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Jenise Cook's avatar

All your works in this post are excellent and fun, Mark. But, the quesadilla song...ooo la la la!! 🥰

My favorite part of Paris was the Centre Georges Pompidou and Notre Dame (decades before the fire).

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Mark Starlin's avatar

I do love Mexican food! Unfortunately, I didn't get to see Notre Dame other than going by it on a boat.

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Fawzi Ammache's avatar

The quesadilla song is a solid candidate for a Grammy, just saying... 🤣

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Mark Starlin's avatar

I agree. 🤣 I once wrote a song called “I want a Grammy.” It didn’t work. 🤣

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Fawzi Ammache's avatar

You gotta call it “I don’t want a Grammy”… Reverse psychology 🧠

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Mark Starlin's avatar

That might work!

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Claire Walster's avatar

The quesadilla song 😂😂😂 that's some stellar work right there.

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Mark Starlin's avatar

Thank you Claire. Not too obsessive? 🤣 What can I say. I love Mexican food. 🤓

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Pennie R. S. Nelson's avatar

Very entertaining newsletter. I love the words you put to that song. I too am a fan of quesadilla's.

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Mark Starlin's avatar

Thank you Pennie. I love Mexican food! 🌮

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Jack Herlocker's avatar

I never waxed so eloquently about quesadillas... but I wish I had. 😊

We enjoyed Paris also. Visited in 2001 with Deb's parents and two of our nieces. Big thumbs up for Versailles, the Louvre, and the Eiffel Tower, but just riding around the city and walking the streets was fun. 🇫🇷

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Mark Starlin's avatar

We didn’t have time for the Louvre. We walked the streets to the Arc de Triomphe and took a boat trip on the Seine. My favorite part was buying lunch at the outdoor market in Versailles then riding bikes around the grounds of the Palace and stopping for picnic lunch next to the canals. The Queen’s hamlet was cool also.

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V. C. Ackerman's avatar

Tempers Rising - Time to deescalate the escalator.

Quesadilla - Ah quesadillas are so good!

Une Belle Ville! - What was your favourite part of Paris?

Fishing On Newdawn - Sometimes I want to go out into the middle of the woods with no technology. Machines are stressful!

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Mark Starlin's avatar

I liked all of Paris that I saw. We really didn’t get to see a lot. We were only there one day. The second day we were in Versailles. But I would say the Eiffel Tower was very impressive considering it was built in the 1800s.

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Justin Deming's avatar

Those darn escalators always seem to escalate the situation so quickly! 😄

You never disappoint, Mark!

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Mark Starlin's avatar

They are known for that. 🤣

Thanks, Justin.

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John K Adams's avatar

Very uplifting, Mark.

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Mark Starlin's avatar

🤣 Thank you, John.

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Kerrie Noor's avatar

nice music

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Mark Starlin's avatar

It is a catchy song.

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Cyn Taylor's avatar

Sorry, but I am totally using the escalator analogy in a conversation as soon as possible!

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Mark Starlin's avatar

Please do. 🤓

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