Travel always gives me a new perspective on where I live. Every time I return to San Francisco I love and appreciate it a little more. Here are a couple of things I’ve taken for granted in the past:

1. Hetch Hetchy tap water

2. Public places, sidewalks and restaurants are accessible by wheelchair

3. KQED

4. Cigarette smoking in public is pretty much outlawed and shamed

5. MUNI and BART

6. Healthy local California food  is accessible and affordable

7. Food hygiene and safety standards are enforced in restaurants

8. Public Parks like Alta Plaza, Lafayette, Duboce and the Presidio 

9. Covered California 

Happy 2013!