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Quick -- which one of those pictures above is of Valencia Street in SF and which is of Williamsburg in Brooklyn?

We first saw the book Savor: San Francisco on the hostess stand at Myth. We used to live near Savor in Noe Valley, and while there's a line on weekend for brunch, it is not a place which would compile its recipes to put in a book. So we had to browse, and it is a selection of recipes from 25 restaurants, with a suggested wine pairing from 25 wineries.

Ah, Valencia Street. Who hasn't nearly been run over by a car, a bus, a biker, or frantic pedestrians running to make their reservations at Luna Park on the Mission District's own Fifth Avenue thoroughfare? Who hasn't either parked in the median, or gleefully snickered as cars parked in the median were towed away there? Well, the DPT is taking a small break from tyrannically chalking tires and booting cars to actually listen to community concerns about improving Valencia Street traffic flow. That's so weird and Chronicle-Watch-y! As part of the DPT's Livable Streets program, (non-helmeted) DPT employees are soliciting comments and suggestions on how traffic on Valencia Street can be improved. Previous Livable Streets projects include the Potrero Street corridor, Market Street, and Bernal Heights. Their first meeting was last December, and the next meeting is tomorrow, Feb. 24, at 6:30 at the Mission Police Station. Hott and contradictory proposals from December included median parking (love it, put trees there, keep the space for U-turns); bike lanes (keep up, ditch 'em, repaint 'em, move 'em); and parking (more! less!). In light of the recent pedestrian death on 17th and Valencia, DPT is particularly focused on foot traffic safety these days, but welcomes suggestions on any aspect of the proposal. If you've got thoughts, stop by tomorrow's meeting, which promises to be contentious in the best possible civic-awareness kind of way. Them bikers sure are feisty! Or, if you like, leave your thoughts in the comments, and we'll forward them all to the Valencia Street contact person at DPT, Nick Carr.

Gawker's all hot and bothered that Luna Park, the Valencia street eatery which expanded to hell-ay, is now making the move to the loisaida. That's right, it will soon join uber-good Katz's Delicatessen (Send a Salami to Your Boy in the Army!) and uber-now Schindler's Liquor Bar (from the people who brought you Balthazar) south of Houston and east of the Bowery. For those of you in the know, that means that Manhattan is now officially over, Nolita having spread it's $3,000-sweater tentacles to the East River. There's three blocks bordering Delancey holding out a glimmer of hope. From Tale of Two Cities, a bicoastal blog written from New York and LA: