Planting seeds.

Last night was a lot of fun.  Usually I take the metro everywhere but I had quite a bit of time before I had to meet Paula and her friends, so I decided to walk from the 10th arrondissement to the 2nd.  It was a really nice walk.  It was supposed to rain yesterday but by the afternoon it had cleared up.  Its really nice to see how the quartiers change from one to another.  

I arrived a little too early and funnily bumped into Stella on the same street as the restaurant I was meeting them at.  She was outside of her favorite place to 'prend un verre' called 'Joe Allen' and invited me in for a drink.  I had a quick catch-up with her and then continued down the street to meet Paula and her friends.  I'm having dinner with Stella tonight at this thin crust pizza place that she has raved about, so more catching up tonight.

Paula had three other of her friends join us - Delphine, Anne-Sophie and Renaud.  They are all Parisians and very nice.  Before I found the apartment through Paula, I was supposed to rent her own apartment.  She had planned to move into another apartment that she was going to share with Delphine, fun little tidbit.

My favorite food here which I ordered last night is escargot.  They are just so amazing - the combination of garlic and parsley is 'halucinant' !  I had them the night of my birthday and again last night and this will not be the last time.  

Paula was telling me that she knows a lot of people in the domain of production and arts that she wants to introduce me to - so that I will know some people in the area that I potentially want to go into.  She also invited me to this private party at a club tonight that her friend is taking her too.  I'm very excited because its the first time I will be going out 'out' in Paris.  

Tomorrow I'm going to Marché au Puce with Sophie and her family and then back to Marché Barbès - I cannot wait! Then Gigi will join us in the afternoon and 'on va faire la fête' le soir.  Its the first weekend I have tons of things to do!  It took a month for it to become this way...I'm vachement happy that the seeds have been planted and have begun to grow.

Just to add a side note...the time difference here is quite great.  Getting to talk to my best friend Kiki at 6:30 in the morning before I head off to the gym makes my day.  Thank g-d also for 'rigoler-ing' time at work...what would I do without Gchat and Facebook.