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I had never seen "Xanadu" with Olivia Newton John.* It was time. I spotted it on the DVD shelf at my library and figured it was a "sign". It went home with me. My husband usually watches DVDs with me. He is a "movie" person, but declined on this one. He had seen it twice and didn't think he could ever again...although he had recommended it to me. All he remembered:"it was about skating"
It was a typical '80's musical/romance movie. I grew up on 40's and 50's musical/romance movies. It was right up my alley....a "happily ever after fan" and proud of it!
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| 7 Foot Tall Carved Stone Post remains from Xanadu |
As coincidences go..The Week Magazine reported this week on the the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, opened an exhibit, "The World of Khubilai Khan". In the exhibit is a carved stone post, nearly 7 feet tall, that is almost all that remains of Xanadu, Khubilai Khan's legendary private retreat.
"In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decree:
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea."
First verse...Coleridge Poem
*Michael Beck co-starred...Whatever happened to Him??? Click link to article in USA TODAY
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