Lower Haight Local

Nonprofit neighborhood paper · Est. 2025

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Issue 1

July 2025

In this issue

Neighborhood news

Pinwheels on Oak

The light turns green to cross Divisadero and three lanes of cars roar down Oak Street toward the highway.

Food & drink

A Love Letter to GiGi’s

Stepping into GiGi’s Wine Lounge, with its jade green accents and soft lighting, provides an immediate respite from the rush of cars headed up Divis.

Poetry

Bart

There are times you smell like a fart Other times you are as fast as a dart Shaky and rattley you are But still I enjoy thee more than my car When I seek to go across the bay You never leave me astray To San Mateo and Marin I dream of what could…

Neighbors

Dogs of Lower Haight: Sophie

The daily post-work parade of dogs in lower haight is a hard place for a pooch to stand out, but one glance at Sophie and I knew she was something special.