I will be leaving for Paris this Sunday for 2 weeks on a 7 hour flight to Paris for business.

My office (picture on right) in Paris is right off the famous Champs-Elysée, and It is also very close to the Arc de Triomphe. Its funny I've always thought that the next time I'm in Paris I would be retired and old.

So to kick off the theme of this trip, the first thing off the plane on a red-eye flight is to check into the hotel then head into the office. I am under a lot of pressure to get things to work between New York and Paris, and this is the first time I am managing a project in this caliber, where my F-up would have a huge impact to the company. And its not easy, I need to work around politics, language barriers, culture differences, and of course French labor union laws to make this happen. So I cant even begin to think about enjoying the city of lights when the underlying of the my oxymoronic project is having Americans work the the French and trying make things work for Wall Street firm in a Socialist society.

However, aside from the downside of this trip, I get to live like a Parisian for 2 weeks, which is what I try to do when I travel, but I am even more excited about having to sip on Cafe O'lay for 2 weeks! Ha ha (Coffee lovers, HATE ME haha!!). Also, I am sure I will get experience the Parisian nightlife when I go out with my Parisian co-workers. Oui Oui.