Have you ever been a tourist in your own hometown?
 
It’s amazing how much we take our cities for granted. San Francisco is a world-class destination that people from around the globe come to see and yet for the Bay Area, it’s just The City.
 
I was invited last week to a special session at the Cavallo Point Cooking School. I had heard the buzz but never had the chance to experience it for myself. I will admit, being domestically challenged, I was a bit intimidated by the array of fresh ingredients in the kitchen and the box of sharp knives on the counter, but it turned out to be a wonderful night out. Head Chef Tony Adams is not only incredibly talented but he’s a riot. He kept us in stitches by mentioning insights like how he got his “body by burrata” (I’m tempted to make this into a t-shirt) while sharing his culinary tips.

​As we bring in the New Year, we begin to reflect on our accomplishments and look forward to the coming year. We review personal goals as well as business goals. We focus on health and prosperity. We set milestones and often choose a word to represent our focus for the year.
 
Through all of this planning and preparation, we lose sight of our most precious non-renewable resource-our leisure time. While we prepare for most everything else, we don’t give much thought to our time off and how we’ll make the most of it. Did you know that in 2018, the U.S. Travel Association reported that over 50% of Americans left 768 million vacation days on the table? That’s time we’ve earned but have not used.