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Tuesday, December 8, 2009
What we call window shopping...
Is a much more serious hard core activity in Paris. In fact it's known as "faire du lèche-vitrine." Translated as licking the windows - a tad gross wouldn't you think for the very proper French non?
Men do it just as much as women in Paris...
Equality of the sexes and all that...
Even Parisien hounds do it.
Well what do you expect if you put the merch right out
in the street?
Here some Parisiens are lined up waiting their turn to get up close and personal to the window...hmmm
Some shops have open windows and sell delicious things like crepes, so perhaps there is good reason to call it window licking...
Inside at Fauchon, this customer is trying to merge with the food case. Well that's the way it looks to my eyes...
Outside Fauchon, this potential customer is giving the vitrine/window a head bump!
Granted there is often writing on French windows, so she could be trying to read a bit...
This boulangerie window even has poetry!
I wrote a poem about looking in Paris windows here.
That's how inspired I was by Paris windows...
Here a French bunny is busy reading wine labels...
As are this couple...
And who wouldn't be at Legrand Filles et Fils, one of Paris top wine shops.
1 rue de la Banque 75002
Another deadly serious window gazer...
Ah ha! She moves in closer.
Men do it just as much as women in Paris... Equality of the sexes and all that... Even Parisien hounds do it. Well what do you expect if you put the merch right out
in the street?
Here some Parisiens are lined up waiting their turn to get up close and personal to the window...hmmm Some shops have open windows and sell delicious things like crepes, so perhaps there is good reason to call it window licking... Inside at Fauchon, this customer is trying to merge with the food case. Well that's the way it looks to my eyes... Outside Fauchon, this potential customer is giving the vitrine/window a head bump! 
Granted there is often writing on French windows, so she could be trying to read a bit... This boulangerie window even has poetry!I wrote a poem about looking in Paris windows here.
That's how inspired I was by Paris windows...
Here a French bunny is busy reading wine labels... As are this couple... And who wouldn't be at Legrand Filles et Fils, one of Paris top wine shops.1 rue de la Banque 75002
Another deadly serious window gazer... Ah ha! She moves in closer. If only one could pass through windows just by wishing...
And grab one of these tartelette a l'orange at Jean-Paul Hevin's
And grab one of these tartelette a l'orange at Jean-Paul Hevin's I'd do it in a second if I could...
Bon Appetit!
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