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The rest of the time I spend walking Florence is easy to navigate on foot, enjoying the sights, sitting in the piazzas, people-watching and sampling the local wines.
Moving to Italy Karen Mills 2011
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And on the subway (god, I miss people-watching on the subway!), a woman, a larger woman, wearing deep purple jeans and a ribbed sweter in shades of purple and white.
Archive 2009-05-01 kittenpie 2009
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For the rest, according to Bill Bragin, Lincoln Center's director of public programming, the annual three-week event offers New Yorkers a favorite spectator sport: premium people-watching, with its international, intergenerational melee of arms, legs and rear ends in motion.
Get on the Dance Floor Lizzie Simon 2011
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A nice steady din is critical to a creative environment, and the groups of people coming and going allowed for plenty of people-watching and lent their quirks to more than a few characters.
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And on the subway (god, I miss people-watching on the subway!), a woman, a larger woman, wearing deep purple jeans and a ribbed sweter in shades of purple and white.
It's Getting Draft-y In Here... kittenpie 2009
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I know that I will be here most mornings now at a sidewalk table people-watching and sipping a cappuccino $3/3.50/4, macchiato, or one of their luscious iced drinks.
Jay Weston: Venezuelan Food in Beverly Hills... and Dudamel's Favorite Breakfast Dish! Jay Weston 2012
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It was a sunny summer afternoon in 2004, and Clover, our two kids, and I were people-watching from an outdoor café in the charming city of Gröningen, the Netherlands.
Timothy Beal: There's No Such Thing As Osama Bin Laden Timothy Beal 2011
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It was a sunny summer afternoon in 2004, and Clover, our two kids, and I were people-watching from an outdoor café in the charming city of Gröningen, the Netherlands.
Timothy Beal: There's No Such Thing As Osama Bin Laden Timothy Beal 2011
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I know that I will be here most mornings now at a sidewalk table people-watching and sipping a cappuccino $3/3.50/4, macchiato, or one of their luscious iced drinks.
Jay Weston: Venezuelan Food in Beverly Hills... and Dudamel's Favorite Breakfast Dish! Jay Weston 2012
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Possibly because I've been people-watching forever.
An Interview with Vylar Kaftan marshallpayne1 2009
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