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Volume XLI, No. 1 February 2017

THE NOE VALLEY VOICE Former Noe Valley Baby Box Sports Resident Named Safe Sleep Design Free Program Distributed District 8 Supe From Noe Valley Business School, Housing, and Health Issues a Focus for Jeff Sheehy By Olivia Boler

By Matthew S. Bajko If you’re a San Francisco family ex- Ipecting a baby before Nov. 1, 2017, you ayor Ed Lee surprised shoppers and qualify for a free gift. It’s a baby box worth Mcafe patrons along 24th Street one nearly $70, and it’s full of goodies, in- afternoon in early January when he cluding the box, which doubles as baby’s popped into several Noe Valley busi- first bed. nesses to introduce Jeff Sheehy, his pick You might be wondering, what is a to fill the vacant District 8 seat on the baby box? The concept originated in Fin- Board of Supervisors. land in the 1930s, according to a BBC The introductions at Martha & Broth- News Magazine report. Expectant moth- ers, David’s Tea, Holey Bagel, and ers in Finland to this day receive a free Bernie’s went cordially, with both Lee maternity package from the government and Sheehy briefly saying hello to the Many Wanted Another Wiener. And those who know Jeff Sheehy say he’s the right one that contains infant clothes, diapers, strangers, for the most part, they met. At to fill Scott’s shoes as District 8 supervisor. Here, Sheehy is shown strolling through Noe cleaning wipes, and other supplies new Valley minutes after his Jan. 6 appointment by Mayor Edwin Lee. Photo by Kelly Sullivan Good News, the mayor told owner Sam parents need. Salamah to contact the new supervisor The box also has a small mattress and should he ever need assistance. follow up on the matter. “I am not a politician,” Sheehy, 59, the sheet that fit snuggly in the cardboard “Okay, will do,” responded a smiling Sheehy also agreed to get into contact first person living with HIV to serve on box—a perfect bed for a newborn infant. Salamah. with the man, telling him, “The Ellis Act the board, told reporters the day of his an- At 26¾ by 16¾ by 11½ inches, the box On the sidewalk in front of Whole is a thing of the devil, really satanic.” nouncement. can accommodate babies up to about 4 to Foods, an elderly gentleman approached It was a clear example that the mayor In talking with numerous District 8 6 months of age. Studies credit the baby Sheehy to seek his help in fighting his had picked no wilting flower to represent community leaders, Lee said he was re- box with Finland’s low infant-mortality landlord's Ellis Act eviction of himself not only Noe Valley but also the Castro, peatedly told to find “a replica of Scott rate and a reduction in sudden infant and his neighbors from their apartment Diamond Heights, and Glen Park at City Wiener.” While there was “no such way death syndrome (SIDS). building near Dolores Park. An aide to the Hall. His choice to succeed Scott Wiener, to do it,” Lee said he did find in Sheehy Noe Valley neighbor and merchant mayor asked for the man's contact infor- who in November won election to the “someone who is aspirational, has a deep Carol Yenne learned of the baby boxes a mation so Sheehy, then still two days state Senate, is a battle-hardened political away from being sworn into office, could operative not afraid to speak his mind. CONTINUED ON PAGE 7 CONTINUED ON PAGE 9 Michael Castleman Blogs About Sex for Psychology Today

Prolific Author and Journalist Has Castleman is a health journalist who Global Audience has covered trends in sexuality for four decades. He has an audience that extends By Corrie M. Anders far beyond the book-crammed basement here is nothing that you can’t ask office of his Noe Valley home. TMichael Castleman about sex. You “There’s an old saying that the only one can’t make him blush and you can’t make thing worse than having parents who him cringe. And he doesn’t tippy-toe won’t talk to you about sex is having a around discussion of the most intimate parent who won’t shut up about it,” says activities in front of his wife or children. It’s in his job description to be explicit. CONTINUED ON PAGE 11

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 personal love of the city and its people, a past advocacy that is strong, and someone who is solution oriented.” Allies in the Neighborhood The mayor’s decision to select Sheehy for the board vacancy pleased Noe Valley neighborhood leaders. Standing behind a podium in the Noe Valley Town Square the morning of Jan. 6, Debra Niemann, executive director of the Noe Valley As- sociation, introduced Sheehy to the news media and the community members who had gathered that Friday for the official announcement of the city’s newest supervisor. “He has very big shoes to fill,” Nie- mann said of Sheehy’s following in the footsteps of former District 8 supervisors Wiener, Bevan Dufty, and Mark Leno. “I know he is up to the task.” San Francisco Housing Action Coali- tion director Todd David, who lives with his wife, Tiffany Loewenberg, and their children in Noe Valley, has known Sheehy for eight years. They met through The political enthusiasm was palpable at the organizational meeting of Stand Up SF at the Noe Valley Library Jan. 15. Photo by Jade Stone the public school lobbying group San Francisco Parent PAC, where David SF Political Action Group Formed in Noe serves as the political action committee treasurer. crowd of almost 100 people over- On Jan. 17, the first direct contact was able Care Act and to ask her to commit David told the Noe Valley Voice that the Aflowed the Community Room at held at the office of newly elected U.S. to protecting health care for the most mayor had found an appointee with all of the Noe Valley/Sally Brunn Library on Senator Kamala Harris. A group of 17 vulnerable Americans. the qualities that made Wiener a success- Sunday, Jan. 15, for the first meeting of constituents met with Daniel Chen, the All are welcome to join Stand Up SF. ful supervisor. Stand Up San Francisco (Stand Up SF), senator’s director of constituent engage- “There are things you can do that “He is the perfect pick for District 8. an organization committed to resisting ment. The group praised Senator Harris don’t involve volunteering in the pri- He is thoughtful, committed, and under- the Trump agenda. for her outspoken opposition to the mary roles of event leader: media rela- stands the needs of the district,” David Noe Valley residents Laura Shapiro Trump cabinet nominees and made tions, Member of Congress tracking, said of Sheehy, who he expects will be an and Paul Silverman launched Stand Up known that future votes and statements etc. [Still,] we want our members to at- independent voice on the board. SF to facilitate direct contact between would be followed with interest. tend events in person whenever possi- San Francisco residents and members of Stand Up SF will also alert members ble. It’s the most effective thing we can Public School Defender the U.S. Congress. The group has a to call their representatives and urge do,” says Laura Shapiro. Loewenberg, who directs the classical number of actions planned where they them to resist Trump when his agenda The group’s next meeting will be Sat- series Noe Valley Chamber Music, called will meet and greet their congressional is not in alignment with values of inclu- urday, Feb. 18, 2 to 5 p.m., at a location Sheehy a “staunch supporter of public representatives. Stand Up SF will also sion, health care rights, and protection to be determined. For information, con- schools” and someone who shared in her join with other political action groups, of the environment. tact [email protected] or laura@ belief” about parents having a stronger such as MoveOn.org and CREDO Ac- Other actions are planned at Minor- standupsf.net. voice in the community.” tion, to create a more powerful response ity Leader Nancy Pelosi’s office to —Kathryn Guta She first met Sheehy in her living to countering the Trump agenda. thank her for standing up for the Afford- room, she noted, when they joined forces to launch the Parent PAC. Sheehy and his husband, Bill Berry, have sent their 11- Upon his return he became active in potential funding impacts and other pecially in District 8. year-old daughter, Michelle Berry, to the progressive political circles, serving as repercussions of national policy decisions “I don’t know if I can do what Scott, city’s public schools. president of the Harvey Milk LGBT made by President Donald Trump and the Bevan, and Mark did on that, in terms of “I was incredibly touched by his Democratic Club and winning election to Republican-controlled Congress. the potholes, but I aim to do the best I warmth, kindness, thoughtfulness, his in- the governing body of the San Francisco “These are perilous times. We face an can,” he said. “I really care about our tellect, and how much he cared about Democratic Party. existential threat,” Sheehy said of the neighborhoods that make up this district. what his daughter would be exposed to by Sheehy’s advocacy in the late 1990s for new president and his administration. Public safety is a big issue for us.” going to public schools in the city,” San Francisco to adopt an equal benefits “We may have to fight for the rights we A Board Moderate, He Says Loewenberg recalled. ordinance—which resulted in a boycott have gained all over again.” When Sheehy 18 years ago first met of United Airlines—led to companies Sheehy will not need to run for elec- In the Battle for Affordable Care Berry, a transaction coordinator for with city contracts having to offer the tion to his seat until next year, and due to Zephyr Real Estate, he was smitten right same benefits to their LGBT employees At his first full board meeting Jan. 10, the timing of his appointment, he could away. Soon after their first date, he moved as they did to their heterosexual hires. Sheehy introduced a resolution that called serve 10 years on the board if he wins into Berry’s apartment on Cesar Chavez on Congress not to repeal the Affordable election to full four-year terms in 2018 ‘Getting to Zero’ a Top Goal Street near Castro Street. In 2004, when Care Act and asked for a hearing on fed- and 2022. As for running for higher of- they bought a home, the couple moved to In 1997 Sheehy learned he was HIV- eral health issues and funding. He hopes fice, Sheehy has already ruled that out. Glen Park. Despite their new address, positive, and since that day he has been a the city will rally to protect people’s He is also showing his independent they still hang out and dine in Noe Val- vocal advocate on AIDS issues. Prior to health insurance just as it did in the 1980s, streak on the board. He voted to allocate ley, and their daughter attends a dance becoming supervisor, Sheehy worked as when the AIDS epidemic began killing $9 million toward making City College of studio in the neighborhood. the longtime spokesman for UCSF’s scores of gay men as the federal govern- San Francisco free next fall for city resi- AIDS Research Institute. ment stood idly by. dents who enroll full-time, funding which Roots in Texas Former San Francisco Mayor Gavin “San Francisco opened its heart and the mayor has opposed. And he told the Born in Waco, Tex., where both his fa- Newsom named Sheehy his adviser on came together in perhaps one of its finest San Francisco Chronicle he doesn’t be- ther and paternal grandfather served as HIV policy, and in 2012 he was appointed moments. I would not be here if it didn’t,” lieve a navigation center to house the mayor, Sheehy was raised Catholic and is by state lawmakers to a seat on Califor- said Sheehy. “To me, we may be facing homeless should be located in District 8, the second oldest of six siblings—he has nia’s stem cell board. He says he plans to the same kinds of threats now, different a stance that also differs from that of Lee. four brothers and one sister. He attended continue serving on the board while a su- communities perhaps, but threats to the “The truth is I am certainly much more his first public school when he enrolled pervisor. survival of people in our city.” moderate than when I was the president at the University of Texas at Austin, More recently, Sheehy worked with He is also working with Sheriff Vicki of the Milk club,” said Sheehy. “I do where he subsequently graduated with a city health officials and other advocates Hennessey to institute new rules for how come back to the point I am now a mod- B.A. in history. to launch the city’s Getting-to-Zero ini- the county jails house transgender in- erate, a District 8 homeowner and a par- When he came out as gay at age 22, tiative with the aim to end nearly all HIV mates. At the same time, Sheehy wants to ent now.” Sheehy was cut off financially by his par- transmissions in San Francisco by 2020. follow in the mold of his predecessors, ents, though later he reconciled with Health issues will be a major focus of known as being “pothole supervisors,” Supervisor Jeff Sheehy can be reached by them. He moved to San Francisco in Sheehy’s at City Hall. Board President and focus on neighborhood concerns. email at [email protected] or by 1988, where he has lived ever since, apart London Breed named him vice chair of In that regard, he has called for a hear- phone at 415-554-6968. from a two-year stint in the early 1990s the new Budget and Finance Federal Se- ing focused on the car break-ins and home teaching English in Tokyo. lect Committee that will investigate the burglaries on the rise in the city and es- 8 The Noe Valley Voice • February 2017

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Email: [email protected] Website: www.noevalleyvoice.com CORRECTIONS Distribution: Call Jack, 415-385-4569 Display Advertising: Call Pat, 415-608-7634, n the Cost of Living column in the or email [email protected] LETTERS 49¢ December 2016/January 2017 issue, Class Ads: See Page 29 I the Voice reported that a condominium Display Advertising Deadline for the March Issue: Feb. 20, 2017 Can’t Corporate Buses operate on 24th Street? They disrupt the on Church Street sold in October for Editorial/Class Ad Deadline: Feb. 15, 2017 Be Smaller? regular flow of commerce and cause traf- $2,050,000. The dwelling was not a condo but rather a tenancy-in-common CO-PUBLISHERS/EDITORS Editor: fic congestion. Their idling and staging Sally Smith, Jack Tipple unit. CONTRIBUTING WRITERS AND EDITORS Life on 24th Street has changed over consumes energy and contributes to the The article “Noe Courts Makeover Corrie M. Anders, Associate Editor the last 10 years, due to the proliferation pollution of the air we breathe. This is es- Moves Toward Finish; Meanwhile, Olivia Boler, Other Voices Editor of corporate buses that transport workers sentially a quality-of-life issue. Couldn’t Controversial Home Remodel Near Heidi Anderson, Matthew Bajko, Owen Baker-Flynn, Karol Barske, Helen Colgan, from our neighborhood to their respective the corporate buses be smaller ones? Park Approved” in the December/ Jan Goben, Liz Highleyman, Laura McHale places of business, mostly in the South Can’t a regional bus system replace the January issue incorrectly reported the Holland, Suzanne Herel, Florence Bay. At peak hours on weekday mornings corporate bus program? square footage of the two-story, single- Holub, Tim Innes, Jeff Kaliss, Nick Kaliss, family home at 4320 24th St. under Doug Konecky, Richard May, Roger Rubin, and evenings, more than 30 over-sized As a member of Noe Neighborhood Olivia Starr, Steve Steinberg, Tim Simmers, scrutiny. The house is currently 2,399 Karen Topakian, Heather World corporate buses and six Muni buses com- Council, formerly known as Protect square feet, not 2,800. Once a new CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS pete for the same shared bus stops every Noe’s Charm, I am hoping that our new third-floor unit and a new ground-floor Pamela Gerard, Beverly Tharp, hour. district supervisor will work with us to re- unit with its own entrance are built, the Najib Joe Hakim, Art Bodner Muni passengers taking the 48-Quin- solve the negative impacts caused by the home’s square footage will total 3,304. ACCOUNTING The Voice apologizes for the errors. Jennifer O. Viereck tara bus experience a delay in their com- corporate bus program. PRODUCTION mute and frequently have to board buses Anastasia Yovanopoulos Jack Tipple, André Thélémaque in the middle of the street as a gaggle of 24th Street resident DISTRIBUTION large corporate buses pick up and dis- the fenced area. A huge thank you goes Jack Tipple WEB DESIGN charge their passengers at Muni bus stops. TLC for Grand View Avenue out to the DPW team and specifically to Jon Elkin, Elliot Poger Add the regular traffic, J-Church street- Editor: program manager Jonathan Goldberg and ADVERTISING SALES cars, and delivery trucks to the mix, and Well before the epic SF Women’s community liaison Jimmer Cassiol. Pat Rose, Jack Tipple there’s traffic piled up for blocks. March got under way, our awesome Noe Staying on top of graffiti is also a pri- PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER Contents ᭧2017 The Noe Valley Voice Why are such large buses allowed to Valley volunteers met the morning of Jan. ority for the Grand View Team. If you are 21 for our third Grand View Avenue interested, DPW’s Graffiti Watch pro- cleanup. The good news? Our continued gram will provide an orientation and sup- THE CROSSWORD BY MICHAEL BLAKE efforts are starting to yield tangible replies after which designated residents She Gets What sults; for one, it only took about half the may take charge in painting over graffiti time to get the job done this round. on public property (e.g., utility poles, She Wants mailboxes, trash receptacles, and other ACROSS The Department of Public Works 1. TSA ___ (Welcome (DPW) equipped helpers with cleanup street furniture). 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vestments in research, public awareness, Free Baby Boxes for and programs, the foundation works to el- Valley Tavern Expecting Parents evate the field of education and improve life outcomes for all children.” Hosts Liz Stone CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 The free baby box includes the safe- sleep certified box in a cute gender-neu- And Comedy Gold few years ago and contacted the Baby tral print, a waterproof mattress, fitted By Olivia Boler Box Company, which is the first company mattress sheet, disposable diapers, diaper outside of Finland to make the baby boxes wipes, a waterproof tote bag, a onesie, aughter is the best medicine, right? available, according to its website. The product samples of baby shampoos and LAs we head into the great—many in company is based in Los Angeles, and nursing lotions, and some educational in- our city might say “terrifying”—un- sells a range of options, from the Bed Box formation about safe sleeping habits and known with a new president, folks might ($69.99) to the Everything But the Stork breastfeeding. Everything is nontoxic. be looking for ways to lighten their Box ($199.99). To qualify for a free baby box in San moods, at least for a while. For the 21- “I thought it was a great idea,” says Francisco, expectant parents must regis- and-over set, a new comedy showcase at Yenne, who co-owns Small Frys, a chil- ter on the Baby Box Company’s “univer- the Valley Tavern on 24th Street could be dren’s store on 24th Street, with her sity” web page: http://www.babyboxuni- just the tonic. Comedy Gold, a monthly daughter Azia Yenne. The shop, which versity.com. showcase of local standup comedians, de- has been open for 32 years, outfits many After registering, participants watch buts Thursday, Feb. 2. Noe Valley children and is one of the an educational video called the San Fran- Sanchez Street resident Liz Stone is a neighborhood’s go-to destinations for cisco syllabus, which covers safe sleep- founding member and producer of the baby shower gifts. ing habits, breastfeeding, and baby brain show, along with San Francisco comedi- “The boxes promote commonsense development. It takes about 10 minutes to ans Ruby Gill, Drew Harmon, and Yuri habits of having infants sleep on their complete online. The “student” then re- Kagan. The others don’t live in Noe Val- backs without a lot of fluffy blankets or ceives a certificate of completion via ley, but Stone thought bringing this kind pillows that could suffocate them,” Yenne email. Print out the certificate and take it of show to the neighborhood would be a says. “I have a cousin whose baby died of to Small Frys or any distribution point— good idea. Liz Stone, shown performing in January at SIDS years ago. For my generation, it was there’s a list on the website—and show “Part of it is I live here,” says Stone, the Throckmorton Theatre in Mill Valley, will a big issue. In the last 30 years, research the certificate to pick up your box. 39. “Plus, Noe Valley is not a neighbor- join six or seven standup acts at an evening has shown that the safest place for a baby “We can assemble the box for you, or hood saturated with shows like this, so we comedy showcase at the Valley Tavern on first Thursdays. to sleep is in its own bed on the back.” you can take it unassembled,” says thought it would be fun to bring it here.” Last fall, the Baby Box Company in- Yenne. The four comedians have worked to- formed Yenne that it had received fund- GetzWell Pediatrics on Church Street gether before, and all have been doing @whiskeyandcampari.” ing from Vroom—a Bezos Family Foun- was tapped by the Baby Box Company to comedy locally for a long time. The bug for standup comedy hit Stone dation project whose goal is to stimulate be a distribution site but didn’t have the Every month, Comedy Gold will fea- “kind of by accident.” Six years ago, she baby brain development—to make baby space to store the boxes. Still, GetzWell ture about six to seven standup acts, in- gave a roast at a wedding rehearsal din- boxes similar to their Bed Box package nurse practitioner Karmi Soder thinks the cluding at least one or two of the core ner, and the emcee, who was a stand-up available free of charge in San Francisco. boxes are “a great idea. They’re like group, who will host. It’s not an open mic comic, told her she should try it. Bored They wanted to know if Small Frys would bassinets or a small crib—a small, warm, format, meaning not just anyone can sign with law firm work, she and a friend be- be a distribution site for the boxes, as confined space out of an adult bed, where up and perform. Instead, the show will be gan “dabbling,” going to open mics. these freebies will not be shipped to res- babies could suffocate from blankets and pre-booked with comedians familiar to “I quit for a couple of years but then idences but need to be picked up by the pillows. The boxes can be picked up and the producers. came back to it about three years ago, re- recipients. Yenne immediately agreed. moved so the baby is always in close “If anyone wants to be considered who ally putting in the time and performing as The boxes became available at Small proximity to the adult bed.” we don’t know or if someone is from out much as possible doing weird road gigs.” Frys this month. Soder points that some parents who be- of town, they need to be performing reg- She’s performed at a Harley-Davidson The Bezos Family Foundation was lieve in co-sleeping or bed-sharing—hav- ularly,” Stone says. “If they want to per- convention, and at small casinos and ven- founded by Mike and Jackie Bezos. The ing a baby sleep in the adult bed with the form at Comedy Gold, they should send ues in places like Pendleton, Ore.; Win- foundation’s mission, according to its parents so the baby can nurse any time of us a clip.” nemuca, Nev.; and Idaho Falls. website, is to “support rigorous, inspired night—might find the baby box unap- The Valley Tavern’s manager, Declan “I have the best of both worlds because learning environments for young people, pealing. Hogan, says, “We’re excited to have the I’m not trying to make a living doing this, from birth through high school, to put “But the baby box does encourage show here. This is our first foray into so I don’t have to be out on the road for their education into action. Through in- proximity for nursing as opposed to hav- comedy. We’ve had some live music, and months at a time. I can also make sure my ing the baby in another room, where the we’re primarily known as a sports bar, so material works for different audiences.” temptation for night feeding with a bottle we’re glad to have something new going Stone says her material “starts with of formula might be greater,” she says. on.” things that are personal and then goes The boxes are also a good choice for those There is no cover charge or drinks from there. It’s not observational or po- who don’t have the space for a larger crib minimum during the Comedy Gold litical.” Some of her gigs are for law or second bedroom for the baby. showcase. Instead, a hat will be passed schools or lawyer-centric events. “I have Saralany Carvajal, a Small Frys sales- around the audience for tips for the com- material specific to practicing law but not person, has been using a similar baby box edy acts. generic lawyer jokes.” for her 4-month-old daughter, Lulí Gon- “Comics take BART or need gas As for the name of the showcase, Stone zalez. “She’s slept in it since she was money,” Stone says. “We like to collect says it’s a riff on a term people use all the born, and she loves it,” says Carvajal. transportation costs and make sure time. “They might suggest a joke they “My husband is in our bed, so there they’re covered. The Valley Tavern is a think is really great or a situation that’s wouldn’t be room for her anyway. And great bar, so grab a drink and enjoy the funny, and they’ll say, ‘This is comedy this is safer.” show.” gold!’” “We’re just thrilled to be taking part in Stone performs comedy regularly both Comedy Gold takes place every first this program,” Yenne adds. “It’s the right regionally and farther afield, but she has- Thursday of the month at 9:30 p.m., at the thing to do.” n’t completely let go of her old life as a Valley Tavern, 4054 24th St., between To learn more about the free San Fran- litigation attorney. She is a legal recruiter Noe and Castro streets (415-285-0674). cisco baby box program, call Small Frys, for the Dubin Group. “I keep it profes- For more information, and the upcoming 415-648-3954, or visit the Baby Box sional during the day, but some of my co- lineups on Comedy Gold, visit the Face- A onesie with a message from a baby bee Company University website, http:// workers and clients do come to my book page at www.facebook.com/come- comes with the baby bed, which is made by www.babyboxuniversity.com. Ⅲ shows, which is really fun.” dygoldsf/?fref=ts. The showcase is also the L.A.-based Baby Box Company, She mainly works from home, where on Twitter, @comedygoldsf. she lives with her husband, Andrew Comics who would like to be consid- Ellsworth, and two cats, Whiskey and ered for the showcase can send clips to Campari. “When we adopted them, we [email protected]. FEATUREDFEAATUREDTURED ARTISTARTIST decided to name them after something we To find out more about Liz Stone, each liked,” she laughs. “Alcohol! They check out her website, www.lizstonecom- Anne WalkerWalkeer have their own Instagram feed, too, edy.com. Ⅲ Portrait Series

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The Rain Kids of Noe Valley

In outfits appropriate to the January weather, this quartet found sidewalk races just the thing to do. They demonstrated their “get set” form for our photographer and flew away on Noe Street.

In the photo below, they are (left to right) Jake Wade, JoJo Cornwell, Devin Jacobs and Sofia Boscia.

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looks more like a refugee from the Beat sexually,” he says. personal website. It is “men’s number one Castleman Gives generation than a man with his finger on Further, adds Castleman, today’s older sex problem in every age group, from the pulse, so to speak, of sex. He wears a generations are having sex well into their teens to people over 80,” he says. Good Sex Guidance French beret, a turtleneck sweater, and 70s and 80s, partly thanks to Viagra. “Un- “The tragedy is that PE is easy to cure,” CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 glasses with lenses you could swim in. til that happened, older people were as- he says. “You don’t need drugs. You don’t Of course, sex counseling is not his sumed to just stop having sex.” need sex therapy. You need to understand Castleman. “I was that guy who would- only endeavor. Since 2003, Castleman how sex works a little better and make Irrational Fears n’t shut up about it.” has written four mystery novels with a some minor adjustments about how you In the 1990s, he answered questions journalist protagonist who runs around Also on his radar is what Castleman make love.” about sex for readers of Playboy maga- San Francisco solving murder cases. His calls the “national panic” over child sex Another common concern is anxiety zine. Ed Rosenberg character may retire, abuse and sex-trafficking of women. over masturbation—some expressed by These days, he shares his insights and Castleman says, but you never know. “It’s a horrible thing, but it’s become women but most by men. There is always the latest sex research in Psychology To- In addition, he is updating the fourth so politicized. There is a whole industry a new crop of young males trying to get day, the online version. His “All About edition of Healing Herbs, his best-selling of scaremongering that there is a pe- past parents’ admonition “Don’t do that Sex” blog has attracted 20 million view- book on herbal medicine, due out in July. dophile hiding under every rock…same or you’re going to hell,” as well as mid- ers since it launched in 2009. He’s also working on a book about the thing with trafficking. dle-aged people who might have denied “I like answering people’s questions. book-publishing industry. “People who are social conservatives themselves in their youth becoming “very There is so much nonsense about sexual- At the same time, Castleman is deep vastly exaggerate the numbers involved,” interested in sex, and solo sex.” ity out there, particularly on the Internet. into an overhaul of books on sexuality he says. “I hasten to add that even if one “It’s okay” to engage in self-pleasure, It’s ridiculous,” he said. “So I try to be a that he wrote in his 20s and revised in his person is a victim of a pedophile, if just says Castleman. voice of research-based sanity and rea- 40s. The new edition, to be called “Great one woman is trafficked for sex, it is one “The research is very clear that the son.” Sex Guidance,” will include findings too many. But unjustified hysteria is adults who report the most sex problems With a focus on male-female sexuality, from the “explosion in sex research since counter-productive.” as adults by and large masturbated the Castleman also answers intimate queries Viagra”—the male sex-enhancer released By far, the most conspicuous change in least as kids and throughout life,” Castle- on Facebook and on his own website, in 1998. sexuality in the past 40 years is that man says. “Self-sexing is everyone’s first GreatSexGuidance.com. It also will show how people’s sensi- pornography has become ubiquitous. fundamental sexuality. If you can’t make You can find more than 125 posts on bilities have changed in the two decades People used to sneak into peep shows on love to yourself, it’s very hard for you to his various outlets, on topics like “Why since Castleman was penning the “Play- the “wrong side of the tracks” until the make love to anyone else.” So Many Women Don’t Have Orgasms,” boy Advisor,” a sex-help guide geared to emergence of VCRs in the mid-1970s al- But at the end of the day, most of his “Sex and the Single Parent,” and “Atten- 18- to 34-year-old men. (No, Playboy lowed them to watch porn in their living readers’ questions revolve around desire tion, Men: Three Keys to Becoming a publisher Hugh Hefner never invited rooms. Now, Castleman says, “porn is differences, which are “inevitable in any Better Lover.” (One of those keys is Castleman to any parties at the Playboy available for free 24-7, one click away,” long-term relationship.” There is “almost “Don’t imitate porn. In fact, do the oppo- Mansion.) The magazine is now an on television, computers, and smart always somebody who wants to do it site of what you see in porn.”) anachronism, with circulation down 90 phones. more than the other person,” he says. He also has written about things such percent from its heyday, and it no longer Still, there are so many XXX-rated Those mismatched libidos represent “the as teledildonics—Web-enabled smart displays images of nude women. videos—more than one billion pages on number one reason why couples consult toys operated by partners in different lo- Castleman says research confirms, the Internet—that too much porn can sex therapists.” cations. “Teledildonics is very new,” he however, that there is much more “kinky” cause problems, including physical ones, Fortunately, Castleman says, sex ther- says. “It’s the future of remote sex.” sex since his Playboy days. Castleman says. Men can become fixated apists have developed a program that is Another trend, though many parents on their own bodies and neglect learning “very good at helping people negotiate a At Work on a Sex Text may have their doubts, is that fewer high the kind of love-making that would sat- mutually acceptable frequency” for sex. Sitting in the living room of his com- school students are engaging in sexual in- isfy both them and their partners. Castleman says there will always be a fortable Alvarado Street home, where he tercourse. And sex toys in general have place for sex research, education, and ad- Concerns Many Share has lived since 1987 with his wife, gone mainstream, vibrators in particular. visors. “Sex has no expiration date,” he Anne—and where the couple have raised A majority of women own at least one and Surprisingly, posts on premature ejac- says. Ⅲ two children—the 67-year-old Castleman “most men have played with one hetero- ulation attract a ton of hits on Castleman’s 12 The Noe Valley Voice • February 2017

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Laura and Dahlia Flores made the pilgrimage walk of the Camino de Santiago carrying a copy of the Noe Valley Voice for the entire 100 mile route. They took the above photo on their last day in Finisterre, Spain.

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Known as the Recreation and Park De- partment’s Natural Resources Manage- ment Plan, and under discussion for close to 25 years, it aims to protect the city’s native habitats and species, some found nowhere else in the world, such as the San Francisco garter snake and mission blue butterfly. “Without these special natural places, the most sensitive species cannot sur- vive,” warned Amber Hasselbring, exec- Photo by David Emanuel utive director of the Noe Valley-based Massive Crowd at San Francisco Women’s March Nature in the City, in urging the city’s espite heavy rain and Muni trains packed like sardines, hundreds—maybe thousands—of Noe Valleyans joined the huge planning commission to approve the plan Dthrong that marched down Market Street on Jan. 21 as a show of solidarity and to protest the agenda of newly in December. inaugurated Donald Trump. One local group well represented in the crowd, estimated by CBS-SF News at 100,000, was The plan covers the city’s 32 local park Upper Noe Neighbors. For more on the march, see Rumors Behind the News on page 33. sites designated as natural areas, which encompass 1,100 acres and 30 miles of hiking trails, from the sprawling Golden Gate Park to smaller neighborhood sites for dogs in San Francisco parks because The appeal period for the Natural Re- expect an ally” in him. like Billy Goat Hill off 30th and Castro the Golden Gate National Recreation sources Management Plan closed Jan. 17. “This is the city of St. Francis. People’s streets. Glen Canyon and its creekside Area at the same time has been moving The Board of Supervisors has 30 to 45 pets are a part of their family,” said trails are also covered, as is Noe Valley’s to severely restrict where dogs could run days from that date to schedule an appeal Sheehy, who has a 4-year-old cat, Lila Duncan-Castro Open Space, a hilltop and walk freely in its sites spread out hearing for the plan. Quartermaine, which his family adopted habitat for butterflies and migratory across San Francisco, San Mateo, and Newly appointed District 8 Supervisor from the SPCA. birds. Marin counties. The federal parks’ pro- Jeff Sheehy told the Noe Valley Voice in To read the full Natural Areas Manage- “San Francisco is quite rare in relation posal the GGNRA released in December early January that he was unfamiliar with ment Plan, and see how it will impact in- to other major American cities in that it called for a 90 percent reduction in off- the specifics of the natural areas plan and dividual park sites, visit http:// sfrec- has uniquely robust access to wild leash dog areas and would impact such needed to get educated about it before park.org/parks-open-spaces/natural-area spaces—quite literally steps away from San Francisco locations as Ocean Beach, commenting on its merits. But speaking s-program/significant-natural-resource- many people’s front door instead of miles Fort Funston, and Crissy Field. generally he said, “Dog owners should areas-management-plan/snramp/. Ⅲ away,” said Dawn Kamalanathan, direc- However, implementation of the fed- tor of rec and park’s planning and capital eral dog restrictions now appears in management division, at the December doubt. hearing. “Many San Franciscans like that After the release in January of thou- balance between natural areas and urban sands of pages of documents on a web- lands,” she said in defense of the plan. site called Woofieleaks, which lawyers But the proposal has elicited howls for a number of recreation groups ob- from dog owners who fear their ability to tained through the Freedom of Informa- enjoy the city’s open spaces with their ca- tion Act, the National Park Service unex- nine companions will be curtailed even pectedly shelved its plan—for the time further than what has already been de- being. tailed in the document. The plan calls for The federal agency said its decision the removal of a total of 19.3 acres of off- was in response to requests from mem- leash dog areas from three city parks, bers of Congress to delay the plan’s im- McLaren, Bernal, and Lake Merced. plementation. With the change of leader- SAN FRANCISCO Sixteen percent of the existing off- ship in Washington, D.C., last month, it leash dog play areas in those parks would is unclear whether Rep. Ryan Zinke (R- be replaced with on-leash trail access. Mont.), President Donald Trump’s nom- The other 75.9 acres where dogs can play inee to lead the Interior Department, Food you eat. off-leash in various parks around the city which oversees the National Park Serv- would remain, though dog advocates ice, will carry through with the new dog worry that park stewards will diminish rules. that total in the future. City to Move Ahead “San Francisco might close 80 percent of its dog play areas over time,” said Sally What is certain, though, is that San Stephens, the longtime chair of the San Francisco supervisors are set to vote on Francisco Dog Owners Group. “The Nat- the city’s plan for local parks sometime ural Areas Program never talked to dog this winter. Their decision will be guided owners to ask them what they need.” by the planning commission’s 6-1 vote in December to approve the management Dog Owners Nervous plan’s environmental impact report, and She and other dog advocates are wary the recreation and park commission’s 5- of seeing the city restrict off-leash areas 0 vote to adopt the plan.

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Noe Valley Home Sales* The Cost of Low High Average Avg. Days Sale Price as Total Sales No. Price ($) Price ($) Price ($) on Market % of List Price

Living in Noe Single-family homes December 2016 7 $1,800,917 $4,100,000 $2,669,417 43 101% November 2016 12 $1,300,000 $4,187,625 $2,140,635 52 104% December 2015 9 $1,510,000 $4,100,000 $2,472,222 32 106% Market in Slow Cooker November 2015 9 $1,375,000 $5,700,000 $2,912,222 32 112% By Corrie M. Anders Condominiums December 2016 5 $852,000 $1,800,000 $1,329,000 22 111% ome buyers closed escrow on 19 sin- November 2016 10 $280,000 $1,725,000 $1,046,800 48 108% Hgle-family detached homes in Noe December 2015 12 $690,000 $2,375,000 $1,326,255 47 106% Valley during the last two months of November 2015 9 $750,000 $1,875,000 $1,211,444 27 111% 2016—one more than during the same 2- to 4-unit buildings period a year earlier. December 2016 0 — — —— — There were 15 condominium sales in November 2016 0 — — —— — November and December, contrasted December 2015 0 — — —— — This modern three-story home, located on with 21 transactions in the same months November 2015 1 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 15 124% Valley Street near Diamond, sold in the previous year, according to data that November for $4,188,000. 5+-unit buildings Zephyr Real Estate provides monthly to December 2016 0 — — —— — the Noe Valley Voice (see table at right). November 2016 1 $1,670,000 $1,670,000 $1,670,000 62 88% With those up and down numbers, it’s value of detached homes and condos December 2015 1 $4,200,000 $4,200,000 $4,200,000 93 95% hard to talk trends. (combined) hit a peak of $1,970,000 in November 2015 0 — — —— — However, additional figures supplied August 2015, Kostick said. Since then, * Survey includes all Noe Valley home sales completed during the month. Noe Valley for purposes by Zephyr President Randall Kostick values in Noe Valley have slowly de- of this survey is loosely defined as the area bordered by Grand View, 22nd, Guerrero, and 30th show that the neighborhood’s once boil- clined, registering a median of streets. The Voice thanks Zephyr Real Estate (zephyrre.com) for providing sales data. NVV2/2017 ing real estate market is now cooling on $1,725,000 in December 2016. the stove, as buyers strive for a place at “We’re not seeing the increases right the table. now that we saw in terms of last year,” Kostick said. light, and parking for two cars. After a five-year run-up, the median Kostick said. “So it appears as though we Another indication of a more stable In December, a three-bedroom, 3.5- have reached a settling price for both sin- market is that buyers are less eager to bath home with views from Twin Peaks gle-family homes and condos.” make oversized offers. Kostick noted that to the bay sold for $4.1 million. Buyers In the single-family arena, buyers took bids 15 to 16 percent higher than the ask- paid just below the seller’s $4,149,000 longer to make offers and also cut back ing price were not unusual in 2014-15 and asking price for the three-story home, lo- on over-the-top bids during the last two that 2016 was “quite different.” As the cated in the 1400 block of Douglass Street months of 2016. year ended, buyers of detached homes between Duncan and 28th streets. Gutted In December, for example, buyers typically paid 1 percent more than the and transformed from its unassuming browsed listings for detached homes an asking price, contrasted with 6 percent a 1948 origins into a modern showcase average of 43 days before making a com- year earlier. with 3,295 square feet, the house featured mitment to purchase, compared with 32 Buyers also had more choices. Kostick an open floor plan, designer kitchen, dual days in December 2015. said the number of homes for sale in Noe dishwashers and sinks, radiant heat, sky- Kostick also noted that in March 2014, Valley in late 2016 was “about 50 percent light, rooftop terrace, media room, and when the real estate market was red-hot, greater than it was two years ago.” He at- two-car garage. 100 percent of properties sold above their tributed some of the increase to sellers an- The two most expensive condominium asking price. That percentage has trended ticipating that mortgage interest rates sales occurred in Noe Valley’s “flat- downward, he said, and today 70 to 80 would rise in 2017. lands”—on Valley Street and on Guerrero percent of Noe Valley homes sell above But according to Kostick, prices are Street—and both sold for at least 20 per- the asking price. still high and Noe Valley remains a very cent over their asking price. “So we still have a large percentage desirable neighborhood, among others in In November, buyers paid $1,725,000 Buyers recently purchased a condominium that are selling at greater than list price, San Francisco. Three of the 19 house for a three-bedroom, two-bath residence within this building on Valley Street for but it’s not as regular of an occurrence as sales at the end of last year were for $4 in the first block of Valley Street, between $1,725,000. Photos by Corrie M. Anders it was a few years ago, in 2014 and 2015,” million or more. Dolores and Guerrero streets. Built at the The most expensive was a contempo- turn of the 20th century, the renovated rary three-bedroom, 4.5-bath home on the condo boasted 1,691 square feet of living 500 block of Valley Street, near Dia- space. Extras in the two-level unit in- Noe Valley Rents** mond. It sold in November for cluded a modern kitchen, a deck with No. in Range Average Average Average $4,188,000—below the original asking southern views, and a one-car garage. Unit Sample January 2017 January 2017 November 2016 January 2016 price of $4,295,000. December’s priciest condo was a three- Studio 7 $1,800 - $2,798 $2,220 / mo. $2,262 / mo. $2,017 / mo. The hillside home, originally built in bedroom, 2.5-bath unit in the 1200 block 1-bdrm 29 $2,380 - $4,900 $3,205 / mo. $3,245 / mo. $3,250 / mo. 1909, had been renovated and expanded of Guerrero Street between 24th and 25th 2-bdrm 49 $3,150 - $7,250 $4,557 / mo. $4,229 / mo. $4,435 / mo. to offer 4,200 square feet of living space streets. Buyers paid $1.8 million. The 3-bdrm 19 $4,650 - $9,950 $6,380 / mo. $5,776 / mo. $6,708 / mo. on three levels. Amenities included a two-story townhouse, with 1,461 square 4+-bdrm 10 $6,000 - $12,500 $8,818 / mo. $10,279 / mo. $8,211 / mo. gourmet kitchen with Italian marble feet of living space, offered a roof deck ** This survey is based on a sample of 114 Noe Valley apartment listings appearing on Craigslist.org countertops and a 16-foot center island, with near panoramic views, a modern from Dec. 29, 2016, to Jan. 5, 2017. NVV2/2017 floor-to-ceiling glass walls, radiant-heat kitchen with granite countertops, and flooring, a rooftop deck, retractable sky- two-car parking. Ⅲ

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Ally Johnson, Noe Street: I think my ideal Mark Hardeman, Noe Valley police offi- Nicole Walker, Outer Mission resident: Jeff Kaliss, Hazelwood Avenue: Earlier date night is something very low key and cer: Ideal date night? Dinner. There’s that For Valentine’s Day? Probably just cooking this month, I discovered a beautiful, tasty, casual, so maybe just drinks and dinner, and little restaurant right off of Castro next to a nice dinner at home with a bottle of wine. friendly French brasserie a couple of blocks a walk or maybe a hike. Something more the bar [Contigo]. My wife graduated from up 24th Street called Chez Marius. A friend outdoorsy than going to a movie or some- the culinary academy with the owner. It’s of mine, Laurent [is the owner]. A great thing like that. Spanish food. That’s where I would go. place for a date night.

Amber, Daly City resident: My ideal date Sheila Rubinson Ash, Guerrero Street Mary, Sanchez Street: Going with my hus- John (right), Hayes Valley resident: night is probably sushi, and... (laughs) and 24th Street: Considering I’ve been band out to eat would be a special thing for Probably dinner somewhere out, maybe going home and going to sleep. here since 1977, every night is a good date me. I like Burma Superstar out on Clement, Ragazza on Divisadero, and then a nice walk night in Noe Valley. that is my favorite restaurant. I like eating through the city and an episode of Downton [in Noe Valley] if we get a chance. Abbey and bed. Haystack, of course, which I grew up with. I’m a native San Franciscan and I grew up Interviews and photos by Olivia Starr and Nick Kaliss in this neighborhood. JESSICA BRANSON TOP SAN FRANCISCO REALTOR

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public is invited. The $60 admission to “Big Night SHORT 2017” gets you dinner from Rin’s Thai Rain Delays Noe Courts Restaurant, cupcakes from Mission Remodel TAKES Minis, and drinks—alcoholic and not. he winter rains soaking Northern Dance music will be provided by the band TCalifornia have been great for re- Soul Society, which specializes in urban plenishing the state’s depleted water Authors Festival 3.0 pop, soul, and rhythm and blues. supplies. But the storms have Go to www.jameslickptsa.org for more The finale for Word Week 2017, our wreaked havoc on the construction information and to buy tickets. neighborhood’s annual literary festival, timeline of the Noe Courts Park re- will be the third Noe Valley Authors Fes- model project. tival, scheduled for Saturday, March 25, Zine Workshop for Teens City recreation and park officials 2 to 5 p.m., at the Noe Valley Ministry on Folio Books is hosting a zine-making had expected the $1.2 million project Sanchez Street. The festival will include workshop Sunday, Feb. 12, 4 p.m., led by to wrap up by the end of February. Author and zine-maker Anand Vedawala an exhibit hall chock full of authors and author Anand Vedawala. All materials They now expect the park to reopen (with or without moose ears) will be the their books, as well as readings all after- will be provided at the event, which is the to the public sometime in March. special guest at the Feb. 12 meeting of the “The construction of Noe Courts is noon by local authors. first bimonthly get-together for Folio’s Young Adult Book Group at Folio Books. If you are a local author with a book, new book group for young adults 13 to 18 delayed due to weather. The ground you can apply for exhibit space by con- years old. has to be dry enough for us to con- tacting [email protected] Vedawala is the author of 100 Years Schumann. struct the tennis courts. Then we need for an application. From Now Our Bones Will Be Different, Both Festinger and Moe have doctor- a few rain-free days to surface the Table space and chairs will be provided illustrated by Lawrence McWilliams. The ates in music composition from the Uni- courts,” explained Joey Kahn, a for $35 a space by Feb. 28 and $45 March two are the team behind 540 Collab, versity of California at Berkeley and are spokes man for the agency, in mid- 1 or after. Large press, small press, chap- which they created to publish books about music professors, Festinger at San Fran- January. books, and self-published books of any people of color. Their first book tells the cisco State and Moe at the University of As reported in the December/Jan- genre are welcome. story of 40 members of a fictional Pittsburgh. Christine Brandes has ap- uary issue of the Voice, the overhaul Word Week is a project of the neigh- African-American family from 1915 to peared with major orchestras and opera of the small neighborhood park at the borhood association Friends of Noe Val- 2015 through epitaphs and portraits. companies throughout North America, corner of 24th and Douglass streets ley. For more information on the zine singing classical songs and arias from the includes not only upgrades to the ex- workshop or the Young Adult Book 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, as well as isting tennis and basketball courts but Big Night for James Lick Group, contact Folio Books at 415-821- more contemporary music. also overhauled single-stall rest- 3477, go to foliosf.com, or stop by the The concert is at 4 p.m. Buy your $25 rooms, a terraced lawn with seating, A benefit for the general fund at James bookstore at 3957 24th St. tickets at nvcm.org. The Noe Valley Min- picnic tables, and new midblock en- Lick Middle School on Noe Street will be istry is located at 1021 Sanchez St. tryways from 24th and Elizabeth held Saturday, Feb. 25, from 7 to 11 p.m. streets. at the Sandbox Studios, 555 Minnesota Two World Premieres Crab Feed at St. Paul’s A new snaking ramp will allow for St. in Dogpatch. The venue has 34-foot- Noe Valley Chamber Music has an- better wheelchair access. The irriga- high ceilings and a view of the Bay. The nounced not one but two world premieres The St. Paul’s School Athletic Board is tion system is being replaced, and for cello and voice at its next concert, hosting a crab feed and auction to bene- new drought-tolerant plants will be Sunday, Feb. 12. fit the school’s athletic program Saturday, added to the green space. Soprano Christine Brandes and cellist Feb. 25, 5:30 to 9 p.m., at the St. Paul’s For updates about the Noe Courts Marcy Rosen will perform the new com- Church parish center, 1690 Church St. Park project, visit http://sfrecpark.org positions by Richard Festinger and Eric Sports supported at the K-8 school in /project/noe-courts-park-improve - Moe. Brandes and Rosen will be joined Upper Noe Valley are baseball, basket- ment-plan/. by pianist Laura Dahl for the rest of the ball, soccer, and volleyball, according to —Matthew Bajko program, which will include music and song by Brahms, Hayden, Ravel, and CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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classical concerts in February for the young and young at heart. SHORT For Valentine’s Day, the Bay Area Vo- cal Academy presents “Love Song Mati- nee,” Saturday, Feb. 11, 3 to 4:30 p.m. TAKES The talented young singers from BAVA will sing about love in all its manifesta- CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE tions through the music of Debussy, organizer Stephen Beddoes. Schubert, Purcell, and other composers. Ticket prices are adults $60, children A reception follows the concert. Buy $20 $15, and kids under 6 free. That buys you general admission and $5 student tickets fresh crab, caesar salad, bread, and at bayareavocalacademy.org. dessert. There will also be a pay-as-you- The next weekend, the Trinity Alps go bar and an auction at the event. Chamber Players will play music inspired Go to www.facebook.com/events/ by Rudyard Kipling’s Just So Stories at 380282538977635 for more information. the Ministry. The book imagines how dif- For tickets, contact Beddoes at ferent animals got their distinctive fea- [email protected]. tures. The six-member ensemble will each take on a different animal while a May Flowers for Garden Tour narrator reads the story. The 2017 Noe Valley Garden Tour This Classical Kids concert is set for Saturday, Feb. 18, at 10:30 a.m. Tickets Two films by the late Lise Swenson (center), Saltwater and Mission Movie, will be among committee is considering gardens during the 91 films screened at this month’s SF Indie Fest. late February through the end of March are available at nvcm.org/classical- for the 11th tour, which will be happen- kids—$15 general admission and $40 for ing this May. Your garden may be a little a family pass. Film Fests in Mission and Castro sad right now, but you know by May it an Francisco’s film fest season gets under way this month with two festivals— will be gorgeous. Contact committee Movies in Noe Valley Sone featuring independent films and the other showing films from Germany, chair Linda Lockyer at lindalockyer3 The Noe Valley Library shows movies Austria, and Switzerland. @gmail.com to set up a look-see. each month on a Friday afternoon. The More than 11,000 people are expected to attend the 19th SF Independent Film The committee, which is a part of the February matinee is Sunset Boulevard Festival, running Feb. 2 to 16 at three Mission District venues: Alamo Drafthouse, group Friends of Noe Valley, is also look- Friday, Feb. 10, 2 p.m., in the ground- floor meeting room. Admission is free. the Brava Theater, and the Roxie Theater. The lineup of 43 full-length and 48 short ing for a neighborhood gardening project with public access to be the beneficiary This 1950s black-and-white film, star- films from 22 countries also will include works by artists from the Mission Dis- of this year’s tour. Send a note outlining ring Gloria Swanson and William trict, Bernal Heights, and the Castro. your project to Lockyer at the above Holden, is a noir classic about Norma The festival will present the world premiere of Saltwater, a drama by director email. Previous tour donations went to- Desmond, a faded silent movie star, and Lise Swenson, a former Mission District resident who died last June. She posthu- ward landscaping at Upper Noe Recre- her studly young paramour. Famous mously will receive the SF IndieFest Vanguard Award. The former City College ation Center and the Noe Valley Library, quotes from Norma are “I am big! It’s the film professor filmed parts of Saltwater in the Mission, Potrero Hill, Excelsior, and gardens at Fairmount and Alvarado pictures that got small!” (think television) SOMA neighborhoods. It will air Feb. 9, 7:15 p.m., and Feb. 11, 2:30 p.m., at the schools, the 22nd Street Jungle Stairs, and and “All right, Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for Roxie, 3117 16th St. a planting project along the Guerrero my closeup.” Mission Movie, another film by Swenson, screens Feb. 11, 12:30 p.m., also at Street median. The Noe Valley/Sally Brunn Library is the Roxie. It’s about the lives of several neighbors in the Mission District during located at 451 Jersey St., between Castro the early 2000s. Classical Concerts for Kids and Diamond streets. The opening night centerpiece Feb. 2 at the Brava (2781 24th St.) is Folk Hero The Noe Valley Ministry at 1021 This month’s Short Takes were compiled & Funny Guy, a film about a struggling comedian, directed by Jeff Grace. Besides Sanchez St. will be the venue for two and written by Richard May. the films, there are 10 parties—including the Big Lebowski Party—held at various venues around the city. REMODELS • RENOVATIONS • INSTALLATIONS • DESIGN Tickets are $12 to $14 for individual films. For more information, go to www.sfindie.com or call 415-820-3907. The Berlin & Beyond Film Festival, sponsored by the San Francisco Goethe- Institut, returns to the silver screen for the 21st time Feb. 3 to 8, presenting more than two dozen films at three Bay Area venues. An estimated 12,000 people are expected to attend. The schedule includes the world premiere of Jan Tenhaven’s Silicon Valley Rev- olution, a documentary about pioneers in the personal computer industry. Filmed in the Bay Area, it will screen Feb. 4, 5 p.m., at the Castro Theatre, 429 Castro St. Scrappin’, a family drama by Oscar nominee Max Zähle, will be shown opening night Feb. 3, 8 p.m., also at the Castro. A major highlight of this year’s festival will be films by and about women, including the controversial drama 24 Weeks, about late abortion. It screens at the Castro Feb. 4, 2:30 p.m. Prices to the Castro Theatre screenings range from $20 to $240 (for all the films). For other details, go to the Goethe-Institut’s site online, Goethe.de/SF. —Corrie M. Anders

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Faria’s reputation as a chef is what’s Chef Telmo Faria says his new restaurant on Church Street, Uma Casa, is already “booked with a lot of reservations. I’m humbled.” making people take notice. For 6½ years, Photo by Beverly Tharp as co-owner and executive chef of Taco- licious on Valencia Street, Faria created Portugal from age 1 to 12. Then his par- tana Row in San Jose. Another of Faria’s Faria set out to create a classic Por- exotic tacos and other tasty fare at the ents brought him back to the South Bay. restaurant stops was as executive sous tuguese restaurant with a contemporary popular restaurant. Before that, he was As a young man, Faria studied at the Cal- chef at Montrio Bistro in Monterey. He twist. Uma Casa is bright, clean, modern, chef at LaSalette in Sonoma, the only ifornia Culinary Academy in San Fran- also opened several “pop-up” restaurants and simple. It employs 24 people and Portuguese restaurant in Northern Cali- cisco. His father owned a restaurant, so in the Bay Area that attracted followings. seats about 75. On tap is a private dining fornia for a while. Telmo had the business in his blood. Those fans are coming to Uma Casa, room that will seat another 20 or so. The At Uma Casa, “it’s like Portugal meets Faria always fantasized about opening too. Foodie Internet sites such as Eater SF private room will have a large table as a San Francisco,” Faria beams. As Portugal a Portuguese eatery to connect with his and Table Top have been quick to write centerpiece, with mementos from his takes advantage of its close proximity to roots, even while helping write the Taco- about Uma Casa’s launch, praising the grandparents and old photos on the wall. the ocean for its cuisine, so will he mine licious cookbook and acting as its “chef’s food. There, the food will be served family- the abundance of seafood in San Fran- ambassador.” He trained the chefs at five Faria points to his fresh seafood and style. cisco. sites as Tacolicious expanded, including stews, and pork entrees, as well as soups. “We’re booked with a lot of reserva- Born in the Bay Area, Faria grew up in to an outlet opened late last year at San- The restaurant’s very personal for him, tions, and I’m humbled,” Faria says. because some recipes are his grand- The Noe Valley neighborhood is treat- mother’s. Salt cod and caldo verde soup ing him well. Many locals have come in are specialties. There’s also a raw fish bar to eat, and he received strong encourage- with oysters, shrimp, mussels, clams, and ment from them when they dropped by crab. Faria’s the main chef at Uma Casa, before he opened. and he’s also mixing in fusion ideas he got “I like that it’s got a real sense of neigh- Betty Taisch on his own and from chefs he knows borhood here,” says Faria. “Lots of peo- around San Francisco. The cuisine is ple grew up here and stayed to raise their Your Real Estate Professional Mediterranean but is influenced by Brazil children.” The easy access to transporta- and India, and uses spices such as clove, tion on Church Street also pleases him. It takes more than a sign to sell your home. cinnamon, saffron, and piri piri. The restaurant serves beer and wine, Some merchants on Church Street are with many Portuguese wines and port. I o er you the knowledge and experience needed in excited about the new arrival. His partner and go-to person, Nora Furst, today's rapidly changing market - plus local, nationwide, “People are asking about it,” says created the cocktail menu. and international marketing. 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At 415-966-2989 the assessment, a trainer asks questions, [email protected] watches the potential client move, and be- Passersby of the old Ambiance space gins to tailor a package specifically for on 24th Street have probably noticed the that woman. subtle purple hues of the Lotus Method Membership includes one complimen- through the windows. Specializing in tary class per week with a maximum of one-on-one strength training for women six members in attendance. The goal is to who are pregnant or postpartum, the fit- create a safe, private space. Postpartum ness studio opened in Noe Valley in April. Leslie Ylinen, Emily Huff, Caitlin Ritt (owner), and Jess Hess are the experts in strength classes include mommy-and-me time Founder and creator Caitlin Ritt was a training for pregnant women at the Lotus Method, now on 24th Street. Photo by Pamela Gerard with babies. personal trainer at the city’s Sports Club “We offer this as an additional work- L.A. (now Equinox) in the late 2000s out and so women can meet other women, when she saw a niche that needed filling. for getting back into shape afterwards. ADA-compliant. Now it’s a large open and have that community element,” Ritt She became a master trainer—which “We like to say it’s for motherhood,” Ritt space, with new flooring and lighting. says. means she trains other personal trainers— says. “Basically, everything was brought up to Even if clients move on after comple- and designed an exercise program specif- The studio’s four exercise specialists, code and given a facelift,” she says. tion, they often stay in touch. ically for pre- and postnatal clients. In including Ritt, work with clients on One wall is covered in a mirror, and the “They become our friends,” Ritt says 2014, she opened the first Lotus Method, everything from how to pick up a baby others are painted purple, the Lotus with a smile. “We get the birth announce- on Jessie Street in South of Market. correctly to minimize back pain, to inte- Method’s logo color. There’s also a ments, we go to kids’ birthday parties. We The focus is on “functional movement grating their core—their pelvic floor and changing room, restroom, and staff room, have kids stop by all the time that we patterns, postural alignment, and breath- transverse abdominal muscles. The train- plus a cozy chair for assessment meetings trained in the womb. One thing that I’m ing, and we tailor the programs individu- ers hope to keep their clients from expe- and nursing moms. proud of is that we’ve created a pretty ally to each woman’s needs,” Ritt says. riencing the physical discomforts that can Ritt is thrilled to be in Noe Valley, amazing community of women support- What is functional movement? Ritt ex- be associated with pregnancy. They also which was the first neighborhood she ing women. It’s exciting.” plains it’s the thought process behind ac- focus on preparing for the physical de- lived in when she moved to San Francisco While the personal training sessions tions we do every day, such as bending mands of labor. a decade ago. The former ballerina is mar- and group classes are only for members, over and picking something up, whether Most first-time clients are in their late ried and now lives in SOMA. She says the studio sometimes hosts community it’s the groceries or a child. first trimester or second trimester, says clients at her two other studios—she also events that are open to the public. For “It’s the squatting you do over and over Ritt, and many stick with the studio three has one in the Marina—had begged her more information on the Lotus Method, as you get in and out of a chair,” she says. to 12 months after giving birth. Some are to open a Noe Valley location. It’s already visit the website, call, or email. “It’s pushing a stroller and pulling a door still doing the Lotus Method five years become popular with clients from San —Olivia Boler open. So we train clients to incorporate later. “The thought is that postpartum is those primal movement patterns that we forever,” she says. do daily in the most efficient, optimal way Each client’s post-birth goal is unique, TTheThhee most FUN-tasFUN-tastictictic possible.” Ritt says. Some want to get back to run- She believes this is especially impor- ning. Others want to restart their pre- tant for new moms, who are doing new pregnancy workout routines. repetitive motions like breastfeeding and To that end, exercise specialists show carrying a newborn and bags full of sup- clients how to use body weights, free S U MM E R plies. “We cue breathing and postural weights, boxes for step-up training, sus- alignment throughout, and work to get pension equipment, balls, bands, and a women out of any compensations they Kinesis weighted cable machine for re- might have, plus create strength to head sistance. They offer a table for stretching, off aches and pains. Hopefully, we make especially for women in the ninth month them feel confident and strong, and good of pregnancy, for whom getting down on within their bodies.” the floor may be difficult. 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thing really presented itself, I could move to a bigger space. I am not sure yet,” said Burke, who as of now is the only one STORE working at the Temporarium. “The problem is I work every single day. I have no TREK perspective at the moment.” He is training friends to work for him tore Trek is a regular Voice column so he can take time off to finish his col- Sprofiling new stores and businesses in lege thesis. For the time being, he can be Noe Valley. But sometimes we wander found seven days a week working his spe- east and stumble upon an espresso bar. cialty espresso machine crafted by Kees van der Westen, “a coffee celebrity,” said THE TEMPORARIUM Burke, “who makes some of the best cof- 3414 22nd Street at Guerrero fee machines in the world.” 415-547-0616 His he bought used for 8,000 Euros, http://www.temporarium.coffee/ about half of what it would cost brand Calling it a coffeehouse is a bit of an new, from a caterer in the Netherlands overstatement, as the Temporarium is that the company suggested he contact more of a coffee nook. At 300 square feet, and had it shipped to San Francisco. there is just enough space for owner “They don’t make the manual ma- Avery Burke to work his magic on his chines anymore, so I called them and manual espresso machine and provide asked if they had a manual one to sell. seating for seven customers. Temporarium owner Avery Burke serves a cappuccino he made with a Kees van der Westen They said to call this guy who does cater- The limitations of the storefront have espresso machine, designed as both a coffee purveyor and a work of art. Photo by Pamela Gerard ing and might have a machine he wants turned out to be advantageous in attract- to offload,” said Burke. “I had him send ing media coverage, however, as re- the previous tenant, an Asian-French fu- master’s degree from San Jose State Uni- it to me and it arrived on a pallet with a porters with various outlets have made sion pastry shop called Sweetmue, which versity to run the Temporarium. tarp over it. I thought this has surely been the trek to see the jewel box of a space for closed in April of 2015 after a two-year Since opening his doors, Burke has at- destroyed, but it was totally in perfect themselves since the business opened stint. tracted a loyal following. Although foot shape.” March 10. And this fall local high school “I wasn’t sure it would work for me. It traffic is a trickle most weekday after- Having worked for a number of local students chose it for a marketing project is a small spot and close to the Mission, noons, he serves a steady stream of caf- coffee-roasting companies since 2003, and have been surveying its customers. which has a bunch of great coffee shops,” feine seekers in the mornings and on Burke a few years back began to think In September Burke even launched a said Burke, 36, a fifth-generation San weekends. about opening his own cafe. Last year he music series, announcing via the Tempo- Franciscan who moved to San Jose as a “Things are going well,” Burke said. “I started to scout locations. rarium’s Facebook page that it was “no child and now lives with several artists in have met a lot of interesting people liv- “I had been looking on and off for a longer just a ridiculously tiny coffee shop. South of Market. “I scoped it out for a ing in this neighborhood. You meet writ- while,” he said. “I just assumed I would It’s now also a ridiculously small music while and did a floor plan. Part of the ers, scientists, a lot of neat people who never afford anything in San Francisco.” venue!” thing that attracted me to it was it is al- live here. I feel like I have made a lot of The Temporarium is open 7 a.m. to 3 “We crammed 25 people in here, but it ready zoned for limited-use service.” friends, which is really nice.” p.m. on weekdays and from 8 a.m. to 6 wasn’t comfortable,” admitted Burke, a Another bonus was the low cost to rent As he explained to the website Hood- p.m. on weekends. Along with cappucci- musician himself. the space. line, the business’ name plays off the nos and lattes, Burke each month features Burke readily acknowledges that when “It is a slow area. From my understand- storefront’s dimensions, being “a little a signature drink he creates. Past concoc- he took over the lease for the space, which ing, small businesses in this location have terrarium full of temporary things.” Of- tions have included burnt sage and honey straddles the border between Noe Valley not done super great. It is why the rent is ten asked if the name also means he will steamed together with espresso and and the Mission, he had some misgivings really affordable here,” said Burke, who only be there for a limited time, Burke pomegranate molasses and curry on the about the location. He is subleasing from put on hold his pursuit of a philosophy told the Noe Valley Voice in early Novem- rim of the cup as well as a cold coffee ber that it is a possibility. brewed with sarsaparilla. He has less than a year left on his lease, “It has been a learning experience,” with an option to renew for three years, said Burke of opening his own business. and is beginning to explore his choices. “But anything that is a learning experi- “I want to do some kind of expansion ence is good in my mind.” Sam’s Got Good News! like open a second location, or if some- —Matthew S. Bajko

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Feb. 13: ODD MONDAYS hosts Nourishing, Big-Flavor Recipes for March 2: “COMEDY GOLD” writers Jeanne Powell, Holman Turner, Cancer Treatment and Recovery. 6:30- continues at the Valley Tavern on the and Richard Sanderell, and political 7:30 pm. Omnivore Books, 3885A first Thursday of the month. 9:30 pm. scientist Gerald Heather. 7 pm at Folio Cesar Chavez. 282-4712; 4054 24th. 285-0674; Books, 3957 24th. No-host supper, omnivorebooks.com. [email protected]. 5:30 pm, Haystack Pizza, 3881 24th Feb. 23: Reel-to-Reel FILMS for (rsvp [email protected]). Call 821- preschoolers are shown at the Noe 2090 to confirm; oddmondays.com. Valley Library at 10:15 and 11 am. 451 Feb. 14: PFLAG meets at the Jersey. 355-5707; sfpl.org. Women’s Building, 3543 18th, on the Feb. 23: Jane Ziegelman and Andrew second Tuesday of the month, 7 to 9 Coe introduce A Square Meal: A pm. 921-8850; pflagsf.org. CULINARY HISTORY of the Great Feb. 14: John Freeman discusses Depression. 6:30-7:30 pm. Omnivore World War II in “War Anxiety Grips Books, 3885A Cesar Chavez. 282- Home Front San Francisco,” at the SF 4712; omnivorebooks.com. Museum and HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Feb. 24: HERCHURCH offers a 7:30 pm. Roosevelt Middle School Women’s Drumming Circle the fourth Auditorium, 460 Arguello. 537-1105, Friday of the month. 6-7:30 pm. 678 ext. 100; sfhistory.org. Portola. Feb. 15: The Noe Valley BOOK Nature Poem, is the title of an oil painting by Marc Ellen Hamel on view at the Gallery Feb. 25: A CRAB FEED and auction is Christine Brandes and Friends perform DISCUSSION Group reads The a fundraiser for St. Paul’s Athletic Curious Incident of the Dog in the Sanchez show “House and Garden”. 1021 Sanchez Street, Feb. 1 through 26. at the Noe Valley Chamber Music series, Board. 5:30-9 pm. St. Paul’s Parish Sunday, Feb. 12 at 4 p.m. – 1021 Night-Time by Mark Haddon. 7-8:30 Center, 221 Valley. 648-7538; pm. Noe Valley Library, 451 Jersey. 355- Sanchez Street. Feb. 16: COMEDY Returns to El Rio Feb. 18: Everyone’s invited to the stpaulsf.org. 5707; sfpl.org. with Lisa Geduldig and friends. 8 pm. second annual meeting of the GLEN Feb. 25: “Big Night 2017,” a dinner Feb. 16: Andrea Nguyen introduces 3168 Mission. elriosf.com. PARK Neighborhood History Project, and dancing BENEFIT for James Lick All You Need is Love The PHO Cookbook: Easy to from 3:30 to 5:30 pm at the Glen Park Feb. 17: BOOKWORMS Club (ages 8 Middle School, runs from 7 to 11 pm. Adventurous Recipes for Vietnam’s Library, 2825 Diamond. The next Noe Valley Voice will to 12) meets at 6 pm. Folio Books, Sandbox Studios, 555 Minnesota. Favorite Soup and Noodles. 6:30-7:30 glenparkhistory.wixsite.com. 3957 24th. RSVP required: 821-3477 jameslickptsa.org. be the March 2017 issue, pm. 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ormer Noe Valley resident and Voice Fcontributor Laura McHale Holland OTHER VOICES celebrated the publication of her second fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction • the noe valley voice memoir in November: Resilient Ruin (Wordforest). It’s her fourth published book. Holland’s first book, Reversible Skirt, Hopes Reclaimed a memoir about her childhood, won a silver medal in the 2011 Readers Favorite Laura McHale Holland book awards and was recently assigned reading for a women-in-literature class at last lines and through the Four Seasons’ taller than I am, slim and wiry. His University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh. Hol- Sherry, but when Bobby Vinton’s Roses blue-green eyes sparkle in the dimly lit land is also the editor of the anthology Are Red serenade begins, tall, tan, auditorium as we fumble, trying to get Sisters Born, Sisters Found: A Diversity slightly bucktoothed Todd taps Chet’s properly positioned for a slow dance. of Voices on Sisterhood, which contains shoulder to cut in. Chet backs away; We settle down, inches apart. work from 76 writers across the globe. It Todd takes my hand. “Ready?” He grins. received a gold medal in the 2015 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. Todd and I have never spoken, but “Sure,” I beam back. He moves to the Holland’s new memoir chronicles her we both attend youth group meetings at side. I try to follow, and instead step on teen and young adult years, from 1963 to a church across the street from the jun- his pristine dress shoes. We break apart 1972. During part of that time, she was ior high. My sisters, Kathy and Mary laughing. under the watch of an emotionally abu- Ruth, and I joined the congregation “I’m just gonna move in a square,” swimming, or something.” Becky sive guardian. Still, she clung to hope after our father, on his deathbed, asked he says. “It’s easy; you’ll see.” He rushes off, giggling and whooping with that life would improve. that we return to the church. I was 11, demonstrates. Step with one foot, slide the other girls. Holland now lives in Sonoma County Mary Ruth 12, and Kathy 13. I’d always with the other, repeat around a square. It Todd and I wait in silence as cars, with her husband, Jim Holland. felt guilty about attending mass only on seems simple enough. We come clean and polished, line up at the curb, Resilient Ruin is available at Folio holidays and for weddings and funerals. together again, and I follow him, never graduates pile in, and cars pull away. It Books on 24th Street. Following is a peek at the first chapter. I was eager to study the Catechism, but quite relaxing into the music, but with- isn’t long before his mom arrives in a Mommy doesn’t like the local Catholic out further damage to his shoes. green Dodge Polara wagon. “I’ve got to parish, so we didn’t just join another Chet tries to cut in when the dance is go. Um, do you want to ride bikes parish; we switched religions. over, but Todd won’t budge. “Tough tomorrow?” he asks. June 1963 I thought I’d go to hell for going luck, buddy,” Todd says. “Sure. Where?” My glasses slide diamond needle meets vinyl along with this and felt way out of down my nose; I push them up. and crackles the air; electric place—until last year, when Becky Gloom invades me like Martians “The church parking lot, around one guitar licks resonate ceiling to moved to Hinsdale, one of Chicago’s in War of the Worlds. Becky and o’clock?” A Deb don’t know I wasn’t even floor; and, like divers slicing water after most affluent suburbs, from a small “Okay.” flawless somersaults, the Beach Boys blue-collar town in southern Illinois. supposed to attend the dance, let He sprints toward his mom. I slip out rock into Surfin’ USA. A late arrival, I The day she showed up at Sunday alone go to a sleepover after- of the thinning clumps of students wait- merge into a ring of students watching school I was drawn in by her Pepsodent ward. “Nah, I have to get home.” ing for parents and head home. Thrilled the more confident graduates of our smile, azure eyes, and heart-shaped face to have come through my very first eighth-grade class partner up. In perfect framed by dark brown curls that bounce Later, we spill out of the auditorium dance unscathed, I break into a run. sync, they are masters of the Swim, like mini Slinkys. I still feel like an with the rest of the Hinsdale Junior Soon, I’m leaping and soaring over the Twist, Jitterbug, Mashed Potatoes. impostor every time I veer from the High School class of 1963, officially sidewalk squares. I catch my glasses as Dead center, with taps on her flats Catholic version of The Lord’s Prayer released from the eighth grade. Todd they bump down my nose and hold and charm bracelets jingling on her and ask the Lord to forgive my “debts” and I stand about a foot apart on the them in a fist. I feel as though I’ve wrists, is Becky, one of my best friends. instead of my “trespasses,” but I keep sidewalk, the warm, humid air between stepped into someone else’s life, not My other best friend, Jillie, is mortified my anxiety in check because this church us pressing like a caress. like the girl who fears her slip is show- because her latest diet backfired: instead has brought friends to me. Becky rushes up with a gaggle of ing, even when she’s not wearing one. of losing five pounds she gained six; Becky says folks in her hometown girlfriends, wraps her arms around me Not like the one whose parents, long she’s nowhere to be seen. Becky never are more easygoing than people here, and kisses my cheek. “Are you sure you dead, will never pick her up at the curb. even bothers to weigh herself. She’s not and they’re super proud of their roller can’t come with?” Soon I’m at the corner of our front a cheerleader, well dressed, or espe- rink. Roller-skating indoors isn’t popu- “Yeah, you’re invited, you know,” yard. I run across the lawn, leap over cially popular, but she twirls about with lar in Hinsdale. So her mom found a says Deb, a perfectly proportioned the three concrete steps leading to the abandon. I’m sure she’d be unbeatable rink in a town not too far away, and her brunette with a ponytail that swings porch, put my glasses back on and try on American Bandstand, a show I watch whole family skates together there. down below her waist. She’s hosting a the door. It’s locked. My punishment. I at her house since I’m not allowed to Becky has an inner glow so strong, no slumber party to celebrate our gradua- disobeyed, went to a dance, tried to be see it at home. gossip or chiding from girls at school tion. normal. Chet, whose eyes are level with my ever causes her to go pale and slip away Gloom invades me like Martians in Mommy’s voice blasts through the chin, saunters up, extends his hand. unnoticed. I feel protected by that glow. War of the Worlds. Becky and Deb don’t open dining room windows. “It’s none “How about it?” he asks. If it weren’t for her, I probably would know I wasn’t even supposed to attend of your beeswax when I let her in, the I’d wished for a young version of never have come to this dance. the dance, let alone go to a sleepover two of you all high and mighty, thinkin’ Steve McQueen as my very first dance I smile tentatively at Todd, hoping he afterward. “Nah, I have to get home.” you can tell me what to do,” she bel- partner, but I’m not anybody’s dream knows what to do. He’s several inches “Well, call me tomorrow. We’ll go lows at my sisters. partner either. Dominating my face are I settle onto the porch and break into two-toned brown-and-white glasses song. I know the words to every hit with fins like a 1959 Cadillac. I’ve played at the dance, and I’m going to dropped them so often they are cracked, sing them all. Mommy will let me in crooked and prone to sliding down my eventually; the neighbors, already peek- nose. My loose cotton shift with ing from curtained windows, would talk attached white eyelet vest was picked if she didn’t. Ⅲ from racks of castoffs at a secondhand store. My naturally ebony locks are frizzy and orange from the last perm Mommy, my stepmom, forced me to get The Noe Valley Voice invites you to from her friend Florence. She does hair submit fiction, creative nonfiction, or at a discount in her kitchen as her drool- poetry for possible publication in ing son, who was dropped on his head Networking & WiFi • A/V - Music and TV Other Voices. Email as a baby, rocks on a wobbly chair, PC/Mac Data Management [email protected] or grunts unintelligibly, and slices his skin write Other Voices, Noe Valley Voice, with any sharp object inadvertently left Spyware & Virus Removal • Tune Up’s & Upgrades P.O. Box 460249, San Francisco, CA within his grasp. 94146. 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There was mu- “Well, all the equipment appears to be in sic, there was talk, and in the end there was good working order, so we can expect to get a community of people holding hands in a the health department inspection by mid- circle around the square. It was stormy February, and then we’ll be ready for the shop weather in more ways than one, because to open, hopefully before St. Patrick’s Day.” Donald Trump was soon to be leader of the Glimmers of Hope: Local residents and merchants gathered at a candlelight vigil the night Ratto says the shop will stock only the land. before the Trump inauguration to find strength and love in community. Photo by Najib Joe Hakim highest-quality meats, poultry, and seafood, The vigil was organized by Noe Valley free of hormones and antibiotics, and they residents and community activists Leslie plan on carrying specialty grocery items like Crawford, Peter Gabel, and Regina Faustine. Greenpeace: Karen Topakian. Early Wednes- Sheehy was detained at City Hall, but olive oils, salts, and mustards, and canned People started gathering at about six that day morning, Jan. 25, she and six other ac- while waiting, the club got to hear one of its imported foods like sardines and anchovies. evening. tivists from Greenpeace climbed a 300-foot dues-paying members, State Senator Mark Speaking of olive oil, plans have been can- Musical performers were Noe Valley crane and unfurled a huge yellow-orange Leno, tell the group that he was ready to an- celled for Janell Pekkain to move her Olive singer-songwriter Jeff Troiano; Loose Inter- banner with the word “RESIST” so it would nounce his candidacy for mayor in the 2018 This Olive That from its present location at pretations, an all-female a cappella group; appear to fly above the White House. election. This had been rumored in the Sun- 304 Vicksburg St. to the old Cradle of the and local crooner James Grant. Shrawan The protest went viral on social media and day Chronicle two days before. Sun space at 3848 24th St., now occupied by Nepali, of Curry Without Worry, provided a then was featured in mainstream media Leno said, “These are challenging and ig- the Swann Group, as in Rachel Swann. We Nepali blessing. The theme of the vigil was throughout the day. Topakian hosted a live noble times [Trump’s election] for all of us, reported the prospective move in December. “Standing Together for Love, Solidarity, and Facebook chat during the event. and won’t be pretty…. It kind of reminds me “I am staying put,” says Pekkain. “After Social Justice.” “We climbed up the crane this morning, of the days when Arnold Schwarzenegger we looked over the plan very carefully, I de- Loose Interpretations sang a beautiful ver- and occupied it, and locked and chained our- was governor…. He had a unique policy po- cided that, all things considered, I would be sion of Simon and Garfunkel’s Bridge Over selves in,” Karen told NPR as she perched sition which was basically it would be easy far better off to stay here where I have much Troubled Waters. James Grant—whom you halfway up the crane. When they finally de- if it worked well for him.” more space at a reasonable rent and a sweet- can see most days of the week in front of the scended at 10 p.m., the activists were arrested As for what kind of action could be taken heart landlord.… All my customers tell me Bank of America (24th and Castro), where he and charged with three misdemeanors. And now, Leno pointed to continuing the “resis- they are glad I didn’t make the move.” is the security guard—serenaded those as- released. Wow, what a feat. tance,” by phoning, faxing, and emailing Pekkain says she will focus on holding sembled with “Bewitched, Bothered, and Be- representatives in Congress, which he said � � � events like olive oil tastings and chef visits, wildered” and “High Hopes.” could be very effective, and by focusing na- and encourage customers to buy in bulk, “I wanted to participate in this vigil,” said OUR NEW SUPE: The Noe Valley Town tionally on the congressional election in “which will reduce the price by over 10 per- Grant, “as part of this wonderful commu- Square was chosen as the venue for a noon 2018. All 435 members of the House of Rep- cent.” She says olive oil yields are down in nity.” press conference on Friday, Jan. 6. Mayor Ed resentatives and a third of those sitting in the California this year, but the quality is up. Many longtime neighbors stood in the Lee was announcing the appointment of Jeff Senate will be up for reelection. The space available at the Swann Group drizzle and cold and expressed their thoughts Sheehy as our new District 8 supervisor, fill- Sheehy then arrived and talked about his will instead be occupied by architect and in- about what was going to happen the following the seat vacated by Scott Wiener (now a wish to address the quality-of-life and crime terior designer Ian Stallings, who will use it ing day and what positive things they could state senator). issues residents deal with across the city, the as a gallery for fine art, housewares, home do in the future. Some of you might have The Town Square was flooded with City auto smash, grab, and run thefts that are ev- accessories, textiles, and furniture, for retail heard the heartfelt comments by a fellow Hall dignitaries and reps from the police and idenced by the shattered glass on the side- sale as well as special order. named only “Jeff,” whom many did not know fire departments and UCSF. Debra Niemann, walk. He said he is distressed to see so many “I have several clients in the neighborhood was our new supervisor. the director of Noe Valley’s community ben- people with outstanding warrants. Still, he and have been operating in the dot-com Jeff Troiano sang Leonard Cohen’s “Hal- efit district, welcomed those assembled. wants arrestees who have a mental illness to world,” says Stallings, “and this space gives lelujah.” What a lovely event. Sheehy, a resident of Glen Park (but once go to treatment facilities and not to jail. He me the opportunity to go brick-and-mortar a Noe Valleyan), is well-known for his com- also talked about the need for equal pay and � � � and have a gallery of fine art in this wonderful munity activism and pioneering work in de- equal benefits in our city, and about his sup- neighborhood.” NOE VALLEY WAS IN THE PINK the after- fense of LGBT rights. He has been in charge port for public schools (his daughter attends He plans to feature local artists and host noon after the inauguration, Saturday, Jan. of communications at the UCSF AIDS Re- one). monthly events, too. 21, Everybody was heading to Market Street search Institute since 2000. Oh, and here is the Noe Valley Dems’ new as part of the worldwide Women’s March “Jeff Sheehy has spent his entire life fight- board: Todd David, president; Justin Jones, � � � protesting the Trump agenda. In Downtown ing for his community and for what he be- vice president; Hunter Stern, treasurer; Laura MORE FOOD TO EAT: Griddle Fresh, a pop- Noe Valley, hordes of people carrying signs lieves is right, and I know that as supervisor, Clark, recording secretary; Sean Ansted, cor- ular breakfast/brunch place, has now opened and wearing pink knitted hats collected at the Jeff will be a proven fighter for the residents responding secretary; and Zahra Kelly and for dinner from 5:30 to 9 p.m., Tuesday Muni stops all afternoon, trying to board a of his district, and for our entire city as well,” Josh Danson, at large members. Good luck. through Saturday. Savor has brought back bus, a streetcar, Uber, anything to get down- said the mayor. � � � table service during dinnertime, to the relief town by 5 p.m. Sheehy appeared with his husband, Bill of longtime customers. And a pizza restau- Marianne Hampton of Upper Noe Neigh- Berry, and their daughter, Michelle. “It is MERCHANTS ON THE MOVE: There have rant named Sasa’s plans to open in the space bors helped send a delegation. She notified truly an honor to have this opportunity to also been big changes at the top of the slate that had long been the middle eastern restau- about 300 on the group’s mailing list. “We serve the people of my community and the of officers in the Noe Valley Merchants and rant Fattoush, at 1361 Church near Clipper. had a big response from people in the affir- diverse neighborhoods of our district, and Professionals Association. At the group’s Rumors are true that Hamano owner and mative,” she said. The crowd was so large the truly a privilege to follow Senator Wiener, meeting Jan. 25, Bob Roddick, who has been sushi chef Jiro Lin will offer a premium group got separated during the march. But “it and build on his legacy and outstanding lead- president and chief motivator for the better “Omakase” menu in addition to his regular à was absolutely an amazing experience,” says ership on housing, transportation, and public part of 20 years, stepped down, and Rachel la carte menu. Omakase is an expression Hampton. (See photo on page 12.) safety.” Swann, a neighborhood resident, go-getter, used by patrons at sushi restaurants wishing According to CBS News, over 100,000 Before the speeches, Sheehy, the mayor, and Noe Valley realtor, took the helm. Re- to leave the selection to the chef. The chef’s people massed in San Francisco that day. and his entourage took time to have breakfast maining as vice president is Meagan Fishell innovative and surprising plates are served at at La Boulangerie, then stopped by Martha’s (Edward Jones Investments) and treasurer � � � a fixed price, says Lin. “I want to have a rea- for coffee. Afterwards, they walked up 24th Nick Demopoulos (Sterling Bank). Anthony sonably priced meal to offer, which in some A PICTURE CAPTURES A THOUSAND... Street, meeting and greeting, and made an- DeLaCruz from the Swann Group will serve places costs anywhere from $175 to $900 per And then there was the Noe Valley Voice con- other stop at Bernie’s. as secretary. person.” His will be in the $80 to $120 range. tributor who also is the current board chair of Speaking of the Town Square, I’m glad to Swann, founder of said group, expressed Reservations must be made in advance, report eight additional benches were installed her excitement about the challenges in- sometimes weeks, he cautions, beecause he by Rec and Park during the third week of volved, which will begin with finding “more has to special-order items from Japan. January. They now adorn both the east and vice presidents,” more involvement by the The French cuisine at Chez Marius (where west sides of the square. Expediting the in- group’s 130 members. Noting “there are 400 Le Zinc used to reside) opened on Dec. 19 stallation, which had been stalled for several businesses out there in the neighborhood,” with rave reviews. “I am very happy to be months and was one of the first issues faced she may launch a membership drive and step here,” says owner/chef Laurent Legendre, by Supe Sheehy, was a string of e-mails from up the marketing and promotion of local who explains that the café is named after his town square folks and other local residents. stores and businesses. Swann also wants bet- grandfather, who was a chef in Paris. He says Thank you. ter relations with City Hall and better com- the most popular items on the menu are the Also, a shout out to Martha’s Coffee for munication among merchants. She proposed fish bouillabaisse and the braised rabbit, and volunteering to put tables and chairs in the the idea of a “block captain” for each block that he is now open for weekday lunch and square during the weeks of anticipation. along the commercial corridor. Saturday and Sunday brunch. Her good news is: the city has awarded a � � � grant to the NVMPA of $15,000 to fund a re- � � � Cirque de Karen. Greenpeace activists A POLITICAL DAY in the neighborhood: model of its website, newsletter, and printing scaled a construction crane and hung a 70- THAT’S ALL, Y’ALL, and remember the ad- The Noe Valley Democratic Club election and distribution of a Noe Valley guide by lo- foot banner reading “RESIST” near the White monition of that famous KSAN reporter was held at its Jan. 24 meeting, attended by cal firm Via Media. House on Jan. 25. Among the climbers was Scoop Nisker: “If you don’t like the news, go Voice contributor (and GP board chair) Karen more than 50 members. Many were there to out and make some of your own.” Ciao. � Topakian. Photo by Tim Aubry, Greenpeace meet our new supervisor, Jeff Sheehy. 34 The Noe Valley Voice • February 2017

Al-Anon Noe Valley Meetings: Last Wednesdays, Old Republic, Contact: 834-9940 4045A 24th St., 9 a.m. Call to confirm. Website: www.al-anonsf.org Website: www.NoeValleyMerchants.com Meetings: Wednesdays, 7:30-9 p.m. MORE GROUPS TO JOIN Progress Noe Valley St. Philip Church, 725 Diamond St. (park on Contact: [email protected] Elizabeth Street side; enter on 24th Street Website: progressnoe.com through parking lot) Friends of Billy Goat Hill Juri Commoners Contact: Lisa and Mo Ghotbi, 821-0122 Contact: Dave Schweisguth, MI7-6290 Meetings announced via Facebook group. Castro Area Planning + Action Website: www.billygoathill.net Email: [email protected] See website for details. 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: Call 307-2359 [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 Neighborhood Council 460953, SF, CA 94146 (formerly Protect Noe’s Charm) [email protected] Diamond Heights Community Meetings: Email for dates and times. Contact: Ozzie Rohm,, founder Outer Noe Valley Merchants Association Email: [email protected] Friends of Noe Valley (FNV) Contact: Jim Appenrodt, 641-1500 Contact: Betsy Eddy, 867-5774 Address: 1101 Diamond St., SF, CA 94114 Contact: Todd David, 401-0625 Address: 294 29th St., SF, CA 94131 Address: P.O. Box 31529, SF, CA 94131 Website: NoeNeighborhoodCouncil.com Email: [email protected] Meetings: Call for details. Website: www.dhcasf.org Meetings: See website. Website: www.friendsofnoevalley.com Meetings: First Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Call for Residents for Noe Valley Town Square Meetings: Two or three annually; held at St. location. Noe Valley Association–24th Street Contact: Todd David, 401-0625 Philip’s Church or James Lick School Community Benefit District Email: [email protected] Dolores Heights Improvement Club Contact: Debra Niemann, 519-0093 Friends of the Noe Valley Recreation Website: www.noevalleytownsquare.com Email: [email protected] Dispatch: To report spills, debris, or garbage Center Meetings: Call for details. Website: www.doloresheights.org on 24th Street, call Ron Vanini, 596-7089. Contact: Chris Faust Meetings: Third Thursday of every second Email: [email protected]. San Jose/Guerrero Coalition to Save Email: [email protected] month. Bank of America, 18th and Castro. Website: www.noevalleyassociation.org Our Streets Website: www.noevalleyreccenter.com Board meetings: Quarterly. See website. Contact: Don Oshiro, 285-8188 Duncan Newburg Association (DNA) Meetings: Email or check website. Email: [email protected] Contacts: Deanna Mooney, 821-4045; Noe Valley Democratic Club Friends of On Lok’s 30th Street Website: www.sanjoseguerrero.com Diane McCarney, 824-0303; or Sally Chew, Contact: Hunter Stern, 282-9042; Senior Center Meetings: See website. 821-6235 [email protected] Contact: Marianne Hampton, 601-7845 Address: 560 Duncan St., SF, CA 94131 Website: noevalleydems.com SafeCleanGreen Mission Dolores Address: 225 30th St., SF, CA 94131 Meetings: Call for details. Meetings: Third Wednesdays, St. Philip’s Contact: Gideon Kramer, 861-2480 Meetings: Occasional. Call for details. Church, 725 Diamond St., 7:30 p.m. Call to Email: [email protected] Fair Oaks Neighbors confirm meeting dates. Website: www.safecleangreen.com Email: [email protected] Friends of Upper Noe Dog Owners Group (FUNDOG) Address: 200 Fair Oaks St., SF, CA 94110 Noe Valley Farmers’ Market Upper Noe Neighbors Contacts: Chris Faust, David Emanuel Street fair is the day before Mother’s Day. Open Saturdays, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., 3861 24th Contact: Marianne Hampton, 821-2150 Email: [email protected] St. between Vicksburg and Sanchez. Email: [email protected] Fairmount Heights Association Website: www.fundogsf.org Contact: Leslie Crawford, 248-1332 Meetings: Quarterly. Upper Noe Recreation Contact: Kathy Keller, 912-9365 Email: [email protected] 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 Noe Valley Merchants and Website: glenparkassociation.org Meetings: Monthly social mixer and Professionals Association (NVMPA) Address: P.O. Box 31292, SF, CA 94131 discussion, 350 Amber Drive Contact: Rachel Swann, 225-7743 *All phone numbers are in the 415 area code.

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New Creations of Pre-Renaissance Art to Live at St. Paul’s n Dec. 13, 2016, St. Paul’s Catholic Church on Valley Street hosted a reception for Italian artist Marco Caratelli. Caratelli had traveled from OSiena, Italy, to present a work of art resembling another piece he’d done that had earlier been donated to the church by Glen Park resident Steve Steinberg. Steinberg had met the artist while on a trip to Italy several years ago. The painting he donated, depicting the angel Gabriel, impressed St. Paul’s pastor Mario Farana so much that he commissioned Caratelli to make another, this time of the Virgin Mary. The wood panels, each measuring about 8 by 12 inches, are near exact reproductions of works by renowned Sienese artist Simone Martini (c. 1284-1344). They will both be framed and displayed under glass at the entrance to a chapel inside the church. In the photo above, the angel is on the left and the Virgin Mary is on the right. In the photo to the right are Father Mario Farana, Marco Caratelli, and Steve Steinberg.

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