• The inspiring Bay Area Mom who devoted her life to raising orphans while battling a chronic neurological illness passed away Saturday in Monterey. She was a sea otter named Toola. [Chron]

• Lime, the straight-friendly Castro bar with the bottomless mimosa brunch, closed and then quickly re-opened amid liquor license issues late last week. Those issues may or may not have been due to Lime's apparent bridge and tunnel appeal. [GrubSF] [BayCitizen]

• Surveying the earthquake damage in the Mission. [Mission Mission]

• The San Francisco Zoo also suffered another heartbreaking loss last Friday after they had to put down Orkney, a 42-year-old gray seal from Prince Edward Island. [BCN/Appeal]

• Café Coco opens in the Richmond and like any good coffee shop, they've named their sandwiches after deceased literary figures. [RichmondSF]

Overheard this weekend at Bar Tartine: "Tripe is the new bacon."

OH at Bar Tartine: "Tripe ... It's the new bacon." #makeitso

— Jon Bonne (@jbonne) March 5, 2012