window-shopping

In French, the term for window-shopping is lèche vitrine, which transliterates as lick window hence the suitably sensuous track by Aphex Twin called “Windowlicker” and has a wonderful salaciousness, evoking the shop-front smudges of classic shopping.

BREAKFAST WITH SOCRATES ROBERT ROWLAND SMITH 2010

In French, the term for window-shopping is lèche vitrine, which transliterates as lick window hence the suitably sensuous track by Aphex Twin called “Windowlicker” and has a wonderful salaciousness, evoking the shop-front smudges of classic shopping.

BREAKFAST WITH SOCRATES ROBERT ROWLAND SMITH 2010

SF day four we started the day off with a greasy breakfast from lori's diner, caught the tail-end of the pride parade, ate lunch in chinatown, and fulfilled nthn's birthday wishes of drinking something on fire and singing karaoke. luckily, we had a chance to do a little window-shopping, rainbow collecting, and chilling in the hotel room along the way.

Archive 2009-06-01 e 2009

Mostly, I had questions: How could I be a feminist and parade in ball gowns in front of elite boy bluebloods, window-shopping for future society wives?

Laura Munson: Kate Middleton and My Daughter: Should She Covet Marrying a Prince? Laura Munson 2011

I haven't mentioned the window-shopping, because I don't give a rat's ass about that, but I have known people to spend whole days wandering around the stores near the Spanish Steps, experiencing multiple fashiongasms.

MIND MELD: Real-Life Places That Inspire Exceptional World Building 2009

SF day four we started the day off with a greasy breakfast from lori's diner, caught the tail-end of the pride parade, ate lunch in chinatown, and fulfilled nthn's birthday wishes of drinking something on fire and singing karaoke. luckily, we had a chance to do a little window-shopping, rainbow collecting, and chilling in the hotel room along the way.

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There is mounting evidence that trade is not as busy as all the window-shopping might lead one to believe, and that shops and shoppers alike are in for a much quieter time.

Shopping: The feelbad factor | Editorial 2011

I looked at the aisles of Oreos and Clorox cleaner, pretending to shop, but window-shopping at a gas station minimart, I found out, was nearly impossible.

The Adults Alison Espach 2011

Bill and LoDeene Glawe are still window-shopping for a candidate.

Can GOP's new front-runner Rick Perry take the heat? 2011

In one hour: Choose a table outside almost any city-center bar to enjoy a predinner Campari and soda as you watch a the start of the evening parade of beautiful people window-shopping.

A Business Executive's Guide to Milan Jeff Mills 2011