And even more block parties!
Guess now that we’re finally having our summer, it’s time to fire up those block parties…
Saw these on Supervisor Mirkarimi’s email newsletter,
Sunday, September 24: Heart of Cole Valley Festival
Location: Cole Street between Carl and Parnassus
Time: 9am-6:30pm
The Heart of Cole Festival is a charming and well-attended event with reasonably-priced booths to accommodate local and emerging artists. The festival features local art and fine craft, local food, live music, events for children and more! We look forward to seeing you at this year’s festival!
More information: http://www.colevalley.orgSaturday, September 30: Japantown Community Picnic
Location: Pioneer Log Cabin Picnic Area, near Stow Lake off JFK Drive, Golden Gate Park
Time: 11am-5pm
A community-wide picnic reminiscent of the large outdoor gatherings of the early and mid 1900s. There will be games for children and adults. Bring your own picnic lunch or order bento by calling (415)387-9698 or emailing judy@asiantics.com. To enter the chicken teriyaki cooking contest call (415)921-0146.October 14: San Francisco Family Festival
Location: Yerba Buena Gardens, Mission between 3rd and 4th
Time: 11am-3pm
More information: www.dcyf.org/familyfestival06/details.htm
Bounce into the Fun Zone for games, races, fortune tellers, tattoos and prizes! Get creative in the Art Zone where you can make your own mask, necklace or hat and contribute to the giant Day of the Dead Sculpture. Step into the Info Zone where you will discover the many resources available to families in the City. Sign up for free art classes, register for no-cost bank accounts, get nutrition and fitness tips, and much much more!Sunday, October 15: Lower Haight Block Party
Location: Haight between Fillmore and Pierce
Time: 11am-6pm
The Lower Haight Merchants Association is hosting its first neighborhood Block Party. It will include live music, events for children, and booths for artists. Scheduled to perform are living legends Herbie Hancock and Les Claypool!
Contact: lowerhaightblockparty@gmail.com
Herbie Hancock and Les Claypool in the Lower Haight? Nice. Count me in.
NoPa Block Party – September 30th
This was emailed to me by the North of Panhandle Neighborhood Association,
The North of Panhandle Block Party, scheduled for Saturday September 30th, promises to be the best ever, as it is freshly focused on community-building and safety. We have created exciting new events to include communicating with you on what you can do to keep the neighborhood safe and clean, valuable prize drawings and lots of family activity.All proceeds from this block party will benefit the NOPNA Safety Committee, dedicated to keeping our neighborhood safe, clean and crime-free.
We hope you’ll come support our efforts to build community. We believe there has never been a more important time to unite as a community, especially in light of recent events in our area.
North of Panhandle Block Party
Saturday, September 30, 2006
11 am to 7pm
Lyon Street between Hayes and GroveBring your family and friends (and chairs)!
Schedule:
11 am: Magician/Juggling Act11 am – 3 pm:
Bounce House
Arts and Crafts
Face Painting
Cupcake Decorating12 Noon – 7 pm:
Full BBQ
Valuable Prize Drawings randomly drawn from your ticket stub from the BBQ3 pm – 7 pm:
Live Music
NoPa has a developed a very strong sense of community in the past few years (I’ve lived in the neighborhood for almost ten years now), and these block parties are great for kids and adults alike.
Bernal Heights 'Fiesta on the Hill' coming October 15th
The annual Fiesta on the Hill in Bernal Heights returns this year on Sunday, October 15th from 11am till 6pm.
See www.FiestaOnTheHill.com for all of the details, including a full slate of live music.
On a real estate note, don’t expect Sunday open houses in Bernal on this day… First, the traffic discourages buyers, and second, any real estate agent that really works Bernal will have a booth at the Fiesta and won’t be doing open houses anyhow!
Vote to preserve historic sites
From today’s Examiner,
National Trust and American Express offer $1M for new designations in the Bay AreaVote early and often if you want to preserve your favorite historic place and increase its chances of receiving grant money.
Twenty-five Bay Area historic sites in seven counties — including a domed courthouse in Redwood City, a 1924 San Francisco streetcar and the Angel Island Immigration Station — are all in the running for funds to help beautify, restore and renovate them.
The joint effort between the National Trust for Historic Preservation and American Express, which is funding the $1 million Partners in Preservation program, was announced Monday.
The $1 million pot of money will be divided between a still-unknown number of sites, depending partially on which receive the most votes before the Oct. 31 deadline (each person may cast one vote a day at www.partnersinpreservation.com or at seven Peet’s Coffee & Tea kiosks). [more...]
Some of the sites in San Francisco that are on the ballot: Roxie Cinema, Bayview Opera House, Haas Lilienthal House, and Streetcar #798.
Residents can vote on historic sites [Examiner]
Partners in Preservation [official site]
Praying for a sale: Home sellers bury St. Joseph statues
Nope, it’s not April 1st… Apparently some folks have taken to believing that Saint Joseph, the patron saint of laborers and house hunters, will help their home sell…
From today’s USAToday.com,
Judy Moore knew she was going to have trouble selling the home with the really steep driveway. For help, she turned not to an advertiser or a fellow real estate agent, but to someone she hadn’t used since the last slowdown in the housing market: St. Joseph.She buried a figurine of the Roman Catholic saint upside down in the home’s yard. And soon, sure enough, she had her sale.
“I’ve seen all different kinds of markets, and I do believe pulling from whatever powers I can to make it work,” said Moore, an agent in the Boston suburb of Lexington. “Sometimes just baking bread doesn’t do it anymore.” [more...]
Or you could just pay attention to your local market, hire a good agent, and price your property correctly the first time…
Praying for a sale: Home sellers bury St. Joseph statues [USAToday.com]
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