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CULTURE & LEISURE • The Nines
Tennis courts
The Nines are FOUND’s distilled lists of the best in the Bay Area and surrounds. Additions or subtractions? Hit reply or found@itsfoundsf.com. For the full archives, click here.
Goldman Tennis Center (Golden Gate Park), 126-year-old, 17-court facility recently underwent $30M upgrade, reserve
Mountain Lake (Inner Richmond), 4-court space butts up against Presidio Golf Course, reserve
Alamo Square (Alamo Square), single, no reservation court w/ views of downtown skyline, Painted Ladies
Margaret S. Hayward Courts (Fillmore), 2 new courts, part of $28M park project
Alice Marble (Russian Hill, above), 4 courts w/ sweeping views, reserve
Dolores Park (Mission), 4 always-bustling courts, prime tennis scene, reserve
15th St/Peixotto Playground (Corona Heights), 2 walk-up courts at foot of Corona Heights Park Trail
Balboa Park (Balboa Park) 4 courts just off the J-Line, high availability, reserve
McLaren Park (Excelsior), 6-court facility nestled among trees of city’s second largest park, reserve
REAL ESTATE • First Mover
High times
In Pacific Heights, where 2930 Broadway changed hands at $42M just a few weeks ago, 52 homes sold this past year at a median price of$5.998M, per Compass. Condos, 160 of them, traded at a median of $1.6M. Here, three recent Pac Heights listings to consider:
→ 2205 Sacramento St, #302 (Pacific Heights) • 2BR/1.1BA, 1582 SF condo • Ask: $1.498M • 1908 build w/ original architectural details • Days on market: 20 • Agent: Rachel Ni, Coldwell Banker.
→ 2020 Webster St (Pacific Heights) • 4BR/4.1BA, 4416 SF • Ask: $6.25M • new construction w/ dedicated roof deck garden + firepit • Days on market: 27 • Agent: Dona Crowder, Coldwell Banker.
→ 2725 Broadway (Pacific Heights) • 6BR/6.2BA, 8234 SF • Ask: $9.1M (down from $9.5M on 9/11) • five floors, elevator, and roof deck • Days on market: 42 • Agent: Anna Spathis, Sterling Homes.
REAL ESTATE LINKS: What to do if your office landlord is in trouble • Marriott sells Residence Inn to UC Berkeley at loss • Home prices in San Luis Obispo and Madera hit all-time highs.
CULTURE & LEISURE • #1 Crush
Garbage • The Warfield (Mid-Market) • Fri @ 8p • Floor, $180 per
Gina Brillon • Punch Line (FiDi) • Sat @ 7p • GA, $32 per
Universal Monster Day • Invisible Man, Dracula, Bride of Frankenstein • Balboa Theater (Outer Richmond) • Sun @ 130p • $25 per
CULTURE & LEISURE LINKS: After five-year hiatus, SF Street Food Festival returns • Altman Siegel gallery to shutter next month • Oakland at the heart of America’s cricket obsession.
WORK • Friday Routine
Meat cute
ITAMAR ABRAMOVITCH • chef/owner • (M)Eat Carnival
Neighborhood you work and live in: Napa
What’s on the agenda for today?
Today’s all about logistics for our Halloween Carnival. I’m double-checking schedules, deliveries, and making sure no detail slips through the cracks.
Any restaurant plans today, tonight, this weekend?
This weekend I’m heading to Heritage Eats in Napa to check out their new brunch menu. I’m really curious to try Via Aurelia — David’s doing something so cool — and I’m very excited about (the just-opened) Ama by Brad Kilgore.
How about a little leisure or culture?
Once our season wraps up with the Halloween Carnival, and the snow starts falling, I trade my knives for a snowboard. I love taking my son up to the mountains — nothing beats father-son time carving up the slopes.
Any weekend getaways?
The Mendocino Coast is my go-to. A good friend of mine is the chef at SCP Mendocino, a small hotel perched right on the cliffs overlooking the ocean. It’s everything you’d want in a getaway: peaceful, slow-paced, surrounded by nature, and with food that’s as memorable as the view. I also love Truckee; we love Northstar and Full Belly Deli — it’s one of my favorite sandwich shops in the States. And my kids and I love to go to Mountain Slice Pizzeria for dinner after a day of snowboarding and Fireside Cafe for all day breakfast.
For a weekend getaway in Napa, Contimo Provisions — their breakfast biscuits are incredible. Stella in Kenwood — their wood-fired cookery and pastas are just as good as it gets.
What was your last great vacation?
A few years back, we flew to Spain for what turned into one of the most unforgettable trips of my life. The highlight was lunch at Asador Etxebarri, hands down one of my most memorable meals, ever. We stayed in San Sebastián, road-tripped to St. Jean de Luz and Biarritz, and soaked up the Christmas markets along the way.
What’s a recent big-ticket purchase you love?
I just got an 8-foot Live Fire Table from Cen-Tex. We’ve got one built into Black Betty (our giant smoker), but having a free-standing one feels like leveling up.
What store or service do you always recommend?
Bernal Cutlery in San Francisco. It’s basically Harry Potter’s Ollivander’s Wand Shop, but for chefs. The right knife really does choose you.
WORK LINKS: What highest-earning Bay Area residents do for work • Remote work wanes in the Bay • LinkedIn: remote jobs are 8% of postings, 35% of applications • Why are AI companies opening coffee shops? • It’s time to embrace the absurdity of work.
GETAWAYS • Marin
On point
Just over the Golden Gate Bridge, tucked between the Bay and Marin Headlands, Cavallo Point is where past meets present, and future preservation is carefully considered. The transformed army post at Fort Baker maintains references to its history throughout every turn-of-the-century building on the 10-acre parade ground, now under national park oversight.
From preserved tin ceilings and original fireplaces to meticulously restored officers’ quarters, you’re never far from reminders of a rich past: morning yoga classes in the old cathedral building, private parties in the still-functioning bowling alley, ballroom receptions in the former barracks’ gymnasium, and weekend tours with the lodge’s onsite historian. There’s even the historic, two-story Frank House, which sleeps 6 and is made for family getaways. But the 142-key luxury lodge still feels freshly modern, with a suite of contemporary hillside rooms (boasting killer views of the Golden Gate) and a property-wide commitment to sustainability.
Regulars return for Cavallo’s close-to-everything-meets-get-away-from-it-all combo in a secluded national park setting. Stay on property for cooking classes in a state-of-the-art, 1,200-square-foot kitchen, or borrow a complimentary Lexus from the lodge for a scenic coastal drive. Two onsite restaurants — plus a legendary weekend brunch served alongside sweeping city views — make it an easy daytime stop or overnight destination, and the holistic spa is a go-to for the Marin set. It’s exactly the place to go when you need a quick recharge away from everyday life. –Allison McCarthy
→ Cavallo Point (Sausalito) • 601 Murray Circle • From $499/night, Oct. weekend.
GETAWAYS LINKS: SingleThread owners take over Healdsburg’s River Belle Inn • Maui’s vacation rental ban just cracked wide open • In Las Vegas, a new generation of luxury steakhouses • American tasting rooms are in trouble • Where to catch the 2026 eclipse.
LOST & FOUND • Behind the paywall
→ A handful of favorite Bay Area restaurants from new subscribers: Che Fico (Divis Corridor) • The Beehive (Mission) • Cotogna (FiDi) • Damn Fine (Outer Sunset) • Sirene (Oakland).