My photo-a-day in 2009 continues... (Below is 1/16/09 to 1/18/09).
Can you believe it's Inauguration Day tomorrow?
Definition
- [es-pree de less-ka/-iay] (idiom) A witty remark that occurs to you too late, literally on the way down the stairs. The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations defines esprit de l'escalier as, "An untranslatable phrase, the meaning of which is that one only thinks on one's way downstairs of the smart retort one might have made in the drawing room."
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January 19, 2009
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How is MY Frank?
I have his photo you sent with the cookies last year on my fridge.
Gawd, I heart him!
Posted by: Adorable Girlfriend | January 19, 2009 at 08:55 PM
I am such a fan, Claire. And have not yet seen a photograph you took that didn't strike me as fascinating, beautiful--and this seems almost impossible given the number of images I see everyday--wholly original.
Posted by: Kathleen Maher | January 27, 2009 at 01:26 PM