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It’s been a little while since I have arrived in Paris, so I thought a random thoughts update was in order:

- My french has improved greatly but still not enough. I was bummed to see that all the TV is dubbed, rather than English with French sub-titles which was a great help in learning spanish when I traveled to South America. I saw Wanted in English and with French sub-titles at the Cinema and my vocabulary did improve even with that.

- The everyday simple foods, like bread and coffee leave New York for dead. But the restaurant scene so far has been a little disappointing and over-priced (in USD). Oh how I yearn for Bar-Bo-Ne. But it’s still early.

- The French have mastered the side by side seating in cafes (vs the sitting opposite each other), and I am now convinced it is a better setup.

- Workwise I feel like productivity has soared. In the morning I feel uninterupted and try to get all I need to get done and then leave the early evening for email, phone and other crap. Early evening overlaps with the late morning New York time and early morning West Coast time.

- I feel like I am shadowing Fred Wilson and his wife. For those who don’t read his blog, he is spending a month in Paris and his wife also maintains a superb blog. She has been writing about their time here, including restaurant recommendations. I have only met Fred once and never his wife but I feel weirdly like I am following them.