Queer Words. This month’s focus will be on Queer YA Speculative Fiction by TUESDAY three local authors: Skye Allen, Andrew Demcek, and Tim 7PM Floreen. Queer Words is “a quarterly reading series which features books with Queer content, poetry and prose, fiction and nonfiction,” organized by Noe Valley denizens Richard May and Wayne Goodman. Joanne David & Rocket Dog Rescue 6.26 Honeyboy SUNDAY Fundraiser for Rocket Dog Rescue and author event for 2PM Joanne David, author of Honeyboy, a children’s book about a special rescue dog. 20% of all store book sales from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. will go to Rocket Dog Rescue. Dogs and their loving owners welcome to attend! STORYTIME at 10am Every Wednesday ODD MONDAYS| JUNE 13 & 27 For a full description of all our upcoming events visit: foliosf.com/events The Noe Valley Voice • June 2016 • Our 40th Year 29 June 11: The outdoor FILM NIGHT June 28: Charlie’s Corner Bookstore in the Park season begins with Pitch hosts readings of Le Petit Prince in Perfect, a comedy about college music both English and French, at 10 am, singoffs starring Rebel Wilson. Dusk • CALENDAR • noon, and 3 and 5 pm. 4102 24th. 641- (8:30 pm). Dolores Park, 18th & 1104; charliescorner.com. Dolores. June 28:The Noe Valley Library offers sfntf.squarespace.com/filmnight. June 16-26: Frameline40, the SF June 20: DOG EARED BOOKS hosts June 24: BILL YENNE introduces his International LGBTQ FILM FESTIVAL, a party to introduce its second new book, San Francisco Beer: A an eREADER drop-in from 10:30 to June 13: ODD MONDAYS hosts a screens at the Castro Theater, 429 location at 489 Castro. For more info, History of Brewing by the Bay, at 11:30 am. 451 Jersey. 355-5707; Literary Potpourri with Pat Morin, Castro, and other Bay Area theaters. call Alvin at 282-1901 or Speakeasy Ales & Lagers, from 5 to 8 sfpl.org. Richard Kamler, and Stephen Vincent. 7 For a schedule, 703-8650; [email protected]. pm. 1195 Evans. 642-3371; June 28:The Noe Valley Library and pm at Folio Books, 3957 24th. No-host frameline.org. goodbeer.com. Artists’ Television Access host a supper, 5:30 pm, Haystack Pizza, 3881 June 20-23: Students from Adda screening of 16mm films from the 24th (rsvp [email protected]). 821- June 17: BOOKWORMS Club (ages Clevenger School perform the June 25:Volunteer at JURI library’s archives. 6:30-8:30 pm. 451 2090; oddmondays.com. 8 to 12) features a talk by Matthew comedy ROCK MUSICAL Little Shop COMMONS, weather permitting, for a Jobin, author of The Skeleth. 6 pm. of Horrors. 7 pm. 180 Fair Oaks at 9 am to noon workday. The park cuts Jersey. 355-5707; sfpl.org. June 14: PFLAG’s monthly meeting Folio Books, 3957 24th. RSVP 23rd. addaclevenger.org. through the block bounded by June 28: MISSION POLICE STATION has moved to the Women’s Building at required: 821-3477 Guerrero, San Jose Avenue, 25th, and holds its community meeting the last 3543 18th, on the second Tuesday of June 21: The Noe Valley Library hosts http://www.eventbrite.com/e/bookwor 26th streets. [email protected] Tuesday of the month. 6 pm. 630 the month, from 7 to 9 pm. 921-8850; Family LEGO NIGHT for ages 5 and ms-club-tickets-25485102628. or meetup.com/Juri-Commoners. Valencia. 558-5400. pflagsf.org. up. 6:30-8 pm. 355-5707; sfpl.org. June 18: Don’t miss the seventh June 25: Larry Reed performs June 21: “Queer Words,” a quarterly June 28: Glenn Lym discusses June 14: Maria van Lieshout, author annual SummerFEST on 24th Street, “Wayang Bali: An Evening of BALINESE LITERARY SALON, spotlights YA “Scapegoat: The 1871 San Francisco of Bye Bye Binky and Hopper and featuring a petting zoo, Funnybone the SHADOW PLAY.” 8 pm. SF Live Arts Speculative Fiction by local authors City Hall” at the meeting of the SF Wilson, reads her stories at Charlie’s Clown, hula dancers, music, and store (Noe Valley MUSIC Series) at St. Skye Allen, Andrew Demcek, and Tim HISTORY Association. 7 pm. St. Philip’s Corner Bookstore. 5 pm. 4102 24th. specials. Noe Street at 24th, 11 am-5 Cyprian’s, 2097 Turk. 454-5238; Floreen. 7 pm. Folio Books, 3957 24th. Church, 725 Diamond. 750-9986; 641-1104; charliescorner.com. pm. noevalleysummerfest.com noevalleymusicseries.com. 821-3477; foliosf.com. sanfranciscohistory.org. June 14: Folio Books hosts a June 18: Olive This Olive That June 26: The SF PRIDE PARADE for June 21: Ingleside POLICE STATION June 28: Bernal Heights Cinema’s free discussion by Mary McNear, author of celebrates its fourth year in Noe with “Racial and Economic Justice” kicks off holds a community meeting on third “Face to Face with the FILMMAKER” The Space Between Sisters. 7 pm. 3957 a Happy Birthday ICE CREAM at 10:30 am at Market and Beale, and Tuesdays. 7 pm. Ingleside Police Station series features Jenni Olson discussing 24th. 821-3477; foliosf.com. SOCIAL and sidewalk chalk drawing ends at Market and Eighth streets. The community room, 1 Sgt. John V. Young and showing The Royal Road, a film contest. 10 am-5 pm. 304 Vicksburg. Civic Center celebration is noon to 6 June 14: John Freeman discusses Lane. 404-4000; about Junipero Serra’s colonization of 251-7520. pm. “Transforming a Bleak Desert”: The inglesidepolicestation.com. California. 8 pm. El Rio, 3158 Mission. Pioneer History of Golden Gate Park” June 18:The PUPPY DOG TALES June 26: Folio Books hosts a June 22: The RESILIENT Diamond June 30: At Baila Conmigo! children at the monthly meeting of the SF reading program allows children to fundraiser for Rocket DOG RESCUE, Heights work group meets the fourth age 4 and up can learn about Museum and HISTORICAL SOCIETY. practice reading to a calm canine. For featuring Joanne David, author of Wednesday of the month from 3:30 to traditional MEXICAN DANCES. 11 7:30 pm. 455 Golden Gate. 537-1105, ages 4 to 7, but older welcome. 2-3 children’s book Honeyboy. 1-3 pm. 5 pm. St. Aidan’s Church, 101 Gold am-noon. Noe Valley Library. 451 ext. 100; sfhistory.org. pm. Noe Valley Library, 451 Jersey. 355- 3957 24th. 821-3477; foliosf.com. Mine. 867-5774. Jersey. 355-5707; sfpl.org. 5707; sfpl.org. June 15: HERCHURCH offers a June 26: George Clinton and June 22: Christine Chitnis discusses July 1: Ramana Vieira and Ensemble, Women’s DRUMMING CIRCLE the June 18:The Glen Park Parliament Funkadelic perform at the Icy, Creamy, Healthy, Sweet: 75 with Fatima Santos and Jose Iglesias, third Wednesday of the month. 5:45- Neighborhoods HISTORY PROJECT STERN GROVE FESTIVAL. 2 pm. 19th RECIPES for Dairy-Free Ice Cream, perform PORTUGESES FADO at 8 6:45 pm. 678 Portola. hosts its general meeting, with guest Ave. and Sloat. 252-6252. Fruit-Forward Ice Pops, Frozen Yogurt, pm. SF Live Arts (Noe Valley MUSIC speakers Vicky Walker and John June 15: The Noe Valley BOOK Granitas, Slushies, Shakes, and More. June 27: ODD MONDAYS hosts Series) at St. Cyprian’s, 2097 Turk. 454- Blackburn discussing “Researching the DISCUSSION Group reads The 6:30-7:30 pm. Omnivore Books, 3885A “Mac/Mc’N Cheese,” Scottish writers 5238; noevalleymusicseries.com. History of Your Home.” 3:30-5:30 pm. Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Cesar Chavez. 282-4712; and musicians, including Mary McNear, Glen Park Library, 2825 Diamond. 584- Madness, Medicine, and the Murder of omnivorebooks.com. Mary Lee McNeal, Andrew McIntyre, 1498 or [email protected]. a President by Candice Millard. 7-8:30 Julia McDonald Adams, and John June 22: The Noe Valley Library hosts pm. Noe Valley Library, 451 Jersey. 355- June 19: Celebrate FATHER’S DAY at McCormick. 7 pm at Folio Books, 3957 an adult craft workshop to make glass 5707; sfpl.org. Charlie’s Corner Bookstore with a 24th. No-host supper, 5:30 pm, Summer’s Here and the Time PEBBLE MAGNETS. 7-8 pm. 451 “Summer Sunshine & Sunglasses Pizza Haystack Pizza, 3881 24th (rsvp Is Right June 15: LIVE MUSIC continues at Jersey. Space is limited; sign up at 355- Party.” Story times at noon and 3 pm. [email protected]). 821-2090; the Valley Tavern on third Wednesdays. 5707 or sfpl.org. The next Noe Valley Voice will be 7-9:30 pm. 4054 24th. 285-0674. 4102 24th. 641-1104; oddmondays.com. the July/August 2016 issue, charliescorner.com. June 23: Reel-to-Reel FILMS for distributed the first week of July. June 27: Patric Kuh introduces June 16: COMEDY Returns to El Rio preschoolers are shown at the Noe The deadline for items is June 15. June 19: The STERN GROVE Finding the Flavors We Lost: From with the “Seventh Annual Obligatory Valley Library at 10:15 and 11 am. 451 FESTIVAL begins its 79th season with Bread to Bourbon, How ARTISANS Please email June Gay Comedy Show,” featuring Jersey. 355-5707; sfpl.org. [email protected] or Tom Ammiano, Karen Ripley, Ronn a free concert by Janelle Monáe. 2 pm. Reclaimed American Food. 6:30-7:30 19th Ave. and Sloat. 252-6252. pm. Omnivore Books, 3885A Cesar write Calendar, Noe Valley Voice, Vigh, Yuri Kagan, and Lisa Geduldig. 8 P.O. Box 460249, San Francisco, pm. 3168 Mission. elriosf.com. Chavez. 282-4712; omnivorebooks.com. 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(I cannot tell you how consider the space headquarters for his RUMORS tablets and remedies are interspersed many times I have complained about the “mercantile, interior design, and real es- behind the news throughout the long row of pills and sup- salt.) Still, the store is a good fit for this tate” businesses, which he calls collec- plements. neighborhood. tively Stephen Moore Home. That penny- Rumors were, when Whole Foods Stick a fork in me. I am done. farthing bike, by the way, is his logo. opened back in September 2009, they Moore says the past few months he’s Mom and Pop-Ups had offered to lease the empty space been remodeling the interior by carefully By Mazook across the street but were turned down by REINCARNATION OF THE LOST ARK: removing all the wood that was the Ark Nutraceutical. Yes, it closed a year ago. The stuffed an- “down to the lathe and plaster” and recy- EAL FEUDS: It has been two years Long before that, about 10 years ago, imals sat in the front window, on the cor- cling it into new walls and shelves that Rsince the Nutraceutical people met Nutra and its landlord got into litigation ner of 24th and Vicksburg, for months will climb from the floor to a simulated with the Planning Department, after over the lease and the condition of the until things were sorted out in bankruptcy pressed-tin ceiling. The intricate ceiling meeting with the neighborhood, to con- premises at the Real Food space. That court. will accentuate the Victorian touches of sider the fate of the vacant Real Food case must have settled, since the landlord The owners of the building reported to the Queen Anne above, built at the begin- building at 3935-39 24th St. transferred title to the property to Nutra Rumors in the fall they were sorry to see ning of the last century. For a project review meeting in June and both parties agreed the settlement the popular toy store close, since it The Curious Object will sell antique 2014, the records for 3935 24th St. (Block value was in excess of five million dol- brought happiness to the neighborhood, items Moore acquired on a recent trip to 6508, Lot 34) stated, “The proposed proj- lars. and they were hoping “to find a tenant London. The items in the window were a ect will demolish an existing single story Maybe if everyone in Noe Valley wrote who would bring smiles to the patrons.” hint of what’s to come. (with mezzanine) commercial building to the owners, they would do something Well, after several more months of When the Curious Object pop-up pops and construct a new, 3-story mixed-use with this property. The address is Nu- boarded windows, grins may be coming. down, Moore plans to open The Mercan- building. traceutical Corporation, 1400 Kearns Signs of life appeared in May when tile in the Ark space. This shop will fea- “The purpose of the meeting is to re- Blvd., Park City, UT 84060. Or telephone some vintage objects showed up in one of ture “new and vintage gift items, house- view the design of the proposed project 435-655-6000. Ask them what they in- the store’s display windows. The first wares for the kitchen and accessories for with both community planning and envi- tend to do with this store. was a late 19th century bicycle from Eng- the house, and antique furniture. It will be ronmental planning and to review appli- I suggest the Nutra people do the work land called a “penny-farthing,” a type of an interesting store to shop, in my neigh- cability of past dormant applications and necessary to make it tenant worthy, and two-wheeler with a large front wheel and borhood,” Moore smiles, “and something approvals.... Applicant is requesting an then rent it to Whole Foods, which will a much smaller rear wheel. They were I have always wanted to do, [including] environmental planner.” probably pay for the upgrade. Then WF popular in the 1870s, and it was the first walking to work.” So, it was reasonable for the neighbor- can stock all the Nutra pills and supple- conveyance to be called a bicycle. hood to expect in the next year or two a ments it wants there, along with all those After about a week, the bike was gone. demolition, then a three-floor building to lotions and potions that were carried by Next on display was a pair of “brass SPEAKING OF VINTAGE: Up 24th go up, with apartments and a store or two Common Scents (before it folded at the French Empire early 18th century can- Street at When Modern Was (4037 24th), on the street level. beginning of this year). Whole Foods can dlesticks,” for $395. Also displayed was classes are now being offered “to hobby- However, Planning Department then put more food on their grocery a “painted fauteuil: horsehair, verde linen, ists ready to give new life to tired furni- records show there has been absolutely shelves. Everybody is happy. early 20th century” (a $700 green chair), ture,” says WMW proprietress Dona Tay- no activity on the project since 2014. Lastly, I have a bone to pick with all and a “square sectioned vase, St. Louis lor. Taylor says she’s doing it because Nothing after that June entry. By Labor those people who snicker and call it France, circa 1950” for $295. “Chalk Paint by Annie Sloan is finally Day, it will have been 13 years since Real “Whole Paycheck.” Yeah, that’s possible. The doors will finally swing open this available in San Francisco, which is a Foods was closed, and for all these years But if you buy the Whole Foods’ “365” month, with an antique pop-up store, we’ve been looking at windows covered brand, prices are comparable to, dare I called The Curious Object, says propri- CONTINUED ON PAGE 32 work with the best in 2016! TOP SF REALTOR JESSICA BRANSON YEAR AFTER YEAR Jessica Branson Alain Pinel Realtors + Top 1% of San Francisco Realtors 415.341.7177 + 15+ years of SF real estate experience [email protected] www.JessicaBranson.com + Listings average just 9 days on market & 27% over list price + Ethical, intelligent, and results-driven approach to real estate Here are a few of Jessica's listings and recent sales... 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Attempts to HERE COMES CHARLIE: Moving cult situation for Video Wave, which is a reach owner Shivani Ganguly have not RUMORS from Downtown Noe Valley after a five- subtenant and probably would be unable been successful, but we contacted some- year run is Heroine, at the corner of 24th to pay the whole rent. Anybody out there one at what was listed as Bom Dia in CONTINUED FROM PAGE 31 and Castro, a boutique that specializes in who wants to share a shop? This could be Pleasanton. The manager of that place maternity and women’s apparel, baby big deal.” your opportunity to give the neighbor- said they “took over” for Bom Dia a stuff, and accessories. According to Sloan’s website, “Chalk hood something new and amazing. Hurry, while back. Not sure what that means… Owner Angela Gomez reportedly has Paint® is a decorative paint developed by Halloween is sooner than you think. Calls to the real estate broker offering moved to Southern California and will be Annie Sloan 25 years ago. It very rarely a lease on the still unoccupied restaurant moving the store somewhere as yet to be requires any preparation, such as sanding on Church at 25th Street have not been determined. or priming, and can be used indoors or TOP OF THE POP-UPS: Everyone was returned, which could mean that there are Heroine’s last day of business was May outside.... It can revitalize old furniture, shocked at the beginning of May to see negotiations in the works. The broker 26, and the store will be vacant by June walls, ceilings and floors with ease.” that the shop on the cover of the April usually responds… 1. However, that space (4100 24th St., the The classes are being offered by Karen Noe Valley Voice, WalkershawMan, lo- The deal that would have put Golden former site of Graystone Liquors) has al- Johnson and are small workshops teach- cated in a 155-square-foot space at 4010 Gate Urgent Care in the space vacated by ready been snapped up. Yes, kids’ book- ing Chalk Paint techniques, held in a new 24th St., was completely changed. Our In-House boutique at 3927 24th has fallen store Charlie’s Corner will be expanding space in the back of the store. source for men’s handmade shirts had through, and the place is once again for from next door, creating an actual corner “This paint is great fun for DIY’ers to suddenly become “Azil Boutique,” and lease… emporium. upcycle or revamp older pieces of furni- jewelry was adorning the walls and dis- And that well-financed medical group “We are expanding our space because ture. It’s easy to use, very low in VOC, play shelves. from New York and Portland, Ore., called we simply need more room,” says Char- dries fast, and goes on almost any sur- April Fool’s? No. On the window was GoHealth Urgent Care, has leased the lotte Nagy. The colorful shop at 4102 face,” says Johnson. a sign posted by the Walkershaw Man large commercial space just built on 24th 24th offers a wide range of kids’ books himself. Owner Jesse Walkershaw ex- Street near Church across from Shufat for ages starting at preschool. Story hours plained that he was taking a vacation and Market. GoHealth has plans to open 20 are four times a day, in both classical and BUT THE BIG NEWS from Dona Taylor had sublet the space for a month. He medical clinics in the Bay Area and is contemporary children’s literature. is that she and her business partner Alison would soon be returning, he wrote. searching for other suitable locations… Nagy says, “We have, on average, 15 Porter plan on either selling their Buttons Pop-up Azil Boutique is the creation of Word is that Manuel Azevedo’s new children attending each session with at Candy Bar business (4027 24th) or get- jewelry designer Liza Anongchanya, who Portuguese eatery will be ready to open least one person with the child or chil- ting someone interested in taking over produces a variety of designs and has two this fall in Incanto’s old space on Church dren, so we have about 30 or more attend- the lease. Buttons shares its space with other locations, on Hayes Street near Oc- Street... ing the reading.” the venerable Video Wave, which moved tavia, and Polk Street near Union. Say farewell to Hahn’s Hibachi on The new space should be open in Sep- in last year after almost 30 years on Cas- “I was quite surprised when we opened Castro at 24th Street. The barbecue haven tember, according to Nagy, who expects tro near Jersey. this pop-up, how many people recognized served its last meal on May 28. Now the to expand the Charlie’s experience to “I can’t sell enough candy to pay the us from Hayes Valley and came in to say spot is set to become a hamburger, elk, birthday parties, theater classes, and pup- monthly rent,” Taylor says, “so if I cannot hello,” said Anongchanya, “and the re- and alligator place, called Bistro SF Grill. pet shows. find somebody to take over this space, sponse in this neighborhood far exceeded then I will close the business on October my expectations. Gee, we made the rent 31.” in the first day we were open.” SHORT SHRIFTS: Bom Dia on Sanchez THAT’S ALL, FOLKS: There will be no Taylor is a longtime Noe Valley mer- She said she’d been making jewelry in and 29th streets closed in February, re- Rumors for the July/August issue, which chant, having opened the first Gallery of San Francisco for the past 10 years and portedly in order to change into a café will need my space for a special photo ex- Jewels at 4089 24th, near Castro, 27 years produces her own line, Ofina Jewelry. rather than a shop selling groceries, hibit. So have a great summer and, as the ago. The store has two other Galleries, You may be seeing her pop up in wines, and prepared foods. So far, prom- Happenings sang in 1966, See You in Sep- one on Post Street in Union Square and Downtown Noe Valley again. ises to reopen have not been fulfilled. All tember. 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CaliforCaliforniania Pacific Medical Center Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation cpmc.org/stlukes The Noe Valley Voice • June 2016 • Our 40th Year 33 LIBRARY EVENTS CHILDREN’S EVENTS Experience Reel Cinema: See MORE BOOKS TO READ Sing along with Miguel Govea and fantastic movies mined from the San Susan Peña, performing music of the Francisco Library’s 16mm film Summer Stride to the Library Americas in a bilingual program for archive at a quarterly screening co- eople of all ages, from babies to bibliophiles in their 100s, are invited to track their children of all ages. Wednesday, June sponsored by Artists’ Television reading in the 2016 Summer Stride Reading Program, sponsored by the San 1, 3 to 4 p.m. Access (ATA). Tuesday, June 28, P Francisco Public Library May 7 to Aug. 14. Everyone who reads (or is read to) for 15 Be amazed by Juggling Tornado 6:30-8:30 p.m. hours can earn either a Reading Ranger badge or a Summer Stride tote bag, designed by Mark Bunnell, who will entertain Adult Craft Class: Join us in making local illustrator Christian Robinson.. you with comedy, juggling, and personalized glass pebble magnets out Participants also can enter the library’s weekly raffle—up to one time per day per unicycle antics. For all ages. of scrap paper or images you provide; location—and attend weekly events from June through mid-August. Raffle prizes Thursday, June 9, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. all materials will be provided. Space include museum passes, gift certificates, and more. To find reading lists and a paper Use your creativity (and your hands) is limited; call 415-355-5707 or visit tracking guide, go to any neighborhood library or visit sfpl.org/summerstride. to build whatever you can dream up at the branch to register. Wednesday, You also might get ideas from the book list offered this month by Branch Manager Family LEGO Night, for ages 5 and June 22, 7-8 p.m. Denise Sanderson and Children’s Librarian Catherine Starr of the Noe Valley/Sally up. The library provides all the pieces Brunn Library (see below). It includes a fictionalized biography of composer Dmitri eReader and Online Resource Drop- you’ll need to create vehicles, robots, Shostakovich, a guide to 1,000 Northern California hikes, and two food books for In: Bring your mobile device or castles, and more. Cookies served. children, one about a garlicky scene dubbed the Battle of the Vegetables. laptop, your library card and PIN, and Tuesday, June 21, 6:30 to 8 p.m. To find books, dvds, cds, and other items in the library’s collection, call or drop by the any passwords you might need, to an Noe Valley branch at 451 Jersey St. (415-355-5707) or visit the San Francisco Library ¡Baila Conmigo! with Maria Luna: informal workshop on using the online at www.sfpl.org. Children 4 and up can learn about SFPL’s digital resources, including the Mexican folk dances and the history library catalog and databases, Zinio Adult Fiction click on eMagazines to log onto Flipster. and culture of different dances, while for magazines, ebooks and Hoopla! It includes titles like Food & Wine, dressing up in traditional costumes. for movies, music, and audiobooks. • An Unrestored Woman by Shobha Rao People, Sunset, and Sports Illustrated. Thursday, June 30, 11 a.m. to noon. Tuesday, June 28, 10:30-11:30 a.m. is about the serious consequences that the 1947 division of the Indian subcontinent The SPCA’s Puppy Dog Tales: Noe Valley Knitting Circle: Learn Children’s Fiction into India and Pakistan had for many of Children ages 4 to 7 (older welcome, how to knit or crochet on the first its inhabitants. • Food is the topic of Fresh Delicious: too) can practice reading aloud to a Saturday of the month. The library has Poems from the Farmers’ Market, calm canine and his reading specialist supplies to practice on but bring your • A teen cares for her family and supports written by Irene Latham, with owner. Saturday, June 18, 2 to 3 p.m. own yarn and needles or hooks if you her father’s whaling operation in Rush illustrations by Mique Moriuchi. Ages 3 Space is limited; reserve a spot by have a special project in mind. Oh! by Shirley Barrett. to 8. calling 415-355-5707. Saturday, June 4, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 • A 15-year-old Mormon girl escapes • It’s strange, but the lion’s friends keep p.m. from an arranged plural marriage in Miss Catherine’s Toddler Tales disappearing in A Hungry Lion, or A features books, rhymes, music, and Friday Matinee: An adventurer steals Daredevils by Shawn Vestal. Dwindling Assortment of Animals, small movement, for children 16 a mysterious orb in order to save the • Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich written and illustrated by Lucy Ruth months through 2 years, with parent galaxy in the 2014 film Guardians of devotes his life to music despite Cummins. Ages 4 to 7. or caregiver. Thursdays, June 2, 9, and the Galaxy. Friday, June 10, 2-4 p.m. repression and threats from the • A day in the park brings adventures for 16; 10:15 to 10:45 a.m., and 11 to Communist Party, in The Noise of Time Noe Valley Book Discussion Group: a girl and her little sister in Princess 11:30 a.m. This month, the group is reading The by Julian Barnes. Pistachio and the Pest, written and 16 mm Reel-to-Reel Preschool Films Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay and include vintage movies for children Madness, Medicine, and the Murder Adult Nonfiction translated from the French by Jacob ages 3 to 5, with parent or caregiver. of a President by Candice Millard. • The Russian ruler who created the Homel. Ages 5 to 8. Thursday, June 23, 10:15 to 10:45 Wednesday, June 15, 7-8:30 p.m. Hermitage Museum and sought to • The Battle of the Vegetables, written by a.m., and 11 to 11:30 a.m. modernize her country through the Great Books Discussion Group, Matthieu Sylvander with illustrations by sponsored by the Great Books Council acquisition of artwork is the subject of Perceval Barrier, has “satiric, snarky FOR TEENS AND UP of San Francisco, meets to discuss The Empress of Art: Catherine the Great stories” about leeks and carrots with AAC Conversation Club: Users of outstanding works of writing. For and the Transformation of Russia, by passion. Ages 6 to 9. Alternative and Augmentative more information, contact Elena at Susan Jaques. • In A Dragon’s Guide to Making Your Communication (AAC) devices [email protected]. Wednesday, June • The latest in the DK series “Big Ideas Human Smarter, written by Laurence (Dynavox, QuickTalker, Tobii Sono 8, 6:15-8:15 p.m. Simply Explained,” The Movie Book Yep and Joanne Ryder, illustrated by Flex, Talk Bar, smart phones, and profiles 100 of the best movies made tablet applications) meet to explore All events take place at the Noe Val ley/ Mary GrandPré, a dragon saves her throughout the world, beginning in the new topics. Partnered by Support for Sally Brunn Library, 451 Jersey St. For human pet from being kidnapped. Ages 8 1930s. Families of Children with Disabilities. information, call 415-355-5707 or visit to 12. • Laura P. Claridge’s biography The Lady Mondays, June 6, 13, 20 & 27, 4:30- www.sfpl.org. • Gypsy Esma, The Lightning Queen, With the Borzoi: Blanche Knopf, 5:30 p.m. makes friends with a Mixtec Indian boy Literary Tastemaker Extraordinaire tells in a story based on rural Mexican lore, the story of Blanche and Alfred A. Knopf, All events take place at the Noe Val ley/ retold by Laura Resau. Ages 8 to 13. Sally Brunn Library, 451 Jersey St. For BRANCH HOURS who founded a publishing company in 1915. information, call 415-355-5707 or visit Noe Valley/Sally Brunn Branch Library Children’s Nonfiction www.sfpl.org. 451 Jersey St., 355-5707 • The Moon Outdoors series offers • Kate Klimo examines the life and career Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat Northern California Hiking: The of Ted Geisel, Pulitzer Prize winning 1-5 12-6 10-9 1-9 10-6 1-6 10-6 Complete Guide to 1,000 of the Best author of 45 books, in Dr. Seuss: The Glen Park Branch Library Hikes in the Golden State, by Tom Great Doodler, with illustrations by Madwoman: The Daring Life and 2825 Diamond St., 355-2858 Stienstra and Ann Marie Brown. Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher. Ages 5 Turbulent Times of the Original ‘Girl’ 1 -5 10-6 10-6 12-8 12-7 1-6 1-6 to 8. Reporter, Nellie Bly is the true story of a ebooks journalist in 1887 who feigned insanity to Mission Branch Library • Learn all the facts about Ancient Egypt 300 Bartlett St., 355-2800 • In Robert Morgan’s historical novel get the scoop on a badly-run asylum. in a Junior Genius Guide written by Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat Chasing the North Star, a young boy Ages 10 and up. Jeopardy winner Ken Jennings, with 1-5 1-6 10-9 10-9 10-9 1-6 10-6 flees a South Carolina plantation and illustrations by Mike Lowery. Ages 8 to Eureka Valley–Harvey Milk Branch Library eludes the bounty hunters coming after 1 José Sarria Ct. (3555 16th St.), 355-5616 10. him. Annotations are written by Noe Valley Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat • Deborah Noyes’ Ten Days a Voice bookworm Karol Barske. 12-6 10-9 12-9 10-6 1-6 12-6 Every Heart a Doorway, an urban fantasy by Seanan McGuire, is about the murder that occurs at Eleanor West’s Home for CROSSWORD SOLUTION Wayward Children soon after the return of one of its students. ST. JOHN CATHOLIC SCHOOL Themed Restaurants by Michael Blake where community matters • In Swiped: How to Protect Yourself in a World Full of Scammers, Phishers, and Identity Thieves, Adam Levin gives strategies for maintaining your privacy. offering traditional • Cynthia Townley Ewer offers tips for faith-based education keeping things in order in Cut the Clutter: A Simple Organizational Plan while incorporating for a Clean and Tidy Home. cutting edge technology Flipster • The library has a new way to read magazines digitally, on your computer or 925 CHENERY STREET s SAN FRANCISCO, CA your mobile device. Go to sfpl.org and www.stjohnseagles.com 415.584.8383 IMAGE: SONPHOTO.COM 34 The Noe Valley Voice • June 2016 • Our 40th Year Al-Anon Noe Valley Meetings announced via Facebook group. Contact: 834-9940 See website for details. Website: www.al-anonsf.org Protect Noe’s Charm Meetings: Wednesdays, 7:30-9 p.m. MORE GROUPS TO JOIN Contact: Ozzie Rohm St. Philip Church, 725 Diamond St. (park on Email: [email protected] Elizabeth Street side; enter on 24th Street Address: 1101 Diamond St., SF, CA 94114 through parking lot) Friends of Billy Goat Hill Juri Commoners Contact: Lisa and Mo Ghotbi, 821-0122 Contact: Dave Schweisguth, MI7-6290 Website: protectnoescharm.com Castro Area Planning + Action Website: www.billygoathill.net Email: [email protected] Meetings: See website. Contact: 621-0120 Website: www.meetup.com/ Juri- Friends of Dolores Park Playground San Francisco NERT (Neighborhood Email: [email protected] Commoners Contact: Nancy Gonzalez Madynski, Emergency Response Team) Meetings: Second Thursday, Eureka Valley Meetings: Most last Saturdays, 9-noon. 828-5772 Contact: Noe Valley NERT Neighborhood Rec Center, 100 Collingwood St., 7:30 p.m. Check website. Email: [email protected] Team co-coordinators Maxine Fasulis, Castro/Eureka Valley Neighborhood Website: www.friendsofdolorespark.org Liberty Hill Neighborhood Association [email protected]; Carole Roberts, Association Meetings: See website. Contact: John Barbey, 695-0990 [email protected] Website: www.evna.org Address: P.O. Box 192114, SF, CA 94119 http://www.sf-fire.org/index.aspx?page=879 Friends of Glen Canyon Park Address: P.O. Box 14137, SF, CA 94114 Meetings: Quarterly. Call for details. Meetings: See website for training schedules. Contact: Richard Craib, 648-0862, or Jean Meetings: See website calendar. Castro Connor, 584-8576 Noe Valley Parent Network Meeting Room, 501 Castro St., 7 p.m. Merchants of Upper Market and Address: 140 Turquoise Way, SF, CA 94131 Castro An e-mail resource network for parents Castro Farmers’ Market Meetings: Call for details. Contact: 835-8720 Contact: Mina Kenvin Wednesdays, 4 to 8 p.m. (March through Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Friends of Noe Courts Playground December), Noe Street at Market Street Address: 584 Castro St. #333, SF, CA 94114 Contact: Laura Norman Noe Valley Parents, San Francisco Contact: Steve Adams, 431-2359 Meetings: Call for details. Email: [email protected] Listserv contact: noevalleyparent- Sponsor: Merchants of Upper Market & Address: c/o Friends of Noe Valley, P.O. Box [email protected]. Subscribe: Castro; www.CastroMerchants.com Noe Valley Association–24th Street 460953, SF, CA 94146 Community Benefit District [email protected] Diamond Heights Community Meetings: Email for dates and times. Contact: Debra Niemann, 519-0093 Outer Noe Valley Merchants Association Dispatch: To report spills, debris, or garbage Friends of Noe Valley (FNV) Contact: Jim Appenrodt, 641-1500 Contact: Betsy Eddy, 867-5774 on 24th Street, call Ron Vanini, 596-7089. Contact: Todd David, 401-0625 Address: 294 29th St., SF, CA 94131 Address: P.O. Box 31529, SF, CA 94131 Email: [email protected]. Email: [email protected] Meetings: Call for details. Website: www.dhcasf.org Website: www.noevalleyassociation.org Website: www.friendsofnoevalley.com Meetings: First Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Call for Board meetings: Quarterly. See website. Residents for Noe Valley Town Square Meetings: Two or three annually; held at St. location. Contact: Todd David, 401-0625 Philip’s Church or James Lick School Noe Valley Democratic Club Email: [email protected] Dolores Heights Improvement Club Contact: Hunter Stern, 282-9042; Friends of the Noe Valley Recreation Website: www.noevalleytownsquare.com Email: [email protected] [email protected] Center Meetings: Call for details. Website: www.doloresheights.org Website: noevalleydems.com Contact: Chris Faust Meetings: Third Thursday of every second Meetings: Third Wednesdays, St. Philip’s San Jose/Guerrero Coalition to Save Email: [email protected] month. Bank of America, 18th and Castro. Church, 725 Diamond St., 7:30 p.m. Call to Our Streets Website: www.noevalleyreccenter.com confirm meeting dates. Contact: Don Oshiro, 285-8188 Duncan Newburg Association (DNA) Meetings: Email or check website. Email: [email protected] Contacts: Deanna Mooney, 821-4045; Noe Valley Farmers’ Market Friends of On Lok’s 30th Street Website: www.sanjoseguerrero.com Diane McCarney, 824-0303; or Sally Chew, Open Saturdays, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., 3861 24th Senior Center Meetings: See website. 821-6235 St. between Vicksburg and Sanchez. Contact: Marianne Hampton, 601-7845 Address: 560 Duncan St., SF, CA 94131 Contact: Leslie Crawford, 248-1332 SafeCleanGreen Mission Dolores Address: 225 30th St., SF, CA 94131 Meetings: Call for details. Email: [email protected] Contact: Gideon Kramer, 861-2480 Meetings: Occasional. Call for details. Email: [email protected] Fair Oaks Neighbors Noe Valley Merchants and Friends of Upper Noe Dog Owners Website: www.safecleangreen.com Email: [email protected] Professionals Association (NVMPA) Group (FUNDOG) Address: 200 Fair Oaks St., SF, CA 94110 Contact: Robert Roddick, 641-8687 Upper Noe Neighbors Contacts: Chris Faust, David Emanuel Street fair is the day before Mother’s Day. Meetings: Last Wednesdays, Bank of Contact: Marianne Hampton, 821-2150 Email: [email protected] America, 4098 24th St., 9 a.m. Call to Email: [email protected] Fairmount Heights Association Website: www.fundogsf.org confirm. Meetings: Quarterly. Upper Noe Recreation Contact: Kathy Keller, 912-9365 Website: www.NoeValleyMerchants.com Center, 295 Day St., 7:30 p.m. Call to Email: [email protected] Glen Park Association Contact: [email protected] confirm date and time. http://fairmount-heights.org Progress Noe Valley Website: glenparkassociation.org Meetings: Monthly social mixer and Contact: [email protected] Address: P.O. Box 31292, SF, CA 94131 discussion, 350 Amber Drive Website: progressnoe.com *All phone numbers are in the 415 area code. There are e two sides to o everyevery story...stor y... WhatWhaat you dontdon t know can hurt you. But this is my property! How can they do this to me? But this is my home and you need to respect that! Plus, I think its an illegal unit. Call for a free e initial consultationconsultati ion www.samlaw.netwww..samlaw.nett regarding landlord-tenantlan dlord-tenant or realre eal estate law today.tod day. (415)(415) 956-6488 The Noe Valley Voice • June 2016 • Our 40th Year 35 LOCAL EXPERTISE. 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