Saralee’s Story

This is the story in her own words of a neighborhood cat on the way to the pound who brought joy into a number of households in the neighborhood — and a bit of local fame to herself.

I. Mother of 11

II. Looking for a home

III. A celebrity cat

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    POPPING UP IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

    Lots of new pop-ups are showing up this holiday season. And some of them stick around.

    Zuri, the three-month one-dress shop at 2029 Fillmore, has now leased a long-term home at 1902 Fillmore, where Narumi Japanese antiques shuttered after 37 years.

    And Sweet & Spark, which first popped up inside Mudpie, is taking over the former hair salon at 2424 Fillmore.

    “The state of retail has changed dramatically,” said Vasilios Kiniris, executive director of Fillmore’s merchants and a citywide merchant leader, who sees “many advantages” to pop-ups. “Business owners can dip their feet into a commercial community and see if their product or service is a good fit.”

    A YEAR LATER,
    MINTED RETURNS

    “We’ve just been so antsy to reopen this spot,” says a sales associate at Minted, whose display windows at 1919 Fillmore have been papered over for a year since the company popped up last holiday season.

    He says the company needed some time to “refocus,” and now plans to stay open throughout the year, adding new and seasonal items every month.

    Mostly an online company, Minted features items crafted by about 10,000 independent artists and designers around the world.

    A BUFFETT’S  BACK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

    Investor Warren Buffett’s late wife Susie lived in Pacific Heights for a time, and his son Peter owned a home on Scott Street.

    Now his Berkshire Hathaway branded residential real estate company has opened an office in the neighborhood, taking the two spaces on California Street previously occupied by the Vino wine shop and Kuraya antiques. Paula Gold-Nocella and Peter Shovanes are leading the office.

    LET US COUNT OUR MICHELIN STARS

    How fortunate are we to live in this neighborhood? The new Michelin guide offers a clue.

    • Three Fillmore restaurants got a star: SPQR, the Progress and State Bird Provisions, plus Octavia at Octavia and Bush and Spruce on Sacramento.

    • At 3127 Fillmore, Atelier Crenn got three stars. Next door, the new Bar Crenn also got a star.

    • And we can still claim Quince, now all beautifully grown up in Jackson Square, which also got a full set of three stars, and first planted its roots where Octavia is now.

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