April Underwood

When @Jess & I were launching @Adverbvc, we were eager for a day we could proudly display the humans we’d backed on our website. This month, we’re celebrating our two-year anniversary as a firm. We've backed 22 incredible companies, added 2 new team members (@LizaGurtin & @gary_pesola) & have a new website to boot. Check out the companies we’ve backed, and subscribe to our Substack for updates. adverb.vc 🚀

Perched on the edge of Lands End with a million-dollar view of the Pacific and the Sutro Baths ruins below, Louis' was never really a tourist spot. It was where San Franciscans went, for eighty-three years, to nurse a coffee, order the Shrimp Louie, and watch the sun glint off the water from a coveted window booth. ⠀ Louis Hontalas arrived in San Francisco at eleven in 1906, the year the city burned. In 1937 he and his wife opened a little diner on Point Lobos Avenue, one of a cluster run by Greek families along that windswept stretch. One by one the others vanished, and Louis' became the last one standing. ⠀ It nearly didn't survive the 1990s, when the National Park Service floated demolishing the building to return the bluff to open space. Fans buried the agency in protest postcards, and Louis' stayed. A 2011 remodel modernized the menu with cage-free eggs and fair-trade coffee, though the It's-It sandwiches and that view did the real work. ⠀ Then came 2020. That July, third-generation brothers Tom and Bill Hontalas posted to Facebook: "After much deliberation and a lot of tears," they were closing for good after 83 years. Indoor dining felt unsafe, and waiting out the pandemic was financially impossible. ⠀ The building sits empty today on federal land. The Park Service floated a possible bid process for a new tenant back in 2023, but nothing has materialized publicly since. Next door, the Cliff House at least has an operator lined up. Louis' has silence, and a view still waiting.

@matthh @pandemona I think he meant “now here’s an idea…”

@pandemona Heresy.

i'm excited to see The Odyssey, but at home, and likely in 2-3 sittings

@goldman She can do anything. I bet she’d be good at surgery. And rockets.

Amy Poehler being the greatest podcast/celeb interviewer is really wild.

Oh, you thought July meant "summer"? That’s adorable. I’ve just ordered a massive shipment of freezing marine layer to blanket the entire 7x7. Welcome to No-Sky July. 🥶🌫️ #karlthefog #karlthefog_

Pretty incredible sign that something is solidifying for @claudeai's brand that I just heard a commercial across the house and you could tell based on the audio and music who it was for. First Claude logo appeared in the last few seconds, on the back of a laptop. Well done.

Project Hail Mary was great. No I haven’t read the book. Yes, I’m grateful for them putting Two of Us by The Beatles in its rightful place on the soundtrack of the summer

Be this kind of dad

can i get a hallelujah from the congregation🙌 pie has a new cofounder. welcome @nadyaokamoto

You could literally land a plane by yourself after your instructor jumps to his death mid flight and they’d still use a picture of a man

For when close enough isn’t good enough, @HypernaturalAI is building video tools for the people whose work requires control and quality - namely brands. Give it a spin for your next video.

Arriving SF on ferry from Marin, which is having the most intoxicatingly perfect weather, and see this 🫣

@cjc The two-a-days of sports fandom leave little time for anything else right now

After that World Cup beat down, I’m asking you all to hold my eagle as I’ll be up before the sun for Pegula-Gauff. 🦅

I live in California. Mexico is the home team.

@sm Did he say it loud enough your kids heard it? Because if so he needs a Nobel

I went to the park to practice soccer with the kids and highlight of my weekend (ok let’s be honest, my year) was the dad there who asked me if I played soccer in college. God bless that man.

Breaking: Folarin Balogun will be available to play in USA's Round of 16 match against Belgium on Monday, FIFA announced. The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has suspended the red card issued to the USA striker during their Round of 32 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Showed my Bay Area native 8yo this pic and he declared that the fog made it “even more epic”.

Genuinely wanted to be a “liberal in the weather service” as a little girl

ALEX EALA! BRAVO 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 This shot forever etched in my memory. #wimbledon2026

Hey guys one more thing