Window Licking
[Maison Chocolat, Paris; 5/3/07]
Lèche-vitrine, the French expression for window shopping, literally means "window licking." Combine Parisians' passion for food with their passion for elegant window display and you have plenty of windows well worth licking.
[Pâté and wine shop, Paris; 5/4/07]
It's not just food that's displayed beautifully, of course. Clothing and house goods displays are equally eye-catching. These candy-colored men's shirts look downright edible.
[Chemises pour les hommes, Paris; 4/29/07]
Many of my lèche-vitrine photos caught our reflections as we slavered over the displays behind the glass. Here my friend J seems to try on the rose-colored apron!
[House goods shop in/near the Latin Quarter; 4/29/07]
The best thing about lèche-vitrine is that it's completely free.
Gorgeous!! But I must say that the first one had me doing a double-take. All those little chocolate balls made me think of ants (which we are battling with these days). Oops, sorry to spoil that one!
Posted by: marja-leena | Thursday, May 10, 2007 at 01:32 PM
Oh no! Well, all I can say is that, in person, they looked perfectly edible. :-)
Posted by: Leslee | Thursday, May 10, 2007 at 08:38 PM
That top one is art, isn't it! (Not ant, art!)
Posted by: Lucy | Friday, May 11, 2007 at 09:17 AM
Heh. Art who? ;-)
Posted by: leslee | Saturday, May 12, 2007 at 08:34 PM
That top one is art, isn't it! :)
Posted by: jon | Friday, January 25, 2008 at 01:45 PM