So last May (yes, I’m that behind in my blogging…) I caught this article about a reporter who interviewed people who weren’t at work. What did they do? Why weren’t they in an office? Why were they just sitting around in a coffee shop?

It occurred to me last night that you can learn as much about a city from what its people don’t do as you can from what they do do. So I drove to as many parts of San Francisco as I could and interrupted as much leisure as possible to find out.

Brilliant.

Margaret Mason, seated nearby, makes a living from her blogs, MightyGirl.com and MightyGoods.com. Her book “No One Cares What You Had for Lunch” was written from this same cafe.

“Face time isn’t such a thing anymore,” she said. “What people care about now is whether you get the work done.”

Sitting next to her was her husband Bryan. He has an actual office — just didn’t feel like going to it today.
Closer to the door sat Shauna, 24.

“I don’t work. I’m a trust-fund baby,” she said, with a nice mix of self-deprecation and not-too-much self-deprecation. What did she do today? “Got up at noon. Farted around. Made corn on the cob. Went to buy a shirt. Came to Ritual.”

It’s a great piece that makes you think about the quality of life you are living…

Check it out by clicking here.